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We still need: AK, DE, HI, MN, MT, NE, NM, ND, OR, SC,
SD, UT, VT, WV, WY
Our project centers around a stuffed puppy named Ollie!
He wants to travel across the country meeting children
from each state. We are looking for a participating class
from EACH OF THE 50 STATES! (This project combines a
trav...See More/blockquote>
We still need: AK, DE, HI, MN, MT, NE, NM, ND, OR, SC,
SD, UT, VT, WV, WY
Our project centers around a stuffed puppy named Ollie!
He wants to travel across the country meeting children
from each state. We are looking for a participating class
from EACH OF THE 50 STATES! (This project combines a
traveling buddy and a 50 state postcard exchange)
TO LEARN MORE…
[link removed].
Ollie will travel around the country. He will have time
to visit each class for ONE DAY ONLY. If he stayed
longer, and it took him a week to get to the next state,
it would end up taking almost a full year for his journey
(remember, there are 50 states and 52 weeks in a year)!!
We want to hurry him along on his journey so that
he is able to make a full trip around the United States
before school lets out for summer (many let out in May).
Each class will send a postcard to the other classes to
let them know that Ollie has arrived safely. We can learn
more about your area if you also include other information
about your state.
Please also send 1-2 paragraphs by email describing what
your class did with Ollie. Include digital pictures
and/or links to your classroom or school web pages! I
will add this to his online travel journal, so all classes
can keep track of his travels!
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SIGNING UP, please copy and paste
the
following information into an email and send it to
[email removed])
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Full Name:
"School Name" (ex. Mrs. Stamp):
Grade:
School Name:
School Address:
School City, State, and Zip:
Work Phone Number (including area code):
Email:
Classroom or School Web Address: [link removed]:
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Looking for a Utah teacher to complete a postcard
exchange. If you are interested please email me.
You will send out and receive around 55 postcards from all
over the country.
Thanks
Melody
/blockquote>
These are the states we need for our postcard exchange.
If you state is listed, we need you! Just send me your
school address.
Thanks
Monica
AL, AK, DE, HI, MA, MT, NH, NM, ND, RI, SC, SD, UT, VT,
WA, WY, DC
by kteach618
Jul 15, 2006
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We are a different postcard exchange than the ones posted
below. We are a Kindergarten/first grade postcard
exchange. We also need Utah! First one to email me
gets it! :) [email removed]
/blockquote>
We only need 8 more states: AK, DE, HI, ND, SC, UT, VT, WY
(This project combines a traveling buddy and a 50 state
postcard exchange)
Our project centers around a stuffed puppy named Ollie!
He wants to travel across the country meeting children
from each state. We are looking for a participating ...See More/blockquote>
We only need 8 more states: AK, DE, HI, ND, SC, UT, VT, WY
(This project combines a traveling buddy and a 50 state
postcard exchange)
Our project centers around a stuffed puppy named Ollie!
He wants to travel across the country meeting children
from each state. We are looking for a participating class
from EACH OF THE 50 STATES!
TO LEARN MORE…
[link removed].
/blockquote>
Hello everyone,
Over the last year or two I recall several people posting
about their
experiences with the internet-based program, Headsprout
Early Reading.
In fact I think I was one of them -- we tried the free
scholarships at my
school two years ago, with outstanding results, and
followed...See More/blockquote>
Hello everyone,
Over the last year or two I recall several people posting
about their
experiences with the internet-based program, Headsprout
Early Reading.
In fact I think I was one of them -- we tried the free
scholarships at my
school two years ago, with outstanding results, and
followed that up by
purchasing accounts for a number of high-needs kids in
Grade 1 plus some
ELL kids in Grades 2 and 3 last year. Again, Headsprout
proved to be a
tremendous catalyst to the kids' reading -- not only their
skills, but
(most important in the long run), their enthusiasm about
reading and their
self-perception as good readers. Even the most struggling
kids made a
lot of progress and LOVED to read -- they took home books
every night and
there was lots of book-sharing and book-talk in the
classroom. One of
our teachers remarked that this was the first year that
every single
child was enthusiastic and really pumped up about reading .
Of course she
is a very skilled teacher herself, but she attributed the
palpable shift
to the effect Headsprout had on the (previously) "low-
performing" kids.
It's an excellent supplementary program but I'm a theme-
oriented person
myself and like to integrate stuff. I can see lots of
potential to tie in
other reading and language activities (also science and
social studies)
with some of the Headsprout characters and backgrounds --
more thematic
expansion about ocean life, the coral reef, rain forests,
habitats &
communities,.... writing activities.... I am never short of
ideas but I
would be a lot more productive in getting them on paper and
organized if I
had others to share ideas with. So far I am the only one in
my district
using Headsprout and I don't know of people elsewhere,
either, but I know
they are out there.
So, I have started a Yahoo group for teachers using
Headsprout, hoping we
can get enough folks to subscribe, trouble-shoot and swap
ideas to be a
support system for one another and also share materials and
ideas we
develop. I made up little letter tiles for word-building (a
la Isabel
Beck's new book -- a good one if you haven't seen it), a
kind of tracking
log to monitor kids' reading the "episode stories" (place
for
observations), and have some printing activities and games
I have
developed but not uploaded yet. If others were interested
it would
galvanize me into going farther with the themes idea and
actually organize
it -- need input from other people, though.
It would also be great to swap ideas on how to solve some
of the practical
issues, like timetabling and progress monitoring, that come
up along the
way.
So, if you are using Headsprout, please go here:
[link removed]!
This is always a busy time of year but the kids are already
excited about
reading, so I am excited too.
Susan S.
Toronto, Ontario
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Do you still need a Utah teacher?
I am interested!
On 7/12/06, Melody wrote:
> Looking for a Utah teacher to complete a postcard
> exchange. If you are interested please email me.
>
> You will send out and receive around 55 postcards from all
> over the country.
> <...See More