Letter Writing in Grade Two

In Language Arts I am teaching my students how to write a formal letter. Date, Greeting, Body, Closing. So I modeled by writing to my family via email. My mom and sister responded to them, and they were all interested in what they learned about Canada. My mom told them that we have lots of deer, groundhogs and jack rabbits. Well of course they had never heard of the latter two before, so I showed them some pictures online, and told them that jack rabbits run really, really fast!

The following day, during our morning routine of community circle (pass around a bear and answer the question of the day)... I asked, If you could be any animal, what would you be? Two of them said Jack Rabbit, which was funny because less than 24 hours ago, they didn't even know what it was! haha.

My sister, aka "Constable Meyer" usually comes to visit my classrooms to talk about community safety, although she can't this year...for obvious reasons :) So she wrote them a letter, but we decided this time to respond electronically. Some of the questions are about my nephew, Jacob, playing his favourite game..."hawwcky"

Enjoy the video Jamie Lynn :) [PS They are asking to see the "Jail" of Canada in case you cannot hear properly and at the end, Arnold says "Korea food is Kimchi" lol]

***Fun Fact***
***I found out a week ago that for two months, yes two months, I've been using Fabric Softener instead of laundry detergent because, I can't read the label. Someone told me they had done that by mistake...then I got ta thinking...I asked my Korean friend to read it. Yep, soft, very soft clothes indeed.

***Random fun fact, in public bathrooms in the stalls they have "music boxes" that you can press a button and they will make water sounds to mask any 'strange' noises ha ha ha

***I've been working at teaching myself Korean. Interesting, we often arrange sentences with Subject, Verb, Object. For example: 'John Eats Oranges.' Although with Hangul, its organized Subject, Object, Verb. And if the subject is implied, then no subject is required to make a full sentence. For example, if we know it is John already then 'Oranges Eat' is completely acceptable. Interesting eh? Allows me to better understand the kids and their grammar!