Teacher Resources, Teaching Resources
Teacher Resources, Teaching Resources
....A Contribution from our Free Teaching Ideas Directory....

Writing lesson

by Kylie
(Australia)

I was just browsing quickly through the lesson plans section and thought I would add a lesson I did last year in my first Block.

My supervising teacher asked me to come up with a fun writing activity. I photocopied some pages with Dear Mrs Malone... at the top, and the first line of a letter that read...My favourite things are..... and the bottom of the page just "From....."

I used an old shoes box cut a slot in the front and taped the lid on painted it red and wrote mail box on it. I provided envelopes and blank stickers for the children to make their own stamps and they all wrote me a letter, addressed it to Mrs Malone, and made a stamp and posted it.

I had bought in a few of my favourite things to show and share with the children and that began my activity.

That night I used a large cardboard sheet and wrote about my favourite things back to the children and how I loved reading their letters.

I left the mail box and envelopes and stickers for the children and blank paper, so they could write letters at any time they chose when they had free activities. I made a point at the end of my prac to write a letter to the kindy class letting them know how much I enjoyed my week with them and how I would miss seeing their smiling faces each day.

Well I thought I would share this as it bought about lots of conversation and sharing from the children and was a successful lesson.

Comments for
Writing lesson

Click here to add your own comments

May 13, 2009
 Letter Writing
by: Kat

That is such a clever way to get kids wanting to write. Extending on from that - the school could make their own post box and place it somewhere on the school grounds (Making sure it is locked away each night & weekend so it isn't vandalized).

Kids can be all given a pen friend from another class and or grade and write to each other. Once a week a different class gets to sort and deliver the mail to the other children.
Jan 21, 2009
 Awesome
by: Anonymous

I love that idea. You could even have the students start writing to one another too.
Dec 19, 2008
 commentary
by: Anonymous

Always looking for new ideas. I love this idea. I could see how it could be a positive teaching moment.

Click here to add your own comments

Join in and write your own page! It's easy to do. How?
Simply click here to return to Teaching Writing Ideas





Back to Free Teaching Ideas Directory....



NEW! Don't Miss Your..
FREE RESOURCE
EACH MONTH
Exclusive to Newsletter Subscribers
Email

Name

Then

I promise to use your email address only to send you K-3TeacherResources.com Newsletter.


sites-for-teachers-logo
sites-for-parents-logo
teacher-resources-teachnology-logo


Stay Up-to-Date

Join our Feed via EMAIL or RSS

feedburner



Customer Feedback

"Hi Donna I have just been into your site and it is FANTASTIC! I am a Support Teacher and to have these resources at my fingertips are great....and so easy to help teachers when looking for interesting ideas to inspire learning. Keep up the fabulous work!I am SO glad I found you and became a member."
Dear Donna, I just wanted to take the time to write to you and let you know that after 19 years of teaching and searching endless bookstores and internet sites for the perfect resources, I have finally found what I consider to be THE BEST WEBSITE EVER...YOURS!!!!!
More customer feedback...
COPYRIGHT K-3TeacherResources.com 2007-2009
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
A division of Chris Elliott Consulting Pty Ltd, Manly Aust.
Teacher Resources for Australia, United States, United Kingdom and More....
Template Design
Copyright© 2007-2009.
Related Posts with Thumbnails