Write a Thank You Letter to the Bus Driver

Choose a real person for the letter, so your child has a reason to write. Talk about what to tell first, then let your child write the letter and add their name under the closing.

Read a made-up letter to a school cook, then write a thank you letter to a bus driver with Thank you for and You help me. A greeting says hello, the body tells news, a closing says bye. The directions on the page read: Read the Model and the topic. Then, write a name after Dear. Then, write 3 sentences, one on each row, starting with the printed words. Then, circle Love or From, trace it and write your name.

Yes, both. We made it for 1st Grade writing, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with letter writing. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

A friendly letter has a date at the top, a greeting like Dear Grandma, a body that tells news or says thank you, a closing like Love or Your friend and the writer's name, called the signature. Find the Five Parts of a Friendly Letter practices all five.

A letter has a real reader, so children see why clear sentences and capital letters matter. Capitalizing the date and people's names in a letter is part of L.1.2.A.

Yes, and it makes the writing feel real. Your child can copy the finished letter onto a card or send the page as it is.

Only Find the Five Parts of a Friendly Letter has one. The other 11 sheets are open letters, so check that each has a greeting, a body and a closing, and that names start with capital letters.