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Standards:
6.1.P.B.2: Identify, discuss, and role-play the duties of a range of community workers
2.1.P.D.3: Identify community helpers who assist in maintaining a safe environment.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.1: Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse
partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger
groups.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.6: Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas
clearly.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.K.2: Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to
compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about
and supply some information about the topic.
Students will listen to a story and respond to Teacher will read a story, and students will
questions about the story. respond to questions. Teacher will evaluate
student response for correctness.
Students will determine why postal service Teacher will ask students why they are
workers are important. important and teacher will evaluate student
responses for correctness.
Students will write letters to someone and Teacher will look over student writing and
mail them. evaluate writing. Teacher will help students
put letters in envelope.
Materials/Resources: (List materials, include any online or book references and resources)
What Do People Do All Day
Writing a letter worksheet
Envelopes
Stamps
Glue
Logistics:
Timing:
Morning Meeting Reading: 7 minutes
Directions: 5 minutes
Letter writing/ mailing: 12 minutes
Closure: 3 minutes
Transitions:
After giving directions, I will pass out the worksheets, and allow the students time
to write their letters
Students will be allowed to get up from their seat when they are ready and go to
the post office, and get an envelope and a stamp
They will go back to their desk to mail on the stamp, and then they can go mail it
at the mailbox
Classroom Management:
I will use attention getters when necessary
I will make sure that if students are going to the post office, they are waiting in
line properly
To ensure that students are not running around the classroom, I will model for
them what they should look like
Teachers will be walking around looking at student work, along with making sure
students are not running and are taking their time.
Differentiation
For lower level writers, they can write shorter letters
For higher level writers, there will be enough space for them to write more if they
would like to
Teachers will assist students in folding their letters to properly fit into their envelope
For early finishers, they will be able to color in their coloring packet