With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, students are getting ready to write or make cards for their friends and family. This is a great time to introduce or practice the skill of how to write a friendly letter. I’ve put together a Valentine-themed writing center activity that walks students through the process of writing a friendly letter.
How to Write a Friendly Letter Free Printables
The writing center includes a task card with step-by-step directions, 4 idea prompts, and 2 lined writing papers. It also includes directions for how to make an envelope from an 8.5 x 11 piece of paper and an envelope template. This center is best suited for students in kindergarten to second grade.
The pictures below show samples of what’s included in the activity.
I love incorporating videos into our learning. I found this great, one minute video about how to write a friendly letter that fits perfectly with this writing activity. I suggest showing it to students before they start writing.
If you’re looking for books to read to your students about letter writing, you might try Sincerely Yours: Writing Your Own Letter by Nancy Loewen…
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As a Valentine’s treat, you can click on the link below to download the friendly letter writing activity.
Click here to download the How to Write a Friendly Letter Free Printables!
I hope these activities, books, and video make learning to write a friendly letter both fun and engaging for your students!
Happy Valentine’s Day!
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8 Comments
This is amazing Stephanie. Thank you so much for working hard to get this up and running. Since I work with children at church, these are great ideas to use……thank you sweet friend. Blessings and love to you and your family. Love y’all!
Thanks, Deb! It’s so great to hear from you! I hope you and your sweet family are doing well!
how do i print this
Hi, Nicole! At the end of the post, there is a link that says “Click here…” to download. If you click on the word “here” it should open up the file in your browser. Once the file is open, save the file to your computer. Then, you can open up the file in Adobe Reader and print it from there. I hope that helps!
Wonderful! Thank you for the great resource!!
Thanks for this genius idea for primary learners. Your gift has brought sparles of joy to these emergent writers.
You’re welcome! I’m so happy to hear your writers have enjoyed it!