Dear Editor,

Hello! I am a third-grade student in Northern Virginia, and my class is learning about the United States. Each third-grader has been assigned a specific state, and I have received your state! I am very excited to learn more about the great state of Kansas and wish to represent you well in my final State Fair project in the month of I May. I am writing to ask you to please publish the letter below in your Letters to the Editor section of your newspaper. It will enhance my learning if I can get the perspective of actual people who live in and love their state!

Thank you for your kind consideration in helping me with my project!

Julien’s letter to our readers

Dear People of the Great State of Kansas,

Hello! I am a third-grade student in Northern Virginia.

Our class is learning about the United States, and I will be teaching our school about the state of Kansas. In late May, I will create a display for our State Fair that I hope will make you proud.

Although I have gathered facts about your state from books and websites, I think that I can receive the best information from the people who live there. This is why I am writing to you. I am hoping that you would be willing to send me some items to help me learn more about the best things in your state. You might consider sending items such as postcards, pictures, souvenirs, this newspaper article, or any other unique items that would be useful or show your state’s pride. Here are a few questions:

-Why do you live in your state?/What first brought your family there?

-How do you make money?/What is your job?

-What does your state look like?

-What do people do for fun?

-What animals live there?

-What traditional food/recipes does your state have?

-What type of music is native to your state?

-Do you have a state athletic team?

-What geographic features are unique to your state?

I will need to gather all of my information by the second week of May. Thank you for your help!

Sincerely, Julien

Address:

Miss Campbell’s Class

The Langley School

1411 Balls Hill Road

McLean, Virginia 22101