This balancing tricks's name is "Tower" They are ten or eleven years-old boys and girls in my school. It is very difficult for them to do balancing tricks.They have practiced "Tower" Today was the field day in my school. They succeeded.
Thanks,
You can see more pictures of our Delmar playground taken several years ago when we first began the "Building Bridges" project: www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/Bridges/delmar.htm
Mrs. Elzey's third grade class wrote to the students in Japan. Here are their letters: To our friends in Japan, My third grade class looked at the picture of your playground that you emailed to us. We compared your playground to ours. We saw a few things that were the same and also a few that were different. Thank you for sharing your messages with us.
Your friend at Delmar Elementary,
To our friends in Japan, We don't have a big fence around our entire playground. We don't have a balance beam.We have a small fence. We have a soccer ball net.
Your friend at Delmar Elementary,
To our friends in Japan, We do not have a balance beam on our playground.We do not have coaches.We do not have signs.We do not have uniforms.
Your friend,
To our friends in Japan, Why don't you have play equipment? You have shoes just like us and it's probably the same style. Your friend Jessica at Delmar Elementary School.
To our friend in Japan, We do not have to stand on people's backs. We do not balance on a balancing pole. Saw the picture of your playground.
Your friend in Delmar,
To our friends in Japan, We have to play grounds we play soccer, basketball, baseball but not tag, you are lucky to be able to balance each other.
Your friend,
To our friends in Japan, We do not speak Japanese we speak English. We do not have a balance board like you. We do not have houses around our school. Our school is in the country.
Your Friend,
To our friends in Japan, Our playground is different then yours. We have jungle gyms, swings and basket balls. Do you have teachers as coaches? We have two playgrounds and we play on both. One has a tire swing. It also has a jungle gym.Why don't you wear shoes? Do you have shoes? We have shoes. Could you write me back?
From,
To our friends in Japan, We sometimes have our gym inside. We don't have our gym outside all the time like you do. We are going to write to you soon. We don't have houses around our gym. Our school is in the country. Do you have an indoor gym like we do? from Zachary
To our friends in Japan, I like gym. Do you like gym in Japan? My gym teacher's name is Miss Buffam. I like gym because gym is my favorite subject. We do gym inside sometimes. We do gym outside, but we do gym inside the most. your friend Preston from Delmar Elementary
To our friends in Japan, You have dirt on your playground, we do too. I think you can make a pyramid. I am seeing your picture of your playground. Do you have a playground? I know you can balance anything. Do you have any brothers or sisters? If you do, don't be mean.
Your friend at Delmar Elementary School
To our friends in Japan, Our recess is not like yours. We don't do that stuff. What you do is dangerous. I am 8 years old. My birthday is in June 27, 1993. I am a boy. I live in Delmar MD.
Your friend,
To our your friends in Japan, We all have FUN. We have to wear shoes and you don't on your playground.We do not have to wear the some clothes but you do. I see you balancing people on your playground. We can't balance by holding people. I want to know do you have a building.
Your friend,
To our friends in Japan, You don't have any equipment outside. You only have one equipment outside. The people that are outside don't have any shoes on their feet. The coach can't help the people that are in the group. Some people have the same hair. Your friend, Shanita, at Delmar Elementary
To our friends in Japan, Our playground is a little bit like yours. We have trees and a pole but it is not the same as yours.We have the same kind of dirt. But we do not have the same kind of hair. We have sticks but I am sure it is not the same as yours. We have pants and shirts but they are not the same as yours. We cannot carry one another or we will get in BIG TROUBLE.
Your friend,
To our friends in Japan, Our playground is not like your playground and we are not aloud to pick people up at recess. How is it like in Japan? Could you write me back? Do you have teachers? We have jungle gyms, swings and basket balls on our playground. Do you have to wear the same clothes ? We do not have a fence around our playground. Do you have a tire swing ? Why don't you wear shoes ? Can you talk English ? We have to wear shoes. We are allowed to wear the same thing or not the same thing. We have two playgrounds to play on. Do you have a big school?
Your friend,
To our friends in Japan, We are not to put each other in the air. You have different houses then us. Were are your shoes at? Why do you put each other in the air?You do not have any gym toys. We do not have big fences on our playground we have a little fence. Do you have to put each other in the air? Your friend Kelsey at Delmar Elementary
To our friend in Japan, We speak a different language then you. We have lots of toys we saw your picture on computer. How do you stand on one another.
your friend
To our friends in Japan, I like to do math. Why do you like to balance and to make towers at your school. I can tell you like to because I saw your picture on the computer at our school.
Your friend,
To our friends Japan, Our playground is a little bit like your playground.We have a gate but it is not the same. Delmar Elementary School so big.We get recess but we don't cheer lead.We don't dress all in the same clothes and we don't all have the same hair do.Why do you dress in the same clothes and hair do?We aren't allowed to chearlead at school. We aren't allowed to stand on each others backs even though we will be careful.
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