Postcard exchange

[Mandy]

Hello, I was just wondering about the postcard exchange. I am a student teacher and would love to get my students involved. I was wondering if someone may be able to help me find a list of the names and addresses of the schools that participate. Any help would be great!

Mandy
mandysue19@sbcglobal.net

 

[momofthree]

Mandy,

I to am looking for schools to do a postcard exchange with. Just post it hear and things will get going. Send me a card at M.Foil, TJHS, 120 East Bidwell, Taylorville, IL 62568.

I look forward to hearing from you, either post your address or include it on the postcard.

Thanks, Momofthree

 

[kitkat58]

Postcard Geography

Hi,

We are a 5th grade class. Please send us a store bought postcard of your state or country. Be sure to write an interesting fact on your postcard and make sure your return address is clear. Thank you.

Send it to Mrs. Sovine's 5th Grade
Stoney Point Elem.
7411 Rockfish Rd.
Fayetteville, NC 28306

We will send you one in return.

 

[BizTeach]

Postcards

Can we join in? I would like to participate in the postcard exchange. We're starting our state research and would love to hear from as many states as possible. Maybe I missed it, but is there a list of teachers and states?
Send yours to: Bizardie's Blooming Bunch
Box 308
Mission South Dakota, 57555

 

[momofthree]

Mandy,

Hi, I just realized I spelled here, hear...thats what happens when you type late at night. Sorry, anyway, I have just been putting post up about getting postcards and we have been getting a lot of schools willing to send a card. I am building a bulletin board with the postcards. My students are in 7th grade, but they want to know each day if we have gotten any new cards. You might want to post on all the boards and see what happens. Good luck. I am going to mail out cards to you Mandy and also to the other post, I think it was Mrs. Sovine's class.

Thanks, momofthree

 

[momofthree]

Mandy,

That is I will send one as soon as I have your address, that would be very helpful. Thank goodness it is Friday.

Momofthree

 

[knail]

postcards

I would like to involve my students in the postcard exchange. I teach enrichment classes for K-3 and also pull-out gifted classes 4-12. Here is the address I would like people to send postcards to:
Krystal Nail
707 E 5th Str.
Carlisle, AR 72024
You can also reach me by email, knail@carlisle.k12.ar.us. I will send postcards to those addresses already posted and to any that we get postcards from! I can't wait to see what we learn!

 

[hescollin]

Petunia

MomofThree. We received your note that our postcard finally arrived. Bizardie, and Nails we are mailing you cards tomorrow ---from Kansas. Our postcards are homemade. They have a buffalo and turtle on the front --state symbols and extra fun facts in our message.

 

[Mrs. Sovine]

Postcard geography

This is so great. We have started receiving some of the cards. Yours will be in the mail by Friday.

uggestion: Be sure to put up a map of the US and the postcards. Then link the postcards to the map with yarn. It becomes pretty awesome after a while. When I did this about 7 or 8 years ago we received postcards from around the world. It was a grand site - the bulletin board. Everyone stopped to look at it. So far, we have a card from Okinawa, where I grew up.

Students love this project.

Mrs. Sovine

 

[Angelina]

I teach at a Montessori school and my students would love this! Can I become part? We will send a card from our state to anyone who send us one.
PLease send cards to:

The LaGrange School
Ms. Angela
P.O. Box 365
LaGrange, TN 38046

Thanks!

 

[Suezie]

To hescollin

How do you make homemade postcards? What type of paper do you use? Are there any special rules so the post-office will accept them. I think this would be a great Art project for my students that will tie into a writing project in the spring.

Thanks for you help!!

 

[momofthree]

A suggestion. You can offer extra credit to those who bring in postcards about your states. I did this and the response was huge. The kids enjoyed looking for a card plus they liked the extra credit. Just a thought. Momofthree

 

[momofthree]

North Carolina, South Dakota Tennessee, and Arizona, I put postcards in the mail to you. Please let me know if you get them. I look forward to your cards. Thanks. Momofthree

 

[keri]

help

I am a student teacher, and i would love to try this with my second grade class, but I don't even no where to begin? Maybe we can exchange emails to figure out if all states are involved?? i don't know, any suggestions? K

 

[Keri]

Vkeri76

I was wondering the same thing? How do you find 50 states to participate? Is it just through this web page? THat seems like it would be a whole lot of work, and a bit of luck involved also. WHat state are you from? I have a second grade class in NJ...Keri

 

[Mrs. Sovine]

Postcard Geography

I'm not sure how to ensure that you get a postcard from all the states. But I think that is one of the neat things about this project. It is a challenge to see how many you acutally get. I am relying on boards like this, friends in other states, and family members of my students.

