Free Pen Pal Program

This is a supplemental handout that instructs the students on everything origami. This is a great quick class activity!

This template will become a useful resource for senior participants. It contains program details, words from the teacher, and ideas for things to write about with their pen pals!

This worksheet accompanies the "Class Plan 2: Letter Content" class plan, but can be used by itself as well! It leads groups of students through a brainstorming activity allowing them to come up with ideas of things to ask their pen pal, causing students to lead to conversation-generation process.

In order to begin correspondence, get the parents on board with this easy permission slip template!

This worksheet accompanies the "Riveting Research" class plan, but can be used by itself as well! It leads the student through a mini research project about their pen pal's birth year, allowing them to better understand the person they're writing to!

This permission slip will be useful in getting parents on board to make your pen pal program sustainable as the kids opt to continue writing.

Recruiting may seem daunting, but this handy sheet provides catchy slogans and scripts for telephone calls or flyers to get you started in your participant quest!

This resource can be easily printed and sliced up into strips for classroom distribution so the students have on paper their pen pal's address and name.

This survey will become a useful resource for gathering input at the close of your program.