Subjects: Language Arts
Age: Preschool – 5th Grade
Description: Students creatively engage in reading and writing by exchanging letters to other students. Students have the opportunity to make custom stamps and artwork for their pen pal project.
Download the Stamp Template, Pel Pal Letter Template, and the Early Learners Pen Pal Letter Template for free.
Purchase the Complete Pen Pal Lesson Plan and receive additionally:
- All the above templates
- All About Me Introduction Pen Pal Letter
- Lesson plan introducing the project, how to address a letter, making a custom stamp, writing prompts for an entire school year.
- Buddy List to help pair students together.
Pen Pal Lesson Plan
Materials
- Templates
- Pencil
- Eraser
- Markers, Crayons, Colored Pencils
- Envelopes
Instructions
- Download the free templates and print.
- Engage in a conversation with the students about pen pals and letter writing. Ask if they know what a pen pal is, if they have ever written a letter before, etc.
- Provide them with an example of a letter. Show the envelop and how it is addressed. Show the letter and how it is written.
- Allow the students to brainstorm questions they may have for someone they have never met before.
- Depending on the age, provide the appropriate free templates and allow the children write their letter. For younger students, encourage them to draw a picture and have an adult help write a caption.
- Allow the students to fold their letter and seal it in an envelope.
- Address the envelope.
- You can choose to design your own stamp and add it to the envelop if you do not plan to actually mail the letter. If you are actually mailing your letter make sure to add a real USPS postage stamp. For suggestions on how to make your own custom stamp, purchase the complete pen pal letter lesson plan.
- Allow the students to decorate their envelopes. If you are sending the letter through USPS, make sure the decorations do not get in the way of the addresses and stamps or your letter may not be mailed.
- Wait patiently for a letter to return to you from your new pen pal!
For more ideas and content like a complete school year of writing prompts, All About Me Introduction Letter templates, and more purchase the complete pen pal letter lesson plan.
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