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Friendly Letter Writing Unit {Dear Scruffy…}
Your students will love writing friendly letters to Scruffy the dog who has lots of problems to be solved! This is a perfect letter writing unit to put in an independent writing center once you teach the parts of a friendly letter (anchor charts included too). Scruffy has so many problems, your students will use their reasoning skills and have the opportunity to work on writing him letters with endless solutions for many months.
This resource includes:
- 20 letters from Scruffy with student relevant problems for them to respond to
- 3 choices of anchor charts to use while teaching parts of a friendly letter
- 3 choices of letter writing paper
- Helpful hints
Genevieve F. –
This resource was helpful for introducing the letter writing unit to my students
Pamela V. –
This is such a great way to engage students’ writing and have them be interested in the subject matter so profoundly. Thanks for making this resource!
jamie martin –
My 2nd grade students loved this letter writing resource!
C Marrin –
Kids love using this unit. I brought in a stuffed animal and names him Scruffy. they cant wait to see Scruffy’s next problem.
Amy W. –
My students loved this unit! It made learning to write a friendly letter so much fun for my class.
Allison G. –
I have been using this resource for years. Students love reading and solving Scruffy’s problems. Great examples!
Cheryl J. –
My class is loving this resource! I have a stuffed animal that I have been using with this, and the kids love it!
Smart Cookies in Kinder –
My kids loved this! We wrote to Scruffy everyday for a week to practice our letter writing skills. Great jumping off point for discussions on good choices
Darcee P. –
Love this resource for helping students practice writing friendly letters. The dog stories were about real issues and I added a stuffed dog to help with more attention and focus to the activity. Cute font and there were lots of letter options to keep the activity going for a long time!
Teaching in Teepees –
My students absolutely loved this resource! It was so fun and engaging!
Ashlee P. –
My students absolutely loved writing to Scruffy and helping him solve his problems that they could relate to! They were so engaged and looked forward to their writing time! I have been using this for 2 years now to teach students how to write friendly letters! Thank you for creating!
Rose P. –
The students love this resource. Well organized with lots of activities. Perfect for grade 1-2. Amazing resource.
Alison L. –
Great resource to introduce letter writing. My kids wanted to meet Scruffy!
Born to EduKait –
Such a helpful unit for teaching friendly letters! The structured prompts and engaging content made it easy for my students to understand the parts of a letter and write with purpose. A great resource for practicing real-world writing skills.
Renita R. –
My students love this resource! They had so much fun coming up with solutions to the many problems that Scruffy was asked to help with. I like that students use problem solving skills while responding to letter.
Coffee Phonics & Chaos –
I did this during small group and my students loved it!
Meghan D. –
My students LOVED this. They loved writing to Scruffy and helping him solve his problems.
SARAH ONEILL –
I enjoyed using this resource to teach students about friendly letter writing.
Brittany Daniels –
Used in my first and second grade bilingual classrooms. Kids loved it.
Bridgette McClellan –
This is a great resource and my students love to use it.