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Friendly Letter Lesson Plan

This lesson plan aims to teach second grade students how to write opinion pieces by having them write friendly letters to convince crayons from The Day the Crayons Quit to stay in Duncan's crayon box. Students will first discuss why it's important for crayons to work together by answering a question on a Padlet page. They will then watch a video on writing friendly letters and discuss the three parts of a letter. Students will choose a crayon, brainstorm reasons for them to stay, and write a rough and final draft of a friendly letter to be published in a class book. The lesson incorporates standards around recounting stories, writing opinion pieces, and revising writing.

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Friendly Letter Lesson Plan

This lesson plan aims to teach second grade students how to write opinion pieces by having them write friendly letters to convince crayons from The Day the Crayons Quit to stay in Duncan's crayon box. Students will first discuss why it's important for crayons to work together by answering a question on a Padlet page. They will then watch a video on writing friendly letters and discuss the three parts of a letter. Students will choose a crayon, brainstorm reasons for them to stay, and write a rough and final draft of a friendly letter to be published in a class book. The lesson incorporates standards around recounting stories, writing opinion pieces, and revising writing.

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Brianne Cronk

Grade 2
The Day the Crayons Quit
Lesson 2
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.2
Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures,
and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.1
Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or book they are
writing about, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the
opinion, use linking words (e.g., because, and, also) to connect opinion
and reasons, and provide a concluding statement or section.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.5
With guidance and support from adults and peers, focus on a topic and
strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing.
Student Learning Objectives:
Students will create their own friendly letter (opinion piece)
incorporating all the necessary parts: greeting, body with 3 reasons,
and closing. Students will revise their letters to be published in a class
book: The Day Room 4 Saved Duncans Crayon Box
Assessment:
The teacher will informally analyze students responses to the Padlet
question: Why is it important that all the crayons work together? Relate
your answer to how the crayons are a symbol of humans working
together. Students put their name as the title and must use complete
sentences when answering the posed question.
This lesson will incorporate a summative assessment through the
friendly letters students write. Each letter must have a greeting, a
body with 3 reasons and a closing. Good penmanship, grammar and
spelling will also be checked. The teacher will make edits to each letter
until a final product is able to be published. Each student will present
their letter to the class at the end of the lesson.
Modification can be made to give students extra support during letter
writing.
Materials/Resources
1. The Day the Crayons Quit
2. Computer/projector: to display Padlet page and PowToon
3. Chart paper

4. Brainstorm and rough draft scrap paper


5. Crayon Letter template
Instructional Methods
Sitting on the carpet as a whole class while the Padlet page
homework is reviewed
Transition back to desks for writing friendly letter
Focus and time management while doing independent writing
Listening and presentation skills while presenting individual
letters
Initiation:
To begin this lesson, the teacher will open the class Padlet page that
the students have completed for homework. Students will have the
opportunity to share how they responded to the posed question. This
will link the pervious lesson to what will be discussed in this lesson.
Lesson Development:
1. The teacher will then show the class the PowToon video on How
to Write a Friendly Letter.
2. Teacher will facilitate whole group discussion on the 3 parts of a
letter. Responses will be written on large chart paper.
3. The teacher will then explain the days assignment. The class
(Room 4) will need to choose a crayon mentioned in the book
and write a letter back to them persuading them to stay in
Duncans crayon box. They will complete the brainstorm sheet
with 3 reasons why the specific crayon should stay to use for the
body of the letter. They will write one rough draft, have it edited
and then produce a final copy to be published.
4. Students return to their seats to complete individual brainstorm
sheets. They should first choose a color, then think of their own 3
reasons why that color is so important/why it should stay.
Students are encouraged to refer back to the text to incorporate
real things the crayon said and respond back to those things in
their own letter.
5. The teacher will sit in the front of the room to review the
brainstorm sheets and give students the rough draft writing
sheet as soon as they are ready. Once students have complete
the rough draft, the teacher will also review that. (Give enough
time.)
6. Once all previous steps have been completed, students will be
given the final draft paper. Students must use their best
penmanship because this page will be published in a class book!
Closure:

Once all students have completed their letter incorporating all the
necessary parts, the teacher will publish it in the class book: The Day
Room 4 Saved Duncans Crayon Box. All students will have the
opportunity to read aloud their letter to the class. For extra practice,
students should visit the FunEnglishGames.com to practice their letter
writing skills on their own time. This website tests students by asking
them to drag each part of a letter to the appropriate position on the
page and what is proper to write in a letter.

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