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 :)
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Friday, August 12, 2011
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 :)
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.
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.
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