You've got Mail!

The weeks leading up to our holiday break are full of excitement in 2nd grade!  One of our favorite writing units is the letter writing unit.  Once we review the parts of a letter and the expectations of what the students need to include in their letters, they begin writing and sending letters out in our classroom mailbox!  Who doesn't love to write a letter and receive a letter back!  During our writing block, we meet for a mini-lesson to either write a letter as a class or work on conventions in their writing.  Then we hand out the mail we've received in our mailbox and a few students deliver the mail we've written around the school.  During our writing time I meet with students for conferences. They must conference each letter with me before it leaves the classroom.  Needless to say, we've been writing up a storm and the students love it!