Letter Writing & Post Office Study

This month, the first graders will study letter writing during writing workshop (in alignment with our post office study). The first graders will learn lots of things about letter writing.  They will explore the different reasons people write letters (friendly letters, persuasive letters, etc), learn to write a letter with a particular reader in mind (using voice and asking specific questions), learn to use writing conventions associated with letter writing (and addressing an envelope), and will learn about the overall process for sending a letter.

a chart from today's letter writing lesson

Students will also design their own stationery, post cards, stamps and envelopes during project work. In social studies, we will use drama to learn about different post office jobs and machines.   In the block area, students will create sorting bins & mailboxes.  The first graders will also design flyers and posters advertising the opening of the post office to classes in our school.  Come the middle of February, we will have established a fully working post office for EVCS.  Our first graders will deliver mail to classrooms in EVCS for the remainder of the year!

today's brainstorming work during social studies

Stay tuned for updates about this work!