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Our
second grade class is participating in a postcard exchange with other
primary grade classes (kindergarten, first, second, and third grade) from across the country.
Please take a look at the postcards we have already received (noted in
blue).
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Greetings from Mrs. Thomas'
Second Grade
Class in Springfield, Kentucky! We have 19
students in our class-12 boys and 7 girls.
Our school has grades
Preschool through 5th.
Kentucky became a
state in 1792. It is home
to the Kentucky Derby (1st Saturday in May), numerous horse farms,
Mammoth Cave (the
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longest
cave system in the world!), and the birthplace of our
16th president, Abraham Lincoln. The marriage certificate
of President Lincoln's parents can be found in our courthouse
which is the oldest still in use in our state. President
Lincoln was born in Hodgenville, KY, not far from
here.
Kentucky's nickname is "The Bluegrass
State". Bluegrass is a type of grass that grows in
Kentucky. Bluegrass is not really blue - it's green -
but in the spring, bluegrass produces bluish-purple buds that,
when seen in large fields, gives a rich blue cast to the
grass. Our state bird is the cardinal and our state
flower is the goldenrod.
We are looking forward to hearing from you!
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Greetings
from a 2nd grade class from St. Louis, Missouri. Currently the
weather is beautiful about 65 degrees. We have the St.
Louis Arch (front) downtown. A lot of people come to
visit it and it has an elevator inside. You can go to
the top. It sits in front of the Mississippi
River. If you don't have a baseball team to cheer form
please cheer for our Baseball Cardinals and Albert Pujols.
If we win the World Series, we will send you a souvenir.
Sincerely,
Lemaster
School
Mrs. Milich's
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Hi,
We are a kindergarten class in Green Brook, New Jersey.
We live 30 miles from New York City and about 150 miles from
Atlantic City.
Our town is
one of the place that George Washington camped in during the
war. This place is now called Washington
Rock.
Our winters
get pretty cold and snowy. We can ski nearby.
Our summer
can get very hot, but we have the Jersey shore to swim in the
Atlantic Ocean.
Sincerely,
Mrs.
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Hi,
We go to
school at Oak View Elementary in
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Franklin, Tennessee.
We are the Owls! We are about 30 miles south of Music
City, USA. Famous singers live in Franklin. Our
town is named after Benjamin Franklin. A part of the
Civil War was fought in Franklin where now there is a park
to play in. To find out more about our school and
class, please visit us on the web!
Your
friends,
Mrs. Terry
Rogers'
Second Grade Class
Oakview
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Hi
from the 2nd Graders at Mt. Erie Elementary!
We live in
Anacortes, located in the Northwest corner of Washington
State. Puget Sound is west of us, British Columbia is
north, Cascade Mt Range is east, and Seattle is south.
We can see Mt. Baker from Anacortes. We are also near
the Skagit tulip fields.
Washington
became the 42nd state on Nov. 11, 1889. Here are our
state facts: State capital-Olympia, State bird-American
goldfinch, and State flower-Rhododendron.
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Greetings from Peoria,
Arizona. We are located in the south central Arizona
desert. We are the Country Meadows Vipers (snakes). There are
1500 kids at our school K-8. We have 7 third grade classes at
our school. In our class we have 23 kids, 9 girls and 14 boys.
Our favorite school lunch is pizza. We have it every Friday!
Visit our class website see what we have been up to!
Mrs.
Wilson's Third Grade
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Hello
from Mrs. Godley's 2nd Grade Class!
John Cotten Tayloe is a
second and third
grade school with an enrollment of about
530.
We have 16 second grade classes and 13 third grade
classes. JCT is located in Historic
Washington, North Carolina.
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Washington was founded in 1776 and is said to
be the first town named fro George Washington. It is located
on the Pamlico River east of Greenville, NC. NC's top three
manufacturing growth industries are chemicals/allied products,
rubber/plastic, and tobacco products. NC has three landforms
that make up the geographic regions of the state: the Coastal Plain,
the Piedmont, and the Mountains. Our state nickname is
"The Tar Hill State". We are currently learning about
amphibians, greater than/less than numbers and skip counting.
We are very excited about being a part of your postcard exchange
program this year. We look forward to hearing from your class!
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Dear Friends,
We live in western Massachusetts near the
New York
state border. We have twelve
students in our class, seven girls and five
boys. Right now the weather is very nice
with lots of
sun, although the mornings are
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starting to get cold.
Fall is here and the trees are beginning to turn beautiful colors. By December we will
probably have lots of snow. We live in a medium sized city
surrounded by lots of mountains and lakes and a lot of small
farms. We are learning about apples and we are planning a trip
tot eh apple orchard so we can pick our own. We will celebrate
Johnny Appleseed's birthday by making applesauce in our room.
