Postcard Update

Ms. Leom checks her mail right before our last special ends, usually around 2:30. The mail is in the process of starting to be passed out. By 3:30 PM, her mailbox is usually filled for the day. She clips the postcards on the board. In the morning, one of the first ways we start the day, is having the students who have received mail introduce their state and read the back of the card. Then if their state is a new state, that student is invited to color the state on our map. Ms. Leom outlines the new states. She wants us to visually see the five regions we are studying, so the states are colored by their region. Northeast green, Southeast orange, Midwest red, Southwest brown, and West blue.

two students fill in our new states on Friday morning

As of Friday at 2:00 PM:
Mr. Lundeen: 10 states
Ms. Prose: 8 states
Ms. Leom: 7 states
Mr. Greninger and Mrs. Arens: 5 states

Then, the mail was delivered at the end of the day ...

10 new postcards for Tuesday morning

Leom: 14 states (and counting)

We already have three postcards from Arizona, and we welcome more! One postcard is of the dessert cactus, another an outline of the state map, and a third is a picture of the Grand Canyon. Three pictures, three different images of information and more information on the back. Postcard learning is incredible, exciting, and a real learning adventure!! Please keep the postcards coming!!

For the families who like to have a specific list of states, Ms. Leom's class has California, Arizona, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, and Maine

The race is on!