The First Grade post office is officially open in the Lower
School! Buy some stamps and mail a letter today!
A lot of great learning, planning and preparation has gone
into this special annual activity. First Grade read several books about the post office and learned about
how the mail system worked. We
created two large blue mailboxes with special signs, set up distribution
envelopes for each Lower School Class, and designed some amazing Hero Edition
stamps to be sold.
We learned about the different postal service jobs that need to be done like selling stamps, collecting, stamping, sorting and delivering. Then we created assignments so that each student will get to a chance to do three different jobs. You will find details on how to buy stamps and mail letters along with more details and pictures of our process below. The post office will run until Spring Break.
To buy stamps:
Stamps can be purchased for .10 each by students, teachers and family members Monday through Friday from 8:10-8:30am in the First Grade Classroom. Our 23 Hero Edition stamps come from the original drawings each student made of their Hero during our Hero Study.
To mail a letter:
Place your letter with one of our stamps taped or glued on, in one of our two blue mail boxes located at he library and in the lobby area. Make sure your letter has the name of the person you are sending it to along with their classroom. Don’t forget your name and return address either! All letters must have a stamp and complete address or they will be returned - just like a real world post office!
First Grade will pick up the mail at each mailbox, take it to back to the "mail room" and then date stamp, cancel and sort each letter. Then we'll deliver letters after 2pm each day to each classroom!
Our Learning Process:
We had several meetings where we read books about the post office and special stories about letter writing. Then we learned about the different steps of mail delivery and looked at some of the special tools we would be using like date stamps, canceling stamps and even a "Return to Sender" stamp.
We practiced our letter writing and how to address envelopes. Then we painted our mailboxes, learned about what makes a good sign and planned what to put on our own signs. Out last step was putting up large delivery envelopes on the door of each Lower School classroom.
We've had a lot of stamp customers and have been busy delivering letters!
p.s. The money we collect from stamp selling will go to a good cause! First Grade will meet to brainstorm an organization we will donate to.
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