Veterans Day, on November 11, honors everyone who has served in the United States armed forces, in war and in peace. Many classes write cards and letters to veterans in their town, at a veterans home or in their own families, and these pages are made for that.
Five pages of writing to thank veterans. Pages 1 and 3 are draw and write pages on large lines: read the prompt aloud, let children draw, then help them trace the starter ("Thank you for", "I can") and finish the sentence. Page 2 has two cards, each with a flag and THANK YOU in bubble letters to color and lines to write a short message from Dear to From; cut them out along the dashed lines. Page 4 is a friendly letter with each part named at the side. Page 5 is an acrostic poem: each line starts with a letter of VETERANS, and a box of words to try helps with every letter.
Before writing, talk about who veterans are and invite a veteran from your school community to visit if you can. Write a class list of things to thank veterans for, so children have words to borrow. Many towns and veterans homes are glad to receive a stack of cards: check with them before Veterans Day.
Think together about a veteran you know, in your family or on your street, and make a card for them. Read your child's writing aloud with them before you deliver it.
Thank-you cards, letters and drawings for Veterans Day on November 11. Children draw and write their thanks, color and cut out cards, write a letter to a veteran and make an acrostic poem.
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