Friday, July 30, 2010

Summer Postcards Arriving


Because we loop our kindergarten class to first grade, we always ask that the children send us postcards during the summer. We love to hear about their adventures and vacations. We save the cards and use them for our first "Welcome Back to School" bulletin board. Above is a sampling of the postcards we have been receiving this summer. They love to see the board and find their pictures or cards that they sent to us. These postcards also are a great tool to use in Writer's Workshop if they choose to write about what they did during their summer vacation. So far we have received cards from Washington, DC, Mississippi, Georgia, Chicago, and of course, Florida. There have been lots of visits to family members, ocean resorts and theme parks. Our summer time window is going to be closing real soon. Teachers go back on August 16th and the students will be starting on August 23rd. Our bulletin board will be loaded with fun memories and we are sure, lots of stories to tell. P.S. Yes, that is a flip flop postcard :)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Looks like the class has had lots of experiences over the summer. This was a great idea and Joey was excited to send mail to his teachers!

Melanie Holtsman said...

What a fun activity for the kids! And mine got a little lesson on summarizing because they wanted to say more than could fit on the card. They miss you both and look forward to seeing you at orientation.

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