Pen Pals

Just last week we received our first letter from our Pen Pal class in Hatfield Pennsylvania. The kids were so excited when they realized how far away they live. This week we worked together on a class letter that we will send on Friday. Each month our two classes will exchange letters and pictures. Hopefully by the end of the year each child in our class will write their own letter to a student in our pen pal class.

Pen Pal projects like these not only provide the children with a fun experience, but it also teaches them many things.

This project will help our class learn:

• Children in our country have many things in common
• Map skills, such as finding where our pen pal class lives
• The purpose and format of a friendly letter
• How to write asking and telling sentences
• Most imprtantly, that letters are a form of writing that can connect you with other people.