As a class, we have just finished reading a funny book called Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown. The book is about a young boy named Stanley who is accidentally squished “as flat as a pancake” when a bulletin board falls on him while he is asleep. Stanley is very, very flat but otherwise fine. Stanley’s family did not have enough money to send him on a train or plane to visit a friend in California, so they decide to fold him up and put him in a large envelope and mail him. The story goes on to tell how Stanley discovers some real advantages to being flat, not to mention he becomes a hero!
This year our class is going to take part in the “Flat Stanley Project”. This is a worldwide program where people all over the world send their own Flat Stanley out on an adventure. Currently, there are more than 6000 classes from 88 countries taking part in the Flat Stanley Project. We are excited to be taking part in such a fun and educational program.
A unique Flat Stanley which was created by your child was sent home. Each student is responsible for taking Flat Stanley on an adventure with them. This can be to an extra curricular activity, sporting event, grandparents houses, movie, family vacation, etc. A diary page must be filled out for the time together, including some type of newly learned information about the place/people visited. Please send in the diary page and Flat Stanley after the March Break so that your child may share with the class their adventure.
We would love the opportunity to mail our Flat Stanley’s out to various parts of the world. If you have family or friends that would be willing to participate in this project please let us know and we can provide you with extra diary sheets. They would need to take a few pictures of Flat Stanley and share some interesting details about the place in which they live. Details should help us to learn about the part of the world that Stanley is visiting. We will be keeping track of all the places our Flat Stanley gets to visit.
Below is a picture of a chart we created in class. This chart can be used when talking about the story and recalling the main events.
