1st Grade · Writing
Letter to a Friend
Free printable 1st Grade writing worksheet: Letter to a Friend. It practices letter writing (Common Core W.1.3). For ages 6-7. Download the PDF, print it, or fill it in online.
Fill in or color online- Grade
- 1st Grade
- Subject
- Writing
- Skill
- Letter writing
- Ages
- 6–7
- Standard
- W.1.3
- Format
- A4 PDF · print or fill in online
About this worksheet
“Letter to a Friend” is sheet 18 of 22 in our free 1st Grade Writing Worksheets collection, written for children aged 6–7. It focuses on letter writing, one of four sheets in the set on that skill.
In the set it comes after “Add Details with Adjectives” and before “Complete Sentences”. Working through them in that order, one sheet a day, builds the skill a step at a time.
What this worksheet practices
W.1.3 · Common Core English Language Arts · Grade 1
Writing · Text types and purposes
Children work on writing a narrative — real or imagined events told in order.
More letter writing worksheets
The other 1st Grade Writing sheets on letter writing, in the order they are meant to be done.
How to use this worksheet
- 1
Talk the ideas through first. If your child can say it, they can write it.
- 2
Let them draw before writing on the how-to and story sheets — the drawing is the plan.
- 3
Post the friendly letter for real. Writing to a real reader is the best motivation there is.
