Dear Friend: Writing a Postcard in English for Grade 3 ESL

About This Resource

A complete Grade 3 ESL writing pack on writing a postcard: dear, weather and activity words, simple sentences about a trip, and a friendly ending. Includes a lesson plan, worksheet, quiz, homework, picture flashcards, a rubric, editable slides and Word files, and answer keys.

Overview

Young English learners learn the parts of a postcard: the greeting (Dear ...), the message and the ending (Love, ... or Your friend, ...). They learn words for places, weather and holiday activities with pictures, build sentences such as "The weather is sunny. I swim in the sea.", put a postcard in order and write their own short postcard about a trip.

Resource Details

Subject: ESL
Topic: Writing a Postcard
Category: Writing
File Type: PDF
File Size: 404.1 KB
Published: 27 Oct 2026
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Grade 3 (ages 8–9), beginner to pre-intermediate 45 minutes Writing sentences vocabulary for places weather and activities reading short texts ordering a text

Learning Objectives

Name the parts of a postcard: greeting, message and ending.
Use words for places, weather and activities in simple sentences about a trip.
Write a short postcard of four or five sentences with a greeting and an ending.

Lesson Procedure

Teach the words with the slides and the picture flashcards.
Show a real or model postcard and read it aloud together.
Use the worksheet for guided and independent practice, then give the quiz and score it with the rubric.
Send the homework page home and use the flashcards for review.

Assessment

Check that the postcard has a greeting, a message of at least four sentences and an ending. The rubric gives four levels for structure, vocabulary, sentences and neatness.

Differentiation

Support: give students the sentence frames and the picture word cards. Challenge: ask students to add a question to their friend, such as 'What are you doing?'

Classroom Activity Ideas

Postcard swap: students write a postcard to a classmate and read the one they get.
Picture postcard: students draw a place on one side and write the message on the other.
Weather report: students say the weather and what they do in it.

Teacher Tips

Bring a real postcard if you can. Use sentence frames on the board: 'Dear ___,', 'I am at the ___.', 'The weather is ___.', 'I like to ___.' and 'Love, ___.' Praise first drafts and correct only one or two mistakes at a time.

What's Included

12-page printable PDF lesson pack: teacher lesson plan with timings, materials and differentiation
Key vocabulary list (8 words with meanings and examples)
Student worksheet (6 activities)
Quiz / assessment (4 parts)
Homework practice page
Printable flashcards (8 picture cards)
Assessment rubric (4 levels)
Lesson slides (editable PowerPoint)
Editable Word version of all student pages
Complete answer key (also as a separate PDF)