Working with First Graders Again

On Friday morning the students continued to work with the students from Ms. Marzouki's class on writing letters to local businesses asking for their support in developing a Makerspace at our school.  During this time together the students finished writing their letters, edited their letters with a teacher, and worked on coding.  It was fun to watch the students interact with one another.  I have an example of the type of letters being written by students posted below.  This letter was written by Ambrosia and her two first grader friends.

Dear Sir or Madam,

We are children from Cooper Elementary School. My name is Ambrosia and I am making this letter with Adriana and Gallery. I am in third grade and Gallery and Adriana are in first grade. We are building a Makerspace at our school. A Makerspace is a place where we can learn. For example we can make crafts, build robotics and experiment with things. In the Makerspace we can watch how butterflies grow from a caterpillar to a butterfly. We were wondering if you could help by giving us some tools for building. We could use scissors, crafts, wood,  Legos, or even money would help us out. You don’t have to, but if you could help with anything that would be great. Can you donate some old stuff for the Makerspace?  Also in the Makerspace we could use flowers and other planting supplies for making a garden. Thank you for taking the time to read our letter.  

                           

Sincerely,

Adriana, Gallery and Ambrosia