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Columbus Elementary School: Mt. Vernon, NY

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Columbus Elementary School: Mt. Vernon, NY

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Hello! We are class 5M from Columbus Elementary School in Mt. Vernon, NY.  There are two other fifth grade classes in our school besides ours. We have 18 students in class 5M but there about 65 fifth graders in all. Our school starts in Pre-K and goes up to 7th grade now but next year will go to 8th grade too. At Columbus, we wear maroon and khaki (beige) uniforms even though we are a public school. We are lucky at Columbus because we get to participate in lots of fun events and activities. Some of them are Field Day, Trick or Trunk, Spanish Heritage Festival, Sweetheart Dance, Drumline, and Band. '
In New York, we have 4 seasons.  Our spring, summer and fall are similar to the southern states like North and South Carolina. We also get the humidity. Our winters are different because we do get a lot of snow. This is great because sometimes show gets cancelled.

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Here are postcards from 16 third graders here in New Hampshire!

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Fremont Elementary School: Carson City, NV

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Fremont Elementary School: Carson City, NV

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Hello! We are third graders in Mr.s Miller's class. We live in Carson City, which is the capital of Nevada.
Tomorrow is Nevada day! We get to have an extra day off of school for this great holiday. We will have parades, races, and Halloween events all weekend long! It's our favorite time of the year. Today we sang our state song in front of the flag. You can watch it in the link!
On regular days we enjoy visiting Lake Tahoe, which is only a 20 minute drive from our town. We are on the border of California and many of us enjoy hiking and swimming at the lake. We are also near Reno, which is a popular place for tourists.
We are on chapter 16 of A Boy Called Bat and we love the story so far! We especially love the story of how BAT got his name.
We're excited to read all of your postcards!

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Greetings! We are a class of 24 third graders and one teacher. We live in Fishers, IN which is a suburb of Indianapolis. We are home to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway which hosts the Indy 500. Indianapolis also has the Pacers NBA team and the Colts NFL team. Indiana is home to Butler University, Notre Dame University, Indiana University, Ball State University, and Purdue University. Right now in Fishers it is sunny but chilly. Here at Brooks School we always try to be kind and respectful. Our class loves to read. Outside of school we like to play soccer, softball, basketball, tumbling, volleyball, gymnastics, martial arts, cheer, and running. Right now we are about to read Chapter 11 in A Boy Called Bat. It is a good book so far. We hope you are enjoying the book too!
From Miss Biehl's 3rd Grade Class

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Wayside Elementary School Ocean, New Jersey

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Wayside Elementary School Ocean, New Jersey

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Greetings from Mrs. Pickelny’s and Ms. Ercolino’s

fourth grade class.  We are students at Wayside Elementary School in Ocean, NJ.  Our school has approximately 650 pre k through 4th grade students, and we are located about 4 miles from the Atlantic Ocean (that’s a picture of Convention Hall in Asbury Park on our flip side). We have 4 distinct seasons.  Our winters are cold and sometimes snowy, our springs are rainy and green, our summers are hot and humid, and our falls are brisk and colorful.  We love our school and our town. It’s easy to get to the beach, we’re only 55 miles from New York City, and 75 miles from Philadelphia. Some of our favorite activities are to go to the beach --all year long, play soccer, and other sports, and attend professional football, hockey and soccer games (MetLife Stadium, home of the New York Jets and Giants is in Secaucus, NJ, The Prudential Center, home of the New Jersey Devils is in Newark, and Red Bull Arena, home of the New York Red Bulls professional soccer team, is in Harrison). We love to read and are truly enjoying meeting new friends through this year’s Global Read Aloud!

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Mary Jane Shannon Elementary. Surrey, B.C. Canada

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Mary Jane Shannon Elementary. Surrey, B.C. Canada

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Hello we are grade 2 and 3 students in Ms. Spink's class. We live in Surrey, British Columbia Canada. Right now, we have had a lot of cool and sunny weather, we have noticed that all of our leaves are changing colours and falling off the trees. It is making our school look beautiful.  We live very close to the United States border, and are about a 3 hour drive to Seattle, Washington.  There is a maple leaf on our Canadian Flag and it is red and white.  Our hockey team is the Vancouver Canucks, and our football team is the BC Lions.  We are about 45 minutes away from Vancouver, where the 2010 Winter Olympics were held, and a lot of people come to visit Whistler, which is a popular skiing resort town. We are on chapter 12 of a Boy Called Bat and we are really excited to hear what Bat decides to name the baby skunk.
Thanks for sharing with us!
Ms. Spink's Class

