Flat Stanley Project Reflection

For the Flat Stanley project, I work with Nora and Corin at San Antonio Elementary School Catherine's 3rd grade.

_Our lesson plan was based on a series of writing activities that they needed to complete before we sent off student's Flat Stanley friends. On the first day, we introduced ourselves. We explain about the Flat Stanley friend to students.We instructed students how to create their own Flat Stanley friends. On the Second day, we instructed to write their first draft about their Flat Stanley friends. On the third day, we instructed students to correct and revised and expand their writing. On the fourth, we instructed students to correct and revised their writing. On the fifth day, we instrcted students to make the final draft writing of their Flat Stanley Friends so that we could sent out the writing to their friends from other parts of the world. However, students keep tracted of their journal entries about their advantures with their friend and relatives from other parts of the world. Students were able to browse through Flat Stanley website to look at different schools that they participated in the projec. Students showed them pictures of Flat Stanley tour around the world. We have students used Google earth to view Saipan and other places in the world. During the Peace Builder ceremony, we danced with the students. Students clipped and attached their Flat Stanley Friends on them. We were able to video the event.

_The experience that I gained from working with these 3rd grade students was wonderful and something that I will always cherished. I was suprised to see students bringing their flat friend home,interact with them, and write about them as a real friends. I was able to get to know and learned about these kids. I felt very ashamed when I saw how they write their journals. They can write better than me. I am so proud of them. There were willing to work with our group to complete this project.

_ The only problem for this project was that some students have not recieved a letter from their friends and relatives. The Students were always asking me when thir letter or packaged arrived . I felt guilty. If I will do this project again, I will communicate with the school and teachers before we sent the package to them. In this situation, students will definitely get a response.

_ This project was a great learning experience for me. It provides a lot of opportunities for me to learn from my teamate and to observe how the teacher interact with their students. It gave me an idea when I am in the classroom. The most important thing is that this project really gets the students motivated and interested because they get a chance to work with other students from other parts of the world. and the fact that they will have treasure that has travel around the world.