In addition to writing our Small Moments stories, we have begun a unit on letter writing. Two weeks ago we wrote thank you letters to our P.E. coaches for organizing field day for the lower division students. The coaches were very pleased to receive our letters and complimented us on doing such great job. Last week we wrote to the Morean Art Center thanking them for our interesting trip to their museum. We received an email of appreciation for our thoughtfulness.
Today we will two more letters, thanking our visiting artists who helped make the Celebrate the Arts day so special. Mrs. O'Mullane, second grade teacher here at Shorecrest, presented an interesting introduction to using our bodies to dance in many fun ways. This was followed by Mr. Rim Carnivicus, an opera singer, who explained about opera. He demonstrated various opera characteristics, such as high and low sounds, and loud and soft ones. We watched a cute Bugs Bunny cartoon which was done in an operatic style.
At other times we will write letters to Dr. Bianco asking her questions or commenting on different areas. Writing letters to friends here at school and to our parents will be fun, too.
Copies are made of all the letters that we are writing so they can be bound together for individual books for each student. We are talking about the various purposes of writing letters and the different components of a letter.
How about encouraging your child at home to write letters to family and friends that live far away?
