Teach the Parts of a Letter with This Engaging Interactive Activity

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This digital learning activity has been designed by our teacher team to help your students learn key letter components such as the heading, greeting, body, closing and signature. It features a variety of activity types such as sorts, drag-and-drops and labelling.

Students will learn about the parts of a letter through the following activities:

1. True or False? – Use the paint tool to colour whether each statement about the parts of a letter is true or false.
2. Greetings and Closings Sort – Drag and drop the greetings and closings into the correct column of the table.
3. Headings and Signatures Sort – Drag and drop the headings and signatures into the correct column of the table.
4. Which Letter Part? – Move a checkmark to cover the correct name for the highlighted part of the letter.
5. Examples Drag and Drop – Drag and drop the letter part examples to match their names.
6. Label the Letter – Label the example letter by typing the correct letter part names in the boxes provided.
7. Which Is Correct? – Move a checkmark to cover the dates, greetings and closings that are written correctly.
8. Name the Letter Part –  Type the letter part name to name to match the definitions provided.

These digital parts of a letter exercises download as an editable Google Slides file. Should you require answers, these can be downloaded as a separate PDF.

Ways to Use This Format of a Letter Resource

This format of a letter digital activity can be used in various ways to teach your students about the structure of letters. Here is a handful of ideas to get you thinking:

1. Whole-Class Interactive Lesson – Display the parts of a letter activity on an interactive whiteboard and complete it as a class. Call on students to drag and drop the correct letter parts while discussing their purposes. Encourage peer discussion by asking students to explain their choices.
2. Small Group Rotations – Use the activity as a part of literacy rotations where small groups work together to complete the tasks. Assign students different roles (e.g. one student drags, another explains) to promote collaboration.
3. Independent Digital Practice – Assign the activity as an independent task for students to complete on their own devices. Allow students to self-check their answers using the provided answer key.

Download to Teach the Parts of a Letter

Use the Download button to access the Google Slides file. You will be prompted to make a copy of it before accessing it.

Please note that this resource functions in Edit mode only, not in Presentation mode.

This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher and a Teach Starter collaborator.

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