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              Our third grade class is particpating in a travel buddy program set up by Mrs. Kathie Santa Maria of Holmes Elementary. Our travel buddy is a stuffed dog named Sparky. Sparky will travel to the following cities:
     
    Ripley, Tennesee   
    Perry, Oklahoma
    Midvale, Utah
    Seatac, Washington
    Jupiter, Florida
     
            He will spend between 3-4 weeks in an elementray classroom in each of these cities. The children that have him will create a book/writing log of things that they did with Sparky while he was with them. They will also include information about their school, where they live, etc.
           In the meantime, we will be recieving travel buddies from other states as well and will be creating our own book of adventures for that buddy. At the end of the school year, all the buddies are returned to their original classrooms with several books full of adventures and photos.
          The third grade Social Studies curriculum focuses on studying map skills, different countries and different biomes. By participting in the travel buddy program the children will be exposed to different areas of the country and will be able to track their buddies travels on maps.
         Each child gets to spend a day with the buddy and take him home. They love doing this and get very excited when a new buddy arrives each month!
     
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Last Modified on July 13, 2006