Canada05
07-21-2006, 11:10 PM
Canadian Province Postcard exchange.
We are still in need of participants for our postcard exchange project from Quebec, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and NewBrunswick.
This is a wonderful way to teach your children about Canada
> > and I'm willing to organize it again. The way it works is
> > this: If you are interested in participating, email me
> > with: 1--The way you want your postcards addressed. (ie.
> > Mrs. Smith's class) 2--Your school address 3--Your email.
> >
> > At the end of the summer, I will email everybody with a
> > list of all the participants. I will assign you a specific
> > week, and during that week you send a postcard to each of
> > the participants on the list. The number of postcards you
> > send out depends on how many people end up taking part in
> > the project. I have a map of Canada in my classroom, and I
> > always attach the postcard to the map with a string,
> > showing where the community is. My students always cheered
> > when there was a new postcard to read, and this is a
> > WONDERFUL way to teach about Canada. It really lends itself
> > to helping primary students understand the difference
> > between community, province, territory and country and the
> > diversity between the communities.
> >
> > The problem we had this past year was that we should have
> > had 40 postcards mailed to us and we ended up with about
> > half. That was disappointing. So, in order to try to avoid
> > this problem again, I will send an email to everybody at
> > the end of the summer before I assign the weeks. This email
> > will ask everybody to reconsider whether or not they are
> > committed to the project. If anybody changes their mind,
> > that will be their chance to back out. Hopefully this will
> > eliminate a reoccurance of last year's problem. Like I say,
> > that was disappointing, but to me it's not worth scrapping
> > the project.
> >
> > Please email me if you're interested! Remember, I need:
> > 1--The way you want your postcards addressed. (ie. Mrs.
> > Smith's class) 2--Your school address 3--Your email Alta
> > Rose
contact:
a.recuenco@gmail.com or brw014@hotmail.com
We are still in need of participants for our postcard exchange project from Quebec, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and NewBrunswick.
This is a wonderful way to teach your children about Canada
> > and I'm willing to organize it again. The way it works is
> > this: If you are interested in participating, email me
> > with: 1--The way you want your postcards addressed. (ie.
> > Mrs. Smith's class) 2--Your school address 3--Your email.
> >
> > At the end of the summer, I will email everybody with a
> > list of all the participants. I will assign you a specific
> > week, and during that week you send a postcard to each of
> > the participants on the list. The number of postcards you
> > send out depends on how many people end up taking part in
> > the project. I have a map of Canada in my classroom, and I
> > always attach the postcard to the map with a string,
> > showing where the community is. My students always cheered
> > when there was a new postcard to read, and this is a
> > WONDERFUL way to teach about Canada. It really lends itself
> > to helping primary students understand the difference
> > between community, province, territory and country and the
> > diversity between the communities.
> >
> > The problem we had this past year was that we should have
> > had 40 postcards mailed to us and we ended up with about
> > half. That was disappointing. So, in order to try to avoid
> > this problem again, I will send an email to everybody at
> > the end of the summer before I assign the weeks. This email
> > will ask everybody to reconsider whether or not they are
> > committed to the project. If anybody changes their mind,
> > that will be their chance to back out. Hopefully this will
> > eliminate a reoccurance of last year's problem. Like I say,
> > that was disappointing, but to me it's not worth scrapping
> > the project.
> >
> > Please email me if you're interested! Remember, I need:
> > 1--The way you want your postcards addressed. (ie. Mrs.
> > Smith's class) 2--Your school address 3--Your email Alta
> > Rose
contact:
a.recuenco@gmail.com or brw014@hotmail.com