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Meet a class from Canada!
Anna Hanson teaches French at Fort Erie Secondary School in Ontario.
I have a split grade 10, 11 and 12 core French class who would like to correspond with students from French schools. I would like to use pen pals to enhance their reading and writing skills in French. The class is willing to communicate via email if this works better.
Diana Lukaweski teaches music at Transfiguration of Our Lord in Ontario.
I am a music teacher of Jk-Gr. 6 in two schools. The music that we focused on this past fall had a multicultural theme. We were learning about places and people from all over the world and most of my students speak at least two languages. It would be great to have a number of other students to write to from other countries to learn even more. Thank you!
Kimberlea Carpenter teaches the fourth grade at Bertha Shaw Public School in Ontario.
We are looking for French pen pals in various provinces to coincide with our literacy and social studies unit on Canada. We hope to hear from you soon!
Mrs. Rooney from Sacred Heart School wants her 20 third grade students to make some new friends.
We think it would be a lot of fun to communicate with another class online.
Tracy Marr from Coronation Public School in Ontario wants her 21 third grade students to make pen pals from other countries.
We would like to meet other kids from around the world who speak english.
Linda Doyle teaches at Georges P. Vanier School in Alberta. She wants her students to make pen pals to improve their literacy skills.
My students are children with learning difficulties. I am
interested in using pen pals as a motivation for learning to write correctly and with fluency. Their writing skills average in grade levels 3 to 5 although they are aged 13 to 14.
Virginia Chato would like her grade 2 class in Brantford, Ontario to practice writing with other students from across Canada.
I teach 13 students at a private school called Braemar House School. I would like the children to have the opportunity to practise letter writing while learning about other children across Canada. This would be a perfect time to begin as they could tell about their Christmas traditions.
Mrs. Gallagher teaches grade 5 at Sydenham Community School, in Ontario. She wants to help motivate her class, which is currently learning new literacy skills.
We are beginning to study proper letter formation and thought this would be a great way to motivate students.
Laura Armstrong teaches grades 1 and 2 at St. Theresa's, in Ontario. She would like her class to connect with another in the same age category from another part of the world.
I have a grade 1/2 class that really needs to work on writing. I thought this could get them excited about it! We are also starting to discover the world and how different cultures live, so this is a great way to learn about children of the same age living in other parts of the world.
Roland Hannem is a grade 6 teacher at Port Maitland Consolidated, in Nova Scotia, and wants his class to meet others from around the world.
We are a group of 20 grade 6 students looking to learn more about different cultures of the world. We will use e-mail but will write snail mail as well and even look at video conferencing if possible.
Mrs. Stock is a grade 3 teacher at Mooretown Courtright Public School in Ontario, and she would like her students to practice writing skills.
We would like to reinforce the friendly letter format and also
learn about children from another country.
Melissa Sellers is a grade 7 teacher at St. Peters School in Ontario, she would like for her class to correspond with a French speaking class from Africa to discuss social justice issues.
I am looking for a class to write to in French. We are going to be working on some social justice issues to build empathy and accountability, thus it would be great if there was a class from a French speaking African country that we could correspond with. Hope to hear from you soon!
Pat Donnelly is a grade 3 teacher at A.B. Daley Community School in Alberta, and he would like for his class to correspond with other classes from around the world.
We would like to communicate with a class from any or all of the following countries: Peru, India, Ukraine, or Tunisia.
David Klim is a grade 2 teacher at Senator Gibson School in Ontario, and he would like for his class to correspond with other classes in countries from around the world.
My grade 2 class will soon be doing a unit of study about celebrations and holidays around the world. We would like to write letters to classes from various countries around the world with diverse cultures.
Ana Anderson is a grade 4 teacher at Escuela Mill Creek School in Alberta, and she is looking to find pen pals from another Spanish speaking class.
We are a Spanish bilingual class looking to practice our Spanish communication skills with another Spanish class. Most of our students are native English speakers, so our level of Spanish ranges from grade 2-6.
Ms. Francis is a grade 6 teacher at Marie-Anne School in Quebec, and she would like her students to correspond with another class in an English speaking country.
We are an English immersion class, and we are looking for pen pals from an English speaking country (or an other immersion class). Our annual school theme, this year, deals with the environment and the protection of our planet.
Judy Tannas is a Kindergarten teacher at Red Deer Lake school in Alberta, and she would like her 5 year olds to start practicing their writing/communication skills.
I have found pen pals to be a great way to encourage beginning printing/writing skills at the Kindergarten level. It is also very interesting and exciting for the 5 year olds to communicate with a peer in another part of the world!
Rosanne Renda is a split grade 5/6 teacher at Rawdon Elementary & Middle School in Quebec, and is interested in starting a pen pal program at her school wherein her students can learn about different parts of world.
I am teaching a 5/6 split. I am looking for another class with 20 students to start a pen pal program. I'd like my students to learn about other children around the world and hopefully some life long friendships can be formed. I wrote to my pen pals well into university and I still keep in touch; so I want to offer my students the same wonderful opportunity.
Carol Thompson is a grade 3 teacher and is currently teaching a Social Studies curriculum which includes research on various countries.
Our new Social Studies curriculum includes Tunisia, Peru, India and Ukraine. It would be interesting to correspond with any of these places.
Mrs. Popplestone is a grade 4 teacher who is teaching her students letter writing skills. They are also comparing/contrasting different cultures, and would like to contact other classes from around the world to learn more.
We are learning letter writing skills, as well as being interested about cultural similarities and differences in other countries.
Ms. Linda Schweitzer is a grade 6 teacher who teaches aboriginal students in an isolated community, and would like her class to make pen pals with students outside of Canada.
We are doing various formats of letter writing. I thought pen pal writing could be an assignment and especially nice if the students wrote to other students from outside of Canada. Thank you for you co-operation and help.
Ms. Norma Meng is a grade 5 teacher who would like her class to make pen pals with students from Greece.
We are studying Greece in Social Studies and it would help us to learn more about it if we had people from Greece to write to. They can also learn about Canada from us.
