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Post Office

From City Island · 2022

Post Office
3 minPre-KK1st2ndSocial Studies
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Summary

Carry the mail truck walks Watt and Windy through the life of a letter, from the mailbox to the sorting room to a doorstep. Every step has a person or a machine doing one job. Pairs perfectly with writing a class letter.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

Three quick questions to run after the short.

  1. What happens to a letter after it goes in the mailbox?
  2. Why does mail need an address and a stamp?
  3. Who would you like to send a letter to?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: post office, address, deliver.

Try it: Address an envelope to someone and draw the stamp you would put on it.