Hello Grade 4 & 5,
What, you may ask, is the Great Canadian Mail Race? Last week, we received an envelope from Quebec, and it contained an invitation to join the Great Canadian Mail Race. There was also a letter from a Grade 4 student named Sam, and Jaya is answering his letter. The rest of us get to write letters to other Grade 4 & 5 students at elementary schools across Canada.
I have enjoyed helping you look for elementary schools in towns across Canada, and I found out something new. Ethan and I were looking for a school in Alert because it was the most northern location in Canada. No matter how much we tried, we couldn’t find a link to a school there. We decided to look up some statistics and discovered that there are only 5 permanent residents in Alert, and 75 scientists, who work for the Canadian military, live at a research base there. Did I mention that in Alert it is either totally dark or totally light for 10 months of the year?
What makes this a race? After we mail our letters, we look to see which school replies to us first. On your mark, get set, go!
Cheers
Mrs. G
