Write a Letter to a Pen Pal in Another State

Read the model letter aloud and point to each labeled part. Talk about who will get the letter and what they would like to hear, then write the date, greeting, body, closing and signature in order. Mail or hand deliver the finished letter if you can.

Read a made-up letter about camping by a lake, then write a pen pal 3 facts about where you live with a greeting and closing. A friendly letter has a date, a greeting (Dear Sam,), a body with your news, a closing (Love,) and a signature, your name. The directions on the page read: Read the Model and the topic. Then, write the date and a greeting. Then, write 3 sentences in the body. Then, write a closing and sign your name.

Yes, both. We made it for 2nd 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.

The date, the greeting (Dear Sam,), the body with your news, the closing (Love, or Your friend,) and the signature, which is your name. Every writing frame on these sheets labels all five parts.

After the greeting and after the closing, as in Dear Kim, and Your friend, with one more between the day and the year in the date. Match Each Part of a Friendly Letter to Its Job asks children to write a greeting and a closing with a comma (L.2.2.B).

Three sentences is the target on these pages. A thank you letter says what the gift was and how you use it, a pen pal letter gives three facts about where you live, and a letter to a teacher gives two reasons.

Only the letter parts matching sheet has one. The five letter writing sheets have no key, since each child writes their own letter. Check that all five parts are there and that the body has three sentences.