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Hello hello from Mrs. Pignataro's 2nd grade class in Wichita, Kansas! Our class has 20 students this year. Our school is rather large, we have over 400 K-5 students. We live in the suburb of Andover, right on the eastern edge of Wichita. It's starting to get a little chillier here in Wichita, in fact Sunday we even had some snow! It's the earliest we've had snow since 1996! Today it's about 50 degrees and sunny. Kansas is famous for sunflowers, the Wizard of Oz, and crops of wheat! But we promise we aren't a bunch of farm kids! The population is close to 400,000 in the city limits. Wichita is called "The Air Capitol City of the World". The reason for this is we are home to many aircraft companies, Boeing/Spirit, AirBus, LeerJet, etc. We even have an Air Force Base in town!
We are currently reading chapter 10 in a Boy Called Bat, and we are loving it! Thanks for connecting with us!
pignataj@usd385.org

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Hello! We are in Mrs. Strickler's third grade class. We just finished chapter 10 of A Boy Called Bat. We think the book is amazing! Our school is K-12 and our campus is over 60 acres. We have lots of sports fields and buildings. The Potomac River is near us and we are only about 10 minutes from Washington, DC. It is getting colder and some leaves are starting to turn colors. We aren't close to the Chesapeake Bay but it is a beautiful part of our state. Our state animal is a blue crab. Lots of crabs live in the Chesapeake. Our ice hockey team is the Washington Capitals (they won the Stanley Cup this year!) and we have two football teams: the Washington Redskins and the Baltimore Ravens. We love our school and we love skunks!

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Orchard Avenue Elementary Grand Junction, CO

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Orchard Avenue Elementary Grand Junction, CO

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Hello!  We are in Mrs. Hays 3rd grade class and we live in Grand Junction, Colorado.  It is a beautiful destination with lots of outdoor activities to do all year.  We are on the western side of the Rocky Mountains, approximately 20 miles from the Utah border.  Our city has the mighty Colorado River that runs through the center and we also have the Gunnison River, that is why our city is called Grand Junction (the two rivers meet together).  We are considered high desert terrain, which means, we have hot summers and moderate winters most of the time.  We are a short drive away from some of the best skiing and hiking in the country.  We are surrounded by three landforms:  the Grand Mesa, the Colorado National Monument and the Bookcliff mountains.  The Grand Mesa is the largest flat top mountain in the world and it is right in our backyard.  Our school is kindergarten through 5th grades and we have 407 students.  Our class has 26 students.  Orchard Avenue Elementary is a place with many curious students who are interested in solving world problems.  We are currently working towards becoming a STEAM school, which is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math.  We are fans of the Colorado Rockies and Denver Broncos

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Hello! We are Kindergartners from Mrs. Hill’s, Miss Woodworth’s, and Mrs. Bates’ class. We live in Ipswich, Massachusetts. We have a beautiful sandy beach called Crane Beach!  Every year, the entire school district has a Beach Day and we spend the day at the beach!

Ipswich has a rocky beach called Pavilion Beach. You can dig for clams at Pavilion Beach.

We also have  Willowdale State Forest right next to our school. Sometimes we have outdoor classrooms and we study living things in the forest. Some of our favorite places to visit in our town are Marini’s Farm to eat cider donuts and play in the bouncy house, Henry Bear’s Park to buy toys, White Farms to get ice cream, and Bialek Park to play at the playground. Our favorite sports teams are:  Ipswich Tigers, Boston Red Sox, New England Patriots, Boston Bruins and Boston Celtics!

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Titan Hill Intermediate School, Council Bluffs, Iowa

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Titan Hill Intermediate School, Council Bluffs, Iowa

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Hello from the Midwest! We are Mrs. Kerber's 2nd grade class and we are excited to share a little bit about us, with you! Our city has a lot of really cool history. Did you know that the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, came to Council Bluffs? He had a talk with Mayor Dodge and decided that our city would be the best place for the eastern terminus of the Transcontinental Railroad! Our school is made up of 4 grades, 2nd-5th. Each grade has 9 classrooms and we have approximately 900 students! We love the weather here in the Midwest because we get to experience all 4 seasons. It gets pretty warm in the summer, nice and cool in the fall and spring, and chilly and snowy in the winter. We are located right next to the Missouri River and our neighboring city to the west is Omaha, NE, home to the College World Series and the Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium. Want to learn more? We'd love to answer your questions or just connect with you in general! Email us at jkerber@lewiscentral.org

