50 postcards

Dear Friends of New Franklin Elementary Kindergarten:

                I am writing to tell you all about an exciting new social studies/geography project that our class is beginning and would love for you to be a part of. Our end goal is to receive postcards from all 50 states in the U.S.

                First, we would like to start off by giving you a little background information about us and our classroom. We are part of New Franklin Elementary, currently a small 7 classroom elementary school in the Chambersburg Area School District located just 14 miles north of the Maryland border in South Central Pennsylvania. Our class has 24 students (14 girls and 10 boys) plus our teacher, Mrs. Tabitha Eckenrode. Throughout the day, we have lessons in reading, math, writing, social studies, science, plus our 4 itinerant classes: art, music, library, and physical education.

                In our social studies unit this marking period, we are studying geography and we thought it would be a really fun idea to try and receive a postcard from all 50 states in the country by the end of the year (June 2014). This is where we need your help. Please help us reach our goal by writing us a postcard or letter and sending it to

New Franklin Kindergarten

c/o Mrs. Tabitha Eckenrode

3485 Wayne Rd

Chambersburg, PA 17202

In your postcard/letter please remember to keep it appropriate for our age level, but don’t be afraid to teach us new vocabulary that will help us better understand your state and region of the country that you live in. Some ideas to get you started could be telling us about:

Yourself and your family

Where you live in that state

What the weather is like where you live

What people in your area like to do for fun

What kind of food you like to eat/does it have a different name than what we are used to calling it (i.e. soda = pop)

               

                We hope that you would be interested in participating in our geography project to help us learn about the 50 states and how they differ from each region of the country. We want to send you our heartfelt thanks and appreciation in advance for we guarantee that we will thoroughly enjoy reading and keeping everyone’s letters. Also, please feel free to pass this letter along to anyone from other states who you think would also be interesting in participating in our project to further assist us in reaching our goal.

                If you have any comments, concerns, or questions, you can feel free to email Mrs. Eckenrode at tabitha.eckenrode@casdonline.org. You can also check out the progress of our project plus learn more about our classroom by reading our blog at http://dayinkindergarten.blogspot.com

Sincerely,

Mrs. Tabitha Eckenrode & New Franklin Kindergarten Class