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The Classroom Pet Exchange is for classrooms, grades K-3.  Classes participating in the Class Pet Exchange Program  will need to secure a stuffed animal for the class pet. Students should select a name for the pet. You will also need some type of notebook or journal. It is helpful if you have e-mail access in your classroom, but not required. If you do not have this access, you must be able to send weekly emails from another location in order to participate.

One of the biggest problems with any Internet project is the participant not following through on their end.  Before you sign up for this project, ask yourself these questions:

If the answer to these questions is yes, you are ready to proceed. (Remember your failure to carry through with the project will result in a class full of disappointed children and a frustrated teacher!)

Still not sure the project will work for your class?  Read what other past participants have said about the project by clicking the Participant Feedback link above.  A list of the project objectives is also available at the web site.

If you feel you are now ready to commit to the project, follow these 5 steps:

1.  Complete the sign-up form on this site.  Be sure to double check your email address as this is the only means of contacting you.  Registration deadline is November 20, 2004.
2.  After submitting the sign-up form you will receive confirmation and your name will be added to the classroom database in order to begin participation in the project.
3.  You will then search the database and choose a class that you think you would like to partner with for the exchange.
4.  You are ready to contact the class and begin!  Click on the email link for that class at the Classroom Database and send an introductory email, provide mailing information, and set up the schedule for your exchange.  A sample introductory email is provided below.  If you receive an introductory email contact from a class asking you to be their exchange partner, be sure to check the database for that class' name.

A parent letter, which explains the project, may be printed directly from the web site. Additional schedule information may be found at this site.
 

 
Sample Introductory Email 
Hello!  We located your name in the Classroom Pet Exchange database and would be interested in knowing if you would like to be our partner for the 2002-2003 exchange.  We have replied to the commitment email and agreed to correspond weekly, mail our pet and journal, and return your pet and journal at the end of the exchange.  You can locate our class in the database by going to the third grade classes, and finding Mrs. Hileman's Class.  We live in Spring City, Kentucky which is a small farming community.  If you would like to exchange pets with us, please email us and we will set up our schedule for the exchange along with mailing information.

Mrs. Hileman's Third Graders