A Letter to a Fourth Grader

These letters can be written after visiting Outdoor Education and may be shared with 4th graders before their week at Outdoor Education.

Your task is to write a letter to a 4th grader about your experience at Outdoor Education. Include the date.

Begin the letter

Dear 4th Grader,

Be sure to include the following after an introductory sentence:

Be sure to pack…

Be specific – good walking shoes, pillow, favorite stuffed animal, kind of suitcase, etc.

Cabin life

What was fun, what wasn't, new friends you made, cabin leaders, showers, etc.

Vocabulary

Adaptation, diurnal, food chain, habitat, niche, and nocturnal.

Routine of the day

Naturalists

Activities – discuss at least 4

• Earth Dance
• Ocean Odyssey
• Beach Day
• Buckeye Trail
• Nature Lab
• Big Red and Dead Fred
• Garden
• Night Hike and Lone Walk
• Skit Night

Meals – breakfast, lunch, and dinner

• Ort (zero food waste), compost, non-compost, family style meals.
• Foods you enjoyed, did not enjoy.

Awards

Giant Slipper/Sock award, Golden Dustpan (clean cabin) award, Earth award, ACT award, Mystery Meal award

Other information

Advice

Overall experience

Sign and print your name

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