Many moons ago, I bought some letters written by ocean animals.
They were a total hit.
Then I bought some letters for each letter of the alphabet.
This calls for more and more letters!!!!
Each time we have a new unit, the students get a new letter introducing the unit.
Our letters usually come from our mascot.
Sometimes they come from a tour guide like in the zoo pack.
They start off with a broad overview of theme words that I display in our writing center.
For example in our space unit we have an intro letter:
Then each day we get a letter from a different planet or piece of equipment.
Sometimes, it's just one letter like our weather letter:
Sometimes I give out badges for the kids to wear.
Here's our friendship/love letter
During our rain forest unit,
we start with an overview. Then each day we get a letter from a different creature or plant.
During our insect unit, we of course start with an overview of all insects.
I add word cards for those, however, I don't add the word cards that will send letters during our study.
For example, say I have eight days for our insect unit. I pick seven bugs that write letters. They send us that word card for that insect.
I address the envelopes more so for myself lol
This is part of the series of letters.Here are others available:
School
Friendship
Fall
Teeth
Monsters
Seuss
Transportation
Leprechaun
Thanksgiving
Vet/Pet
Nutrition*
Rain Forest*
Gingerbread
Community Helpers
Christmas
Spring
Snow
Insects*
Space
Zoo*
Weather
Ocean*
Dinos
The * means this a series of letters. For example, your students will get a general overview of the theme followed by themed letters in the unit.
What am I missing? What themes do you teach that you need a letter for?
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