Erickson is a fourth grade teacher at the Thoreau Elementary School in Concord, Massachusetts. She is also an adjunct faculty member at Regis College in Weston, Massachusetts. Before becoming a teacher, Erickson was a Food Technologist.
Every school year, my incoming students receive a welcome letter. Included in their packet is something a little different: a snack-sized baggie of sand. One student may receive some black volcanic sand from Japan; another gets green sand from Hawaii; still another receives the silky sand from Florida’s west coast; while another may get the pink sand found on Bermuda’s pristine beaches.
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