So far it has been a bit slow, but I'm sure things will pick up. I had to go to the airport to get postcards. I didn't realize how hard they were to find. It is amazing how things change in just a matter of years.

Anyway, I'll be sending a postcard to all the addresses listed here. They will be in the mail by Friday. Please make sure you send us one back.

So far we have one from 6 states and 1 country. Only 1 of those cards has been from another teacher. We have sent postcards to all those that put their return address on the cards.

My students really enjoy getting the cards. I had them write messages on our cards. This is such a good learning activity. You could even do some math by calculating the cost of postage.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Mrs. Sovine

Mail cards to:
Mrs. Sovine's 5th Grade
Stoney Point Elementary
7411 Rockfish Rd.
Fayetteville, NC 28306

 

[wilmart77]

Postcards from Germany!

Greetings,
I have already posted this and have sent some postcards already. I teach on an American Army Post in Germany where the US Postal Service is our main means of getting letters to/from "home". I will have one of my 3rd grade students write a postcard to anyone who sends us a postcard. Again, it only takes $.24 to mail a postcard to our APO AE address.

Please send a postcard to:

Mrs. Howell's Class
USAG Bamberg
Unit 27535 Box 23417
APO AE 09139

I use postcards many different ways. I have a large basket of postcards and as a work station the kids pull a postcard and then have a worksheet where they use an Atlas to find answers. Also, postcards work real well as a bulletin board cover, instead of butcher paper.

I will be sending postcards to several address I have found on this 'thread'. Hope to receive several for our class.

Tschuss from Bamberg, Germany.
M. Howell

 

[wilmart77]

Okinawa!

Mrs. Sovine,
I taught on Okinawa for 8 years with DoDDS. I lived off Kadena Air Base. Did you attend any school on base?

I'm now a teacher in Germany. We are sending a postcard to you tomorrow.

Didn't you love Okinawa?
M. Howell

 

[Mrs. Sovine]

Okinawa

I loved living on Okinawa. I went to Sukiran Elementary, Kadena Middle School, Pacific Middle School, Kubasaki 9th Grade (next door to PMS) and Kubasaki High School. I lived there for 8 years. It was wonderful growing up there.

Can't wait to get your postcard.

PS: My class sent out postcards to many of the addresses listed on this site today.

So far, we haven't received any from this site. However, we will keep looking for them.

 

[Mrs. Sovine]

Connections

I was surfing the web the other night and I came across a site that was also wanting to do a postcard exchange. I can't remember the site, but the contact person sent me a list of addresses. Some of the states were repeated on the list and not all the states were listed. But again, I think it is rather neat to get multiple cards from a state. The different cards show the diversity of the state.

Here is the name and email address of the person to contact.

Bowersox, Melinda [MBowersox@bcps.k12.md.us]

She was very nice and will probably add you to the list if you email her.

Good luck.

 

[Mrs. Sovine]

Wrong Email

Hi again,
This the email of the person who sent me a list of addresses.
Liz Bombard [safgone@yahoo.com]

Email her for the list. The other email address is also of a person wanting to do the postcard exchange. Email her also.

Sorry for the confusion. I'm off to bed now. I think I need the rest.

Look forward to hearing from eveyone.

K. Sovine

 

[Keri]

Mrs. Keri Vaubel

OK, here it goes, if anyone wants to participate in a new postcard exchange, please let me know, and I will get cards out to you ASAP!

If anyone wants to send them to us our address is
Mrs. Antanucci & Mrs. Vaubel's
2nd grade class
Ocean Ave. Elementary
235 Ocean Ave
Middletown, NJ 07748

Thanks in advance!! Keri

 

[BizTeach]

Postcards from Snowy South Dakota

With great hope our postcards will be going out by Friday. The students are excited about the project, yet not excited enough to complete the postcards. We have received two, Mrs. Sovine's class and another that we seem to have lost in one of our creative messes. It was a homemade one with a buffalo on the front. I'm sure it will turn up soon. Two both classes, we thank you. Keep the postcards coming. I've started the bulletin board idea with the yarn, and I think it's going to get the kids moving.

 

[BizTeach]

Found It!

We found the missing postcard. It was from Kansas. Thank you Mrs. Forssberg. I suppose all I had to do was ask the kids. They knew exactly where it was.
: )

 

[Sovine]

Mrs.

Hi Mrs.Howell,

We received your postcard and we will be sending you one this week. I would have sent it sooner, but the post office stamped over you address, so I had to come home and look up your address.

Thanks for your card. Some of my students have been to Germany and they were excited to see the card.

Kathy Sovine