3rd Grade Writing Lesson 25: Write letters and friendly emails

Objective

I can write a friendly letter or email with a greeting, message, closing, and clear purpose.

Materials

Pencil
Eraser
Ruled paper (wide or primary lines)

Mini-lesson — Write letters and friendly emails

A friendly letter or email should sound warm and clear. The reader should know who you are writing to and why you are writing.

Helpful steps

Start with a greeting.
Write a short clear message.
Stay friendly and organized.
End with a closing and your name.

Example

Dear Aunt Maya, Thank you for your gift.
The greeting and clear message make the writing easy to follow.

Ask yourself: “Is my writing clear, strong, and easy to follow?”

Guided Practice — Warm up the idea

Choose 3 sentences from the Trace menu and copy them neatly on paper. Then use the Tracing Pad to practice words, sentences, and marks.

Tracing Pad

Lines Trace

Pen

Drag & Drop — Build strong writing sentences

Drag the words into the correct order to build each sentence.

Agreetingstartsthemessage.

ItellwhyIamwriting.

Mymessagesoundskindandclear.

Iaddhelpfuldetailsnext.

Istayononemaintopic.

Aclosingendsthemessage.

Isignmynameneatly.

Mywritingsoundsrespectful.

Icanorganizemyideaswell.

Thewholemessagefeelscomplete.

Quick Check

Choose the best answer.

What should a friendly letter or email start with?

a greeting a random fact only punctuation

What should the reader understand quickly?

why you are writing the page color the font size

What tone should a friendly message have?

kind and respectful rude and careless angry with no reason

What can come after the greeting?

the main message a random math chart nothing at all

Why add details?

to make the message clearer to confuse the reader to hide the point

What should go at the end?

a closing and your name a blank line only someone else’s address

Can a friendly email still be organized?

yes no only on weekends

What is a good closing?

Your friend, Sam Table chair cloud No ending at all

What should a strong message do?

stay on one topic jump everywhere avoid meaning

What is the goal of this lesson?

to write letters and friendly emails to make a graph to solve equations

Assessment (parent/teacher)

Shows the main lesson skill clearly Writes clear sentences Adds details that fit the topic Checks and improves the writing

Exit ticket (student)

😀 I can do this well. 🙂 I can do some parts, but I need more practice. 😅 This still feels tricky.

I will practice…

Organizing my ideas Adding strong details Reading and improving my writing