Leandra Bambrick October 10, 2013 Grade: Kindergarten Time: 20 minutes Writing Thank You Letters Purpose: tudents

!i"" be ab"e to !rite#dra! a "etter to a communit$ he"%er o& their choice b$ "earning about "etter !riting as a !ho"e grou% and !riting their "etters as a sma"" grou%' Strategy Instruction: Writing Common Core Standards: Writing tandards 2, 3 and (' Declarative Knowledge: Toda$ !e !i"" be "earning about the im%ortance o& gi)ing thanks and ho! it can be gi)en in "etter &orm' Letters he"% us to te"" other %eo%"e about a stor$ or an e)ent and to !rite#dra! it is the order it ha%%ened' This is im%ortant because !e !rite "etters e)er$ da$ as adu"ts' There are man$ di&&erent kinds o& "etters because o& techno"og$ such as emai"s and te*t messages' Conditional Knowledge: We use the strateg$ o& !riting to he"% us become more e*%ert readers' We can !rite do!n or dra! !hat !e are thinking be&ore a stor$, during a stor$ and a&ter a stor$' Procedural Knowledge: +irst, !e !i"" discuss the communit$ he"%ers that !e ha)e ta"ked about in c"ass' Then, !e !i"" decide !ho !e !ant to !rite "etters to and &orm grou%s based on !ho !e are !riting the "etter to' ,e*t, !e !i"" read the book -The .a$ The /ra$ons 0uit1 and discuss !hat a "etter consists o&' Last, !e !i"" s%"it into our sma"" grou%s' One grou% !i"" be at teacher tab"e !riting their "etters !hi"e the other grou%s are %racticing their !riting ski""s at !riting centers' Engagement for this Lesson: 2 !i"" engage the students in the "esson b$ ha)ing them reca"" the communit$ he"%ers !e ha)e ta"ked about' We !i"" make a "ist o& these communit$ he"%ers on the board and !hat the$ do around the communit$' 2& necessar$ 2 !i"" read our communit$ he"%ers book to them again' Student Differentiation: 2 !i"" di&&erentiate this "esson b$ ha)ing the students !ho kno! ho! to !rite, !rite their o!n sentence sa$ing thank $ou and then dra!ing a %icture to go a"ong !ith that' 3$ other students !ho can4t 5uite !rite $et 2 !i"" a""o! them to te"" me their sentence and 2 !i"" he"% them to !rite it' Then, the$ can a"so dra! a %icture to go a"ong !ith their sentence' ome o& m$ students are 6LL4s' 2 !i"" a""o! them to !rite their "etter in %anish since, some so"diers s%eak %anish and !ou"d en7o$ a "etter !ritten in %anish'

Writing Communication !ssessment: 2 !i"" assess m$ students understanding b$ reading their "etters and "ooking at their %ictures' 2 !i"" a"so ask them 5uestions o& !h$ the$ are sa$ing thank $ou to their chosen communit$ he"%er during sma"" grou%'