Our Monarch caterpillar turned into a beautiful butterfly and we let
it go today. Our state is famous because the Pilgrims landed
here and celebrated The First Thanksgiving. Please write back
so we can mark you on our map.
Your Friends,
Mrs. Reilly's
First Grade Class.
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Hi from Mrs. Nash's
2nd Grade Class
Cumberland School
is located in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin. We are a small suburb
just north of Milwaukee. Please visit our class webpage to
learn more about us.
Mrs.
Nash's 2nd Grade Class
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Hello from Maine!
Whitefield is a
small town near the capital city of Augusta. We have apple
orchards, maple sugar shacks and lots of trees and cows. Our
K-8 school has less than 200 students. Please send us a
postcard!
Mrs. Beck's Snazzy
Second Grade
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Greeting from our
class in Ozark, Arkansas.
We are excited to send you
information about
our state.
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The term Arkansas means
"south wind" and is derived from a name used by some
Native Americans to describe the Quapaws, and early Indian tribe in
the area.
Arkansas's state capital is Little Rock. Our
state flower is the Apple Blossom and the state bird in the
Mockingbird. If you visit the Crater of Diamonds State Park
located near Murfreesboro, you can go on a diamond search and keep
what you find.
We look forward to
hear from you!
Mrs. Mitchell's Class
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Hello from St. Mary's
School in Illinois.
We are a second
grade class of 15 in Buffalo Grove. We like doing projects,
especially like this one (the postcard exchange). Our state bird is
the cardinal. Springfield is our capital where you can visit the
home of President Lincoln. Our tallest building is the Sears Tower.
We have many museums in Illinois. You can visit us at our class
website.
Mrs. Singsank's 2nd
Grade Class
St. Mary School
Mrs. Singsank's 2nd
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Greetings from
Michigan!Our
state has an upper peninsula and a lower peninsula, along with
many islands. Our state is
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easy to identify
because the lower peninsula is shaped like a mitten! We live in the
Elk Rapids area, which is surrounded by lakes, including Lake
Michigan and Torch Lake. Michigan is nicknamed "The Great
Lakes State" because we are bordered by four of the five Great
Lakes. We get a lot of snow, and it's a great place to ski, snowshoe,
sled, and snowboard in the winter. In the summer, there are
many places to camp and hike. We are looking forward to
hearing from you, and thanks if we already have!
Mrs. Courson's 2nd
Grade
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Dear Friends, We
live in Richmond, VA. We have 22 students in our class: 11
girls and 11 boys. Richmond is a city
that is rich in
history. Monument Avenue has statues of many famous
Americans. Many presidents also came from here. We have
just finished studying the seasons, weather, and the water
cycle. We will be starting to study the Sioux Indians next
week. Have a wonderful holiday season!
Mrs. Pierce's 2nd
Grade
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Greetings from Kansas! Wichita
is the largest city in Kansas and is known as the Air Capitol of the
world! Our school is located in the heart of Wichita. Wichita
is the home of the first Pizza Hut. The beautiful sunflower is
our state flower. We have exciting weather here in
Kansas. Our capital is located in Topeka, Kansas.
Ms. Gray's 2nd
Grade
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Hello Everyone!Houston
is the fourth largest city in the U.S.
and is the largest city
in Texas. Houston is
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home to NASA and many of
its astronauts. We have professional baseball (Astros),
football (Texans) and basketball (Rockets) teams. Houston is
one of the world's major oil centers. Our Texas Medical Center
is the largest hospital complex in the world. The Port of Houston
is the second busiest tonnage handling port in the U.S. Our summers
are very hot, but our winters are mild. We are located 50
miles from the beaches of Galveston, a favorite recreation
area. We hope that you have a chance to visit Houston!
Mrs. Lynch's 2nd
Graders
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Greetings from
Mrs. Stroili's 2nd Grade Class.We
are located in Nashua, New Hampshire, right over the
Massachusetts' border. Nashua is a
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great place to
live! We are only 2 hours from the White Mountains, an hour from the
beach at Hampton and an hour from some of the most beautiful lakes
in the country. We are also about 40 minutes from
Boston. Our state flower is the purple lilac and our state
bird is the purple finch. We have 21 students in our
class. Right now we are studying communities in social
studies. We are also studying and practicing our addition and subtraction
facts. In science we are learning about bats and
spiders. We are learning some cool facts.
Ms. Stroili's 2nd
Grade
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Greetings from CT!
We are known as the
Constitution State because we had the first written constitution in
the New World. We live in the rural northwest corner. We
are surrounded by lakes, rivers, farms, and woods. Hope to
hear from you soon!
Mrs. DeMazza's 2nd
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