1. Writing Friendly Letters
A Five Step Process

2. Five parts of a Friendly Letter:
The Heading
The Salutation (greeting)
The Body 
The Closing
The Signature

3. The Heading
The heading can include your address and the date.  In casual, friendly letters your address is not necessary.
Rm 121 Hardin ISD
Hardin, Texas 77561
December 17, 2013
Heading

4. The Salutation (greeting)
Dear_________.  The blank is for the name of the person you are writing.  After you write the person's name you put a comma ( , ) .
Rm 121 Hardin ISD
Hardin, Texas 77561
December 17, 2013
Dear Miss Carr,
Greeting

5. The Body
The body of the letter is the information you are writing in your letter.
Rm 121 Hardin ISD
Hardin, Texas 77561
December 17, 2013
Dear Miss Carr,
What are you doing over the holidays? My husband and I will be celebrating with our family in Sugar Land and in Deweyville. I hope that you will have a wonderful Christmas break! Merry Christmas!
Body

6. The Closing
The Closing:  In the closing the first word is capitalized and you put a comma after the last word.  
Some examples of closings are: Sincerely, Your friend, Love, Very truly yours,
Rm 121 Hardin ISD
Hardin, Texas 77561
December 17, 2013
Dear Miss Carr,
What are you doing over the holidays? My husband and I will be celebrating with our family in Sugar Land and in Deweyville. I hope that you will have a wonderful Christmas break! Merry Christmas!
Closing
Your friend,

7. Signature Your Signature This is your name. It goes under the closing.
Rm 121 Hardin ISD
Hardin, Texas 77561
December 17, 2013
Dear Miss Carr,
Signature
What are you doing over the holidays? My husband and I will be celebrating with our family in Sugar Land and in Deweyville. I hope that you will have a wonderful Christmas break! Merry Christmas!
Your friend,
Mrs. Shipman

8. Mrs. Shipman Characters: Eric (kid who made fun of Trisha) Mr. Falker
2354 CR 2058
Hardin, TX 77561
Sept. 25, 2015
Dear Trisha,
Characters:
Eric (kid who made fun of Trisha)
Mr. Falker
Trisha
You are a smart and unique young girl. You are very lucky to have had such a wonderful family who supported you with your journey to read. I am so sorry that your grandparents passed away whenever you were in elementary school; my grandma passed away when I was in Kindergarten. It made me proud to know that you continued to try, even when the other students were mean to you.
I am glad that you decided to trust Mr. Falker and realize that you were smart after all! Being able to feel successful in school is a wonderful feeling! Just because you have a problem does not mean that you can’t overcome that obstacle to get that honey, the knowledge from the pages of a book.
Congratulations on your efforts!
Your friend,
Mrs. Shipman