When December comes each year I cannot wait to get out our mailbox and start writing letters! It is so fun for the students to send out mail and receive mail. This also gives the students a very authentic purpose for their writing, and they begin writing up a storm! After the students finish a letter, they sign up for a conference. I read over every letter that goes into our mailbox. The students have learned to include a date, greeting, at least 4 sentences in the body of the letter, and end with a closing and signature. This conference time allows me to help students fix up small mistakes and discuss the spelling of new words. We'll all be sad when it's time to put our mailbox away!
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