Name

LA Writing a letter
Teacher
Karli Nelson
Associate

Lorraine Kirk

Class

Grade 1/2

Location

Vulcan
Prairieview

Date

Wednesday, December
4

Subject

Language Arts

Length of
Lesson

90 min.

Topic

Writing a Letter

Learning Objectives:

Students will:

Identify the elements of a letter and what is included in each

through discussion and demonstration
Understand the importance of including certain information in
each section of a letter

Materials:

Address cards
Markers
Chart paper
Letter paper

Procedu
re

Content/Description

Introducti
on
(3 min)
Briefly explain what we are going to be doing today
Has anyone ever written a letter to Santa before
with maybe their moms or dads?
We are going to begin writing letters to Santa today!
But before we can start writing a letter to him, we
need to know how to write a letter because there are
certain steps that we need to take

Strategy/
Assessment
Behaviour/Foll
owing
Directions:
On the carpet,
students will focus
their attention on
the teacher on the
new information
being presented

Body of
Lesson
(46 min)

Procedures/Activities
1. Go over format and sections of a letter and
everything we need to include
I will have the layout of a letter already
drawn on the chart paper to follow this is a
good visual for the students
Return address top right corner with
three lines
A return address is where we put where we
live
Why do you think we would need a return
address on a letter? Why is it important to
have a return address?
Everyone has a return address and I will
give you a little slip of paper with your
address on it show them what one will
look like
Exactly how your address is shown on this
paper is how you are going to write it on the
letter!
I will show them an example of how you
would write the address
The date skip a line
Why do you think it is important to put the
date on the letter?
The Greeting
What is a greeting? What are some ways
that you could greet someone?
For a greeting in a letter, we dont write hi
or hello. Does anyone know what we use
instead?
The Body the main part of the letter with
all the information
If we are writing a letter to Santa, what
kinds of things would we want to say to
him?
There are 3 things that we want to include in
the body: a friendly question, what we would
like for Christmas, thank you
What would be an example of a friendly
question? How are you? How have you
been? How are the elves? How is Mrs.
Clause? How are the reindeer?
The closing
What is a closing? Instead of saying bye or
see you later, in letters we may say yours
truly or sincerely.

Behavioral
Expectations
On the carpet,
students will
focus their
attention on the
teacher on the
new information
being presented
and participate
when
appropriate
Observe
Do the students
have an idea on
what should be
in each section?
Are the
students able to
recite back the
elements of a
letter?

Last but not least we must use our best

printing for these letters. Why do you think
this is important?
I will point to the different sections and
choose students to name that section and
what goes in each

2. Students will begin their rough drafts of the letter

I will have the paper chart available for the students
to look at in case they need it
When students are finished with their rough drafts,
they will raise their hand and a teacher will come
around to correct spelling and grammar

3. Once students have finished their rough drafts, they will

move on to their good copies
Remember, you must use your best printing in
these letters!

Behavioral
Expectations
Students will
work individually
in their desks to
complete the
letters
Students will
raise hands if
they are finished
their rough draft
Observe:
Do the students
understand what
they are
supposed to do?
Do the students
have the right
information in
each section?
Behavioral
Expectations
Students will
continue to work
independently in
their desks to
complete the
good copy
Students will
use their best
printing
Observe
Are the
students using
their best
printing to
complete the
letter?

4. We will complete the envelope

Closure
(1 min)

After each class: Put these letters in a safe

place because we will finish these up next

Review/Observ
e
Are the

class

students
enjoying this
task?