One of my absolute favorite projects happens every December: The Holiday Card Exchange. This is one of those special activities that I do with only the second grade classes. This annual project developed by Jen Wagner is a perfect way to get started with collaborative learning.
Each classroom was teamed up with 28 other classrooms around the world to exchange cards. An additional card was sent to Project Amigo for students in Mexico. Classrooms created original cards and mailed them out at the beginning of December. When the classrooms began to receive cards, students were very excited to learn about similarities and differences between themselves and their partner classes.
This year’s theme was hats, mittens and scarves. All of the cards received were collected for a display which included a map with stickers showing the senders' locations. Cards were received from twenty-nine states and three Canadian Provinces! It is always such a memorable project!
Each classroom was teamed up with 28 other classrooms around the world to exchange cards. An additional card was sent to Project Amigo for students in Mexico. Classrooms created original cards and mailed them out at the beginning of December. When the classrooms began to receive cards, students were very excited to learn about similarities and differences between themselves and their partner classes.
In terms of facilitating the project, I sign the teachers/classes up and receive all of the emails related to the project. I get the envelopes, print address and return labels and write a letter to be sent to families requesting stamps. I put the bulletin boards together to display all of the awesome cards received as well as to map out locations. Jen Wagner truly does all of the hard work organizing the groups and we are fortunate to benefit from her expertise!
This year’s theme was hats, mittens and scarves. All of the cards received were collected for a display which included a map with stickers showing the senders' locations. Cards were received from twenty-nine states and three Canadian Provinces! It is always such a memorable project!
Visit Projects by Jen to learn more about this and other online projects.
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