Dear _________________________
Our class has been reading the story, Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown. One night, Stanley's bulletin board falls on him. When he wakes up, he is flat! Flat Stanley can slip underneath the door, or fly like a kite. He can go anywhere in an envelope, just like a letter.
Our class is pretending that we have been flattened. We have created Flat Children on the computer, and are mailing them to visit friends or relatives. We will learn about geography as our Flat Children have adventures in far-away places.
Would you please take Flat ____________________ somewhere interesting? You can take a picture of me having fun. You can fill out the journal on the other side of this letter. Then send me back to my school. You might include a letter about my trip. Other ideas would be souvenirs, maps, or the travel journal. Mail me back to this address:
St. Augustine School
Grade 3
26 Central Street,
Andover, MA 01810
We will also share over the Internet. You can visit the website to learn more about the Flat Stanley Project. The address is: http://www.flatstanley.com and www.flatstanleybooks.com.
If you have access to the Internet you can e-mail us at: twalsh@staugustineandover.org ,aguillet@staugustineandover.org, kodea@staugustineandover.org.
We hope that you will help us with this project by hosting Stanley for a week and mailing us to let us know about your city & state. Our goal is to learn about many different places.
Thank you for helping our Flat Children.
Love,
Journal sent on back side of letter: Dear __________________________________________________ ,
Your FLAT CHILD came all the way to my city,
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(name of city, country)
While he was here, these are some of the exciting things he saw and did:
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The distance between (your town)________________________________
and my city __________________________________ is approximately
______________ miles.
If FLAT CHILD should come back to visit, he should wear
_____________________________________________ , because
the climate here is ________________________________________ .
Some other interesting facts about my city include:
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My name and return address is:
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Happy Travels!