Dear Parents, Over the summer and in class we read a book called Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown. In this story a little boy named Stanley is flattened by a bulletin board. In his new “flattened” state, he has many adventures. One of Stanley’s adventures begins with Stanley traveling in an envelope. We will be doing a project based on this book. This project will teach students many things from geography to how to write a friendly letter. The students will get a picture of Flat Stanley to color and will need to write a letter and send it to someone they know. They will ask the person to keep Flat Stanley for about weeks. The person they send it to will be asked to keep track of the places they take him and the things that they do together. At the end of the four to six weeks, the students will make a poster showing all of the things that Flat Stanley did on his trip and share them with the class. We, as a class, will also be keeping track of the places where he has gone. On the following page you will find the due dates for each part of the project and the last page contains the poster project guidelines.

Friday, September 27 - Bring in the letter that you will send to the person Flat Stanley will be visiting, a correctly addressed envelope, and a stamp. Be sure that it includes all of the parts to a friendly letter (heading, greeting, body, closing, signature). Friday, November 15 - Flat Stanley should return home to the children by this date. Friday, December 13- The final Flat Stanley posters are due.

The children should create a poster that includes their Flat Stanley and the information they have received on his adventures. How the children set up the poster is up to them. They may include the postcards, pictures, etc. that they receive. Also, somewhere on the poster should be a few paragraphs that tell about the place Flat Stanley visited and some of the important or interesting things that they learned about that place.

Name ___________________________________________ Date ____________________________________________ Book ____________________________________________ Flat Stanley Letter (heading, greeting, body, closing, signature) /25 Project: Pictures from state visited /25 Information from state visited /25 Oral Presentation /25 Grade /100 ____