Grade Level: Third
Content Learning About:
Letter Writing
Writing Thank You Letters
Government
Military
World Issues
Service Need:
Thousands of military men and women have left their families to serve our country both at home and overseas. We need to lift their spirits and let them know that we appreciate the sacrifices they make to keep us safe.
Service Idea:
Write thank you letters to the military. Mail the letters to an army brigade stationed in Afghanistan.
Preparation:
Learn how to write a letter. Learn the components and format that thank you letters have to have. Learn about the military and what purpose they serve in our country.
Action:
Students will write thank you letters and we will mail them to a brigade in the army currently stationed in Afghanistan.
Reflection:
Each day the class will read books and learn more about the function of the military. The students will learn that we have military stationed around the world. As the students learn more each day they will add more to the body of our letter until it is complete.
Demonstration:
Inform students from other classes as well as faculty about what the class did to support our troops and why it is important. Display copies of the letters in the hallway for the school to view.
Youth Voice and Choice:
The students choose what to write about. The students were asked what we could do to support the military and they choose to “write a letter of gratitude”.
Curricular Connections:
English/Language Arts: Write a thank you letter to army troops in Afghanistan.
ELA3C1 The student demonstrates understanding and control of the rules of the English language, realizing that usage involves the appropriate application of conventions and grammar in both written and spoken formats. The student
a. Correctly identifies and uses subject/verb agreement and adjectives.
b. Identifies and uses nouns (singular, plural, possessive) correctly.
c. Identifies and uses contractions correctly.
d. Identifies and uses personal and possessive pronouns.
e. Speaks and writes in complete and coherent sentences.
f. Identifies and uses increasingly complex sentence structure.
g. Distinguishes between complete and incomplete sentences.
h. Demonstrates knowledge of when to use formal or informal language exchanges (e.g., slang, colloquialisms, idioms).
i. When appropriate, determines the meaning of a word based on how it is used in an orally presented sentence.
j. Uses resources (encyclopedias, Internet, books) to research and share information about a topic.
k. Uses the dictionary and thesaurus to support word choices.
l. Uses common rules of spelling and corrects words using dictionaries and other resources.
m. Uses appropriate capitalization and punctuation (end marks, commas, apostrophes, quotation marks).
ELA3W2 The student writes in a variety of genres, including narrative, informational, persuasive, and response to literature.
b. Sustains a focus.
c. Includes the appropriate purpose, expectations, and length for the audience and genre.
h. May include pre-writing.
i. May include a revised and edited draft
Social Studies: Learning about the military and what branch of the government they are under and what they do for our country. We will view where are letters are going on a map.
SS3CG1 The student will explain the importance of the basic principles that provide the foundation of a republican form of government.
a. Explain why in the United States there is a separation of power between branches of government and levels of government.
b. Name the three levels of government (national, state, local) and the three branches in each (executive, legislative, judicial), including the names of the legislative branch (Congress, General Assembly, county commission or city council).
c. State an example of the responsibilities of each level and branch of government.
Math: Estimate how many stamps we will need for our letters to get to Afghanistan.
M3P4. Students will make connections among mathematical ideas and to other disciplines.
c. Recognize and apply mathematics in contexts outside of mathematics.
Art: Drawing pictures with the letters to send to the troops.
Skill Development:
• Letter writing
• Paragraph construction
• Subject verb agreement
• Conventions of writing
• Sentence structure
Books
My Dad’s a Hero by Rebecca Christiansen and Jewel Armstrong
I Miss You!: A Military Kid’s Book About Deployment
Community Contacts:
Brian and Kendra McClery (deployed army soldier and his wife)
Student’s Families
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