We revised, and students typed their letters on the computer. I made the font size 10 and made 5 copies of each of their letters. Once they were printed out, students glued their letters to the back of 5 commercial postcards. Then I sent the postcards home to 3 moms for addressing. Following a discussion about what makes their city or town unique, have the kids brainstorm to create a list of landmarks or special events that stand our in your community.
Students select an item from the list and design a drawing for the postcard.
Laminate to preserve the design. We created a bulletin board for our post cards. We used a very large map of the United States as the background. We put bright construction paper around the edges, where the map did not cover the board. When a post card arrived, we stapled it to the construction paper and attached a piece of yarn leading from the card to the location on the map where the card originated.