This afternoon Autumn and I swamped Pen Pal letters for the last time this year. Wow. Was that MORE work than I thought it was going to be. I am convinced that this (the amount of work) is WHY teachers don't seem to commit to pen pal programs anymore.
If we could only find an easier way...
In any event, we know the return was far worth the hours spent trying to figure it all out. The kids seemed to love this idea and appreciated (for the most part) the process. I can't wait to give the kids their final letters tomorrow in class!
Photo: Corbis Images
Two of my favorite conversations that came out of this project --
1. Cursive writing (should cursive be taught in school?)
2. Addressing envelopes (a very small handful of my high school students knew how to do this).
Autumn and I have several ideas if we are to attempt this again in the future. For now, a survey to get feedback from our kids...
that I need to type...right...now...
If we could only find an easier way...
In any event, we know the return was far worth the hours spent trying to figure it all out. The kids seemed to love this idea and appreciated (for the most part) the process. I can't wait to give the kids their final letters tomorrow in class!
Photo: Corbis Images
Two of my favorite conversations that came out of this project --
1. Cursive writing (should cursive be taught in school?)
2. Addressing envelopes (a very small handful of my high school students knew how to do this).
Autumn and I have several ideas if we are to attempt this again in the future. For now, a survey to get feedback from our kids...
that I need to type...right...now...
Prompt: When was the last time you hand wrote a letter? To whom did you write and why?