Alright teacher friends, it's time to get a pen pal project going. At first I was thinking only fifth graders, but I want to make sure we can spread the word on a larger scale. If you know of some teachers who would be interested in this project, please share the link to this post or tag them on Instagram. This is how I would like to do the project. Below is a link to a Google Form that will get the basic info: your name, school address, email address, and other basics. Then I'd like to see how often we would like to exchange the post cards. I'm dedicating a bulletin board to this project using the Target Dollar Spot maps. I'd love to connect with teachers in other countries, so if you know someone either teaching abroad or that is their home, please pass this along to them. The goal is to have at least one person in each state. If we get a lot of interest or duplicates, we may have two groups going at one time.
Once the sign up window closes, I will email each group their contacts with the mailing date(s). The postcard designs are your choice, but it may be nice to have stuff from your home state. Again, that is your call because the kids will be so excited to just receive notes from other classes. We can take it from there if we want to add additional communication, such as Skype or letters versus postcards. But we will start with one postcard being sent around October and go from there!
Here is the link to the sign up area:
Postcard Pen Pals Sign Up Form
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