Tuesday, December 11, 2007

The Project Begins

At the advice of a cousin, I began my adventure with getting a gmail account and then creating a blog. I wanted to share our classroom adventure with the world. Let the adventure begin.

I first asked for names and addresses of parents/friends/family members that the children would like to mail their Stanleys to...

Now the children have created their Stanleys and are in the process of addressing their letters to be sent...this is time consuming for First Graders...

My goal is to get them into the mail by tomorrow (12/13). We'll see if this really happens...

I am really learning while I am doing this...trial and error I guess. I hope to post information on Stanley's whereabouts as he travels around the country to different locations and even internationally...

This project came out of interest piqued by a teacher I had in one of my summer classes...She suggested reading the story, Flat Stanley, by Jeff Brown. Now the children have helped to compose the form letter that we are sending with Stanley and have addressed their letters. The Stanleys are going in the mail tomorrow.