NACI students making snail mail fun

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Published on Monday, April 27, 2015

By Denise Selewich

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The Grade six A students at N.A.C.I are actively engaged in the Pen Pal Pair UP Event with a Grade six class in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, U.S.A.  Students have been sending electronic exchanges through email and other electronic programs such as  Prezi and PowerPoint.  

The exchange has been pleasant, but very much a learning experience.  Even though, we are on the same continent, the students have learned how Grade 6 students are similar, yet very different.  The students have exchanged information on their school, their community and of course their interests.

With our recent exchange last month, our 6A class sent a unique version of our communication via “snail mail”!  Our class, pumped air into balloons and wrote our notes on the inflated balloon.  After completing the note, we deflated the balloon and placed the balloon into a homemade envelope created by “upcycling” old Canadian calendar pages into beautiful handmade envelopes.  Each envelope was unique with different scenes reflecting the beauty of Canada. The students also included photos using Photo Booth fun! 

The 6A Class enjoyed creating the communication package and waited patiently for the reply.  Last week, we received confirmation that our envelopes had been received and that the excitement of this unique mail was reciprocated.   The Grade six teacher in Murfeesboro, TN confirmed that the excitement of the communication was just as great!   Students are busily planning their next exchange with their Pen Pal friends.