More Thank Yous!

Thank you to the U.S. Capitol Building for sending our class some great information about our nation.  Another thank you to the city of San Francisco for sending us a great book about the creation of the Golden Gate Bridge--I'm sure it will inspire some young architects!

Map Update

Thank you to the Daughters of Texas for sending us some great post cards and information about the Alamo!  Updated map pictures will be posted soon :)

Our world map so far!

We've labeled the oceans and continents.  We've received post cards from Hong Kong, New Zealand, Australia, France, Rome, Scotland, England and the Netherlands :)

Call for College Post cards!

In honor of CCSD's college week, I'm asking for you to send us a post card from your college with a description of what you're studying and why your college/university is awesome.  (Also if you are currently teaching at a college, we'd love to hear from you as well!)  Any academic advice you have for my fifth graders is very much appreciated!

Maps so far!

Our United States map so far:

(We are going state by state and looking at different regions, so don't be alarmed if you don't see your post card yet, don't worry!)

And our world map version:

Keep the post cards coming!  My students are loving the project and learning about the world around us :)

Keep the post cards coming!

This week we received post cards from our school's DARE officer who is in Northern Nevada as well as France and Hong Kong!  Thank you so much for your continued support and post cards, my students are having so much fun learning about the world around them!

Updated pictures coming soon :)

More thank yous!

Thank you to Kevin K. for sending us a post card from USC and Lt. Mike D (my favorite old boss!)  for the post card from Tyndall AFB, FL :)

Another shout out to Ft. Bliss, TX for your post card from one of our fine USAF bases :)

And thank you to my awesome coworker for the world version of this map, so feel free to send international post cards!

Thank You!

We just received a post card from Anna, a friend visiting Wisconsin!

Thank you Gregan for your post card from the Newseum in Washington D.C., Chris sent one from Canada and from Jennifer for your post cards from California!  Keep them coming :)

The Map

  

The beginning stages of our map.  As you can see, we have a lot of ground to cover and would love your assistance!

How To Send a Postcard

Step 1: Find an appropriate postcard depicting something unique or interesting about your location.  (Remember that postcards will be shown to ten year old students.  Any inappropriate postcards  cannot be used and will be discarded.)

Step 2:  On the back side, tell my fifth graders what is special about your location.  The options are endless: home to famous movie stars, sports heroes, interesting historical sites, wacky landmarks, things that your location is known for, etc.  They love learning crazy facts about the world!

Step 3: Mail us the post card!
Ms. Vice
Clyde C. Cox Elementary School
3855 Timberlake Drive
Las Vegas, NV, USA 89115

Step 4: Repeat as you travel :)

The Beginning

While sitting in graduate class and brainstorming ideas for my classroom, I decided to utilize a giant velcro United States map to help my students become excited about our geography unit.  I asked friends and family members to send in post cards from around the world and project postcard was launched.

Our first class post card came from my mother in Arizona.  On the front was a picture of the Grand Canyon and the back side depicted the "5 C's" of Arizona (which are cattle, climate, citrus, copper and cotton) and a fun story about the dry heat of the Arizona desert.  Once we received the post card, I read it aloud to my class and we discussed the similarities and differences of Nevada and Arizona.  Using sticky velcro dots, we then attached the post card to our map and our geography project began.

However, we are always in need of new post cards and I hope that you'll consider sending an appropriate one to our elementary school classroom.  Pictures and updates will be posted periodically so you can see my students learn about our complex world.  Thank you for your support in making learning come alive.