Please try this
at home with a parent/guardian:
www.EPALS.com
Read more about E-Pals
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Explanation of E-Pals Project
NOTE:
E-Pals was NOT created by Tredyffrin-Easttown School District.
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Part of the Tredyffrin/Easttown School District mission is to prepare
our students and staff to
flourish in a global context.
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We started this E-Pals Project to allow students
the opportunity to utilize technology to form a pen pal relationship via email
with various Spanish speaking students in Pennsylvania.
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This
was a chance to work with the computer, to practice Spanish, and to realize that
in today's world one does not even have to leave his or her own County to
encounter those of many cultures and languages.
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As a part of the third
grade social studies curriculum, students learn about Pennsylvania. This
allowed a unique opportunity for the Spanish curriculum to support the social
studies curriculum and vice versa.
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The correspondence was conducted entirely via email and in
Spanish only.
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The letters below are a sample of the E-Pal Exchange between
Lora
Jo Dickhart's Spanish class at New Eagle Elementary School and a professor
at Valley Forge Military.
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Sample Letters from Pen Pal Exchanges
El 6 de mayo
Queridos nuevos amigos
(Dear new friends,)
Recibí su mensaje y
me alegra mucho poder estar en comunicación con ustedes. Sí, tengo muchos
amigos en Pennsylvania, especialmente americanos y unas pocas personas latinas.
Me gusta mucho vivir en Pennsylvania y he vivido aquí por diez y siete anos..
I recieved your message and I am very happy to be in communication with you
all. Yes, I have many friends here in Pennsylvania, especially Americans
and a few Latin American people. I like living in Pennsylvania very much
and I have lived here for several years.)
Mi esposo se llama
Alberto y mi hijo se llama Andrés; el tiene catorce años. (My husband's
name is Albert and my son is named Andrew; he is fourteen years old.)
Espero que pasen un
buen día. Hasta pronto. (I hope that you all have a good day. Talk
to you soon.)
Señora U. (Mrs.
U.)
10 de mayo
Querida Señora U.,
¿Cómo está Usted? Estamos muy bien aquí. Gracis por su carta. Unos alumnos quieren escribirle ahora. (Señora D., la maestra) How are you? We are all doing well here. Thank you for your
letter. Some students want to write to you now! (Mrs. D., teacher)
Hola, me llamo Miguel. Tengo
nueve años. Juego al fútbol. (Hi, my name is
Michael. I am nine years old. I play soccer.)
Hola, me llamo María. Tengo
nueve años. ¿Cuál es su color favorito? (Hi, my name is Mary. I am
nine years old. What is your favorite color?)
Hola, me llamo Tiler. Tengo
nueve años también. Juego al béisbol. ¿Cómo es su familia?
(Hi, my
name is Tyler. I am also nine years old. I play baseball.
What is your family like?)
Escríbanos cuando Usted pueda. Gracias.
(Write to use
when you are able. Thank you.)
Cariños, La clase de Señora G.
17 de mayo
Hola Miguel, María y
Tiler:
Me alegra que hayan escrito. Les deseo mucha suerte en
sus deportes. Me imagino que ya están por terminar los deportes de primavera.
¿Sus equipos ganaron? Mi
color favorito es el verde. (Hi Michael, Mary, and Tyler. I am very
glad that you have written. I wish you all much luck in your
sports. I imagine that you are just about to finish Spring
sports. Did your teams win? My favorite color is green.)
Bueno, que pasen un buen día y que estudien mucho.
(Well, have a good day and study a lot!)
Señora U.
18 de mayo
Querida Señora U.
(Dear Mrs. U.)
Me llamo Gregorio.
Tengo nueve años. Tengo una hermana.
(My
name is Greg. I am nine years old. I have one sister.)
Me llama Rían. ¿Cómo está Usted?
¿De dónde es Usted? ¿Hace calor allí?
(My name is Rehan. How are you? Where are you from? Is
it hot there?)
Tenemos menos de un mes
de la escuela. (We
have less than one month of school.)
Gracias por su carta.
(Thank you for your letter.)
Los estudiantes de
Señora G. (The
students of Mrs. G.)
El 21 de mayo
Hola queridos
Amigos, (Hello dear friends,)
Soy de un pueblo
pequeño llamado Guadalupe. (I am from a small town named
Guadalupe.)
Me alegra de saber
que están recibiendo mis mensajes. Rían y Gregorio- gracias por sus mensajes.
(I am happy to know that you have recieved my messages. Ryan and
Greg, thank you for your messages.)
Colombia es un país
muy lindo. No tenemos estaciones, solamente invierno y verano. En el invierno
llueve mucho y en el verano hace calor. No hay nieve, sino en un solo sitio de
Colombia, cerca a un nevado. (Colombia is a very beautiful
country. We don't have seasons, only winter and summer. In the
winter it rains a lot and in the summer it is hot. There is no snow,
except in one place in Colombia close to a snowy place.)
Un saludo para todos.
(A greeting to all.)
Señora U. (Mrs.
U.)
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Helpful Information
Web Sites for Finding Information about Spanish Speakers in Pennsylvania
2000 Census Information
Chester County Information
PA (release date: August 15, 2001)
Spanish
Speakers in Chester County
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FLES ·
Foreign Language in the Elementary Schools
940 West Valley Road, Suite 1700 · Wayne, PA 19087
· 610.240.1900
www.tesd.net/fles
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