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Friendly Letter Template

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Printable friendly letter templates with the date, greeting, body, closing and signature, plus a chart, a label-the-parts page and comma practice.

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Parts of a friendly letter

A sample letter with the date, greeting, body, closing and signature labeled.

Friendly letter templates

Lined letter paper with or without part labels, plus a thank-you letter, a letter to a pen pal and a letter to a story character.

Letter practice

Label the parts of a letter and practice commas in greetings and closings. Answer keys included.

Print at 100% (actual size) for the cleanest tracing lines.

About these friendly letter worksheets

A friendly letter has five parts: the date, the greeting, the body, the closing and the signature. Second graders learn to write each part in its place and to put a comma after the greeting and after the closing.

These friendly letter templates give children second grade writing lines laid out like a real letter: the date at the right, the greeting at the left, the body in the middle, and the closing and signature at the right. One template labels each part and one does not. Three templates come with a prompt: a thank-you letter, a letter to a pen pal or grandparent, and a letter to a character from a story.

A chart shows a sample letter with every part labeled. A label-the-parts page and a page on commas in greetings and closings have answer keys.

Standards

  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.2.BUse commas in greetings and closings of letters.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.1Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking words (e.g., because, and, also) to connect opinion and reasons, and provide a concluding statement or section.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.2Write informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.3Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.

How to use them

  1. Start with the Parts of a Friendly Letter chart and read the sample letter together.
  2. Do the label-the-parts page to check that your child knows each part.
  3. Use the labeled template first, then the blank one.
  4. Mail or deliver the finished letter. Writing for a real reader makes it matter.

Teaching tips

  • Remember the comma after the greeting (Dear Grandma,) and after the closing (Love,).
  • The body can be one or two short paragraphs. Start each with an indent.
  • Closings to try: Love, Your friend, Thank you, See you soon.
  • A thank-you letter should say what the person did and why it mattered.

Questions teachers and parents ask

What are the five parts of a friendly letter?

The date, the greeting, the body, the closing and the signature.

Where do the commas go in a friendly letter?

After the greeting (Dear Sam,) and after the closing (Your friend,). The date also has a comma between the day and the year.

Are these templates free to print?

Yes. Every template prints in black and white on US Letter or A4.