Friendly Letter Writing 1st Grade - Format, Parts, Examples, Template, Closings, Paper

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This friendly letter writing intervention is filled with prompts, examples, sentence starters (and greetings / closings), templates, brainstorming graphic organizers, word banks, e diting checklist, rubrics, paper & more! Scaffolds make it easy to format and write each part of a friendly letter in 1st grade, intervention, and special education groups. Click HERE to PREVIEW Take a closer look at what is included. (PDF Download) For Students: Increase engagement and improve attitudes toward writing. Prevent “I don’t know what to write” and learned helplessness. Boost confidence. Students are willing to try when they know it won’t be too hard. Accelerate progress with more writing practice and less wasted time. For Teachers: No prep. Print and go. Save yourself hundreds of hours adapting materials. Easy for paraeducators to use with small groups. Get ideas for writing IEP goals, present levels, and progress reports. Spend more time teaching and less time managing avoidance behaviors. Research Supports: Scaffolding Task repetition Models and exemplars Graphic organizers Feedback Effortlessly incorporate all of these into your writing instruction! This Writing Intervention Includes: 5 Weekly Friendly Letter Prompts Bonus Thank You Cards Every Prompt Has: a model planning organizer with sentence starters brainstorm list word bank writing paper revising & editing checklists Time-Saving Teacher Tools Included: Teacher notes Example schedule (1 prompt per week) Tied to standards (CCSS, TEKS, Florida’s BEST) Progress report statements Rubric Conference record Leveled writing paper options MORE prompts that may be used for writing journals and extra practice Organized list of sentence starters for reference Can be used for: Special Education, Tier 3 small groups Intervention Groups, Tier 2 ESL Summer school Homeschool FAQ: What is the difference between 1st grade and 2nd grade levels? The first grade level has handwriting lines. The second grade level has more sentence starters to choose from. They have the same prompts and different models for every prompt. Background: When my school adopted Writing Workshop, my special education students were overwhelmed. They needed lots of support to reduce their cognitive load and break tasks down into manageable steps. I spent many hours adapting writing tasks to their individual levels. My students stopped avoiding writing and started to feel successful and confident. In fact, general ed teachers noticed and asked to use my resources with their struggling students, too. I’m happy to share my work with you in the hopes it will lighten your workload and make writing time more enjoyable and stress-free for everyone. I strive for 5 stars. If something is amiss, please contact me via email before leaving a review. I'll do my best to make it right. I appreciate your support and feedback! Copyright © Angela Dansie Terms of Use Purchase of this resource entitles you to use it in your classroom only. It cannot be posted anywhere online. If you’d like to share it with colleagues, please purchase additional licenses at a discount. Thank you for respecting my hard work and terms of use! Show more