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Plum Canyon Elementary School; Santa Clarita, CA 

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Plum Canyon Elementary School; Santa Clarita, CA 

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Hi everyone! We are Miss Morda's 4th grade class. There are 33 of us in the classroom. There are 3 4th grade classes total in our school and there are 15 schools in our district. We are located about an hour away from Los Angeles and the beaches in what as known as a suburb. It is sunny mostly all year around and since we a valley, our temperatures can get up to 110 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer. We are famous because Six Flags Magic Mountain is in our town. Animals that you would around town would be coyotes, rattlesnakes, hawks, and small rodents that can survive the hot summers. We look forward to meeting everyone! Anyone who wants to continue after the read aloud and be pen pals with us, e-mail me at smorda@saugususd.org

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Lincoln Elementary School Lincoln, North Dakota (Bismarck) 

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Lincoln Elementary School Lincoln, North Dakota (Bismarck) 

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Hello! We are in Mrs. Bearstail's 2nd Grade Class. We just started fall in ND. It is starting to get chilly. It is 39 degrees Fahrenheit  today! What is your weather like? North Dakota is a great place to visit. We have deer, pheasants, cows, horses, small snakes, bison, and of course skunks! What kind of animals live in your area? One famous person that is from our city of Bismarck is Carson Wentz, the quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles. Do you have any famous people from your city or state? Email us at jennifer_bearstail@bismarckschools.org to connect with our class! WE would LOVE TO VISIT MORE!

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Hello friends from Mrs. Campbell's 2nd graders in Mooresville, NC. Our school only has PK-3rd grades. We have 8 second grade classes. There are about 150 students in our 2nd grade alone. We really love reading here at South, and we bet you do to. We are the South Stars. North Carolina has 4 seasons, but sometimes it doesn't seem like it. It is 84º here today. That is HOT! We really love the Carolina Panthers, that is our NFL team. North Carolina has pretty beaches. NC is famous for BBQ, and it is really yummy!

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2nd Grade
Hi from North Carolina! We are 2nd graders in Mrs. Weir's Class. We are a small school system with only 3 elementary schools, but we have 550 students in our school. We have a rabbit named Cookie that lives in our library. Sometimes we have makerspace in our library. Mooresville's population is 36,543. Lake Norman is a huge lake that is in part of Mooresville. A new Costco is being built in Mooresville. Many people come to visit it. Mooresville is famous for Nascar race shops, many of them are here. NC has beaches and mountains. Pepsi-Cola was invented in NC. The NBA player, Steph Curry, is from NC.

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Oak Grove Lutheran Elementary School, Fargo, North Dakota

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Oak Grove Lutheran Elementary School, Fargo, North Dakota

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Hello from Mrs. Durgin's class! We are a class of 15 5th graders in the largest city in North Dakota-Fargo! Even though we are the largest city, our population is just over 123,000 (as of 2017). Fargo has a lot of great things about it, but it does get rather COLD here in the winter! We can sometimes find ourselves traveling to school in the morning when temperatures are NEGATIVE 20 degrees! Brrrr!! Even though the winters are brutal at times, the people here are warm and friendly, and the summers are fantastic! We have many lakes within an hour that we can venture to for some fun in the sun! Fargo's landscape is-you guessed it-FLAT! That's because we sit at the bottom of old Lake Agassiz which was formed when a glacier melted a long, long time ago-more than 13,000 years ago! The lake eventually dried up, leaving behind the Red River Valley and the Red River itself. Ours is one of very few rivers in the world that actually flows to the north! We are excited to partake in the Global Read Aloud, and can't wait to learn more about all of you!!

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Mrs. Spellman's 4th Grade Class
Mrs. Seirer's 5th Grade Class
Chapman School District
USD473 - Kansas
Greetings from the Sunflower State. Chapman is a very large school district. We are the largest (area wise) school district in the state of Kansas. We are a K-5 country school surrounded by fields. 75 students attend Blue Ridge Elementary. It's not uncommon to have coyotes on our playground. Our students all ride a bus to school. Our students are very involved in 4-H. Interesting fact, our school doesn't have a library. We have a bookmobile that comes 2x a week for the students to check out books. It is air conditioned and heated. The bookmobile reminds me of the magic school bus. There's always an adventure waiting to happen on the bookmobile.