Read the book, being sure to read and display each letter and envelope. As you read each letter, you might pass the piece to students to look at more closely as you continue reading. Use the Type of Letter Worksheet, categorize the letters delivered by The Jolly Postman, based upon the class's letter description chart. Students develop an understanding of and respect for diversity in language use, patterns, and dialects across cultures, ethnic groups, geographic regions, and social roles. Make copies of the Type of Letter Worksheet or prepare an overhead or chart paper to record students' observations. Ask the children about other kinds of letters might be sent through the mail. As students brainstorm, add the kinds of letters to the chart paper.

The Jolly Christmas Postman has been delighting children for generations, making it the perfect book to share on Christmas Eve! I remember when my grands were younger they said, "Can I go deliver the mail to the neighbors? I want to see their happy faces, too." The Jolly Postman has a busy day ahead. It's Christmas Eve in Fairy-Tale Land and there's plenty of post for him to deliver! It also can be tied in with subjects like maths or geography with the use of adding prices to the hobgoblin supplies sheet and making a map of the postman's journey.Students adjust their use of spoken, written, and visual language (e.g., conventions, style, vocabulary) to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences and for different purposