# data[].attributes.body
Overall the students as an entire class loved this assignment. They were excited to have an outline for the writing without being told exactly what to write. The students were also excited to know their letter was going to be read by a real person. My selected three students outperformed my expectations. Student 1 was once of the first students done and was eager to help others. Student 2 had little issues with the Chromebooks and even incorporated pictures into her letter. Lastly Student 3 seemed to be motivated to write. He wanted to share his interest with his PenPal and needed limited scaffolding other than the shared writing. Overall the class surpassed all expectations and I'm excited to continue this project throughout the year!

# data[].attributes.body
Life skill of letter writing

Question writing skills

Elements of a letter

Description of physical characteristics

Description of classroom - use of proper adjectives

Ability to question without an immediate response

# data[].attributes.body
Once all letters are turned in through Google Classroom I will have the students come back to the rug. I will then ask “What are the four elements to the letters that we are writing to our new Pen Pals?” The students will share their responses. I will then ask students who are excited to share to read out loud the friendly letter that they have written. After 5 or 6 shares I will close the lesson by reminding the students that we will have to wait for our response at that we will be writing letters to our Pen Pals all year long.

# data[].attributes.body
Sample Letter with prompts:

How do I start the first paragraph?

What are some of my physical characteristics?

What are my emotional characteristics?

What does our classroom look like?

What does our playground look like?

What questions would you like to ask our new friend?

Once the shared writing is completed I was write my closing of “Sincerely Miss Jordan” and read out loud our class shared writing. After reminding the students of the four elements I will send them to their desk to being their own. I will monitor student work by walking around. I will have a group of 4 students that struggle with writing sit at the front desk with me in order to monitor them more closely. The students will write the letter on their Chromebook and when finished turn in through Google Classroom.

# data[].attributes.body
Narrative Writer, Enjoys writing, enjoys free write more than school assignments, frequently stops, get distracted by other students easily, asks to help others when they themselves are not done

# data[].attributes.body
Students will write a letter introducing the physical and personal characteristics.

Students will ask questions concerning the other student’s characteristics and the characteristics of their school.

The students will produce a letter that has the four elements discussed in the lesson: Heading, Date, Body and Closing

# data[].attributes.body
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.3

Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.3.A

Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.3.B

Use dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.3.C

Use temporal words and phrases to signal event order.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.3.D

Provide a sense of closure.

# data[].attributes.body
Narrative Writer, Enjoys school assignments, writes at home but also likes to do “‘school like” writings - sees themselves as a writer, Handwritten drafts come out quickly enjoys to write, begins to struggle when aiming to type assignments and stops frequently

# data[].attributes.body
Motivation - The students as a whole in this class seem to be uninterested in writing and would rather work on subjects such as math or STEM. I thought it was important to design a lesson that really reflected student interest so they would enjoy writing. I knew creating real life Pen Pals would excited the students and therefore I knew I could incorporate this into writing.

# data[].attributes.body
Dislikes writing, Opinion Writer, Only writes while at school, does not enjoy writing, achieves high on testing but seems uninterested during school day, rather do other work, Unmotivated to write, gets down the minimum and then stops

# data[].attributes.body
This is a third grade writing lesson focusing on friendly letters and the elements within each.