The Jolly Postman

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Every activity is clearly linked to the national curriculum for the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and for Key Stage 1 and 2, supporting learning across the curriculum. Letter Attributes Chart: This printable chart describes the characteristics of friendly, business, and persuasive letters. Join the jolly postman with his mailbag of delightful deliveries for Dorothy from Oz, Alice from Wonderland, and other favorite storybook characters. Are there any significant land features which could be placed on the map, if so the children could be taught some of the representations used on real life maps?

Join the Jolly Postman as he delivers letters in fairy-tale land in this fun, interactive story book!

I think children will find the characters really interesting, having to make text-to-text connections with familiar traditional tales (e. Janet Ahlberg (1944-1994) was a British children's book illustrator, and the co-creator, together with her husband Allan Ahlberg, of the best-selling Jolly Postman series. Brilliantly designed with lots of little details to spot, this old favourite will be enjoyed time and time again. Test the Letter Generator on your computers to familiarize yourself with the tools and ensure that you have the Flash plug-in installed.

The Jolly Postman follows an unnamed mail carrier as he delivers letters by bicycle to characters from traditional children's stories that are well known in Britain.Following each sheet of narrative verse and illustration, there is one shaped like an envelope and containing one of the postman's deliveries. As you go through the book another time, encourage students to use clues on the letters and envelopes to match the letters with their envelopes in the book. Such a simple idea of a postman delivering letter to various classic fairytale characters but with the added bonus of various surprises in each envelope. Alot of my classmates were incredibly enthusiastic about this book and were very fond of the memories they have of it. By including pages shaped as envelopes, Janet and Allan Ahlberg have added the element of curiosity to this book, as it instantly becomes interactive, enabling children to delve into the envelopes to retrieve each letter.

I loved this clever, beautifully illustrated story giving an insight into the correspondence of some well-known fairytale characters.I thought the letters were quite novel, and there was alot of humour in the pictures and the text that I could enjoy. Additionally, we also have some great 'The Jolly Postman' activities and games so that you can make your lesson interactive. In Koblitz's classroom, "Constructing meaning from a text or about a particular genre of literature occurs before, during, and after the read-aloud session" (1). According to CCSU, some runners up through 2002 were Commended (from 1959) or Highly Commended (from 1974). This lesson plan follows a similar process, using The Jolly Postman as a read-aloud text that leads to genre exploration and serves as a model for students' own writing.

The real magic in this book lies in the letters that are included and personalised for each of the characters. Pricing for different letters- Size of the envelopes and/or size of the stamps dependent- how much will it cost to send a particular letter first or second class. Koblitz concludes that "using interactive read-alouds can be powerful in helping students to discover the literary elements of a particular genre of literature.If letters depart from the chart, discuss the comparison with the individual student and provide direct instruction to help the student understand the differences between the types of letters. The Jolly Postman must surely be one of the most innovative and interactive books for young children. There are different types of mail to explore - hand written and typed letters, birthday cards, postcards, a mini version of Cinderella, and many more! Like sitting down and writing a letter to far away family, or watching a child’s beaming face as they post that letter to Santa, knowing he will read it and get to work making that toy with his elves. It tells the tale of a postman delivering his Christmas post, along the way he encounters classic children’s story characters such as “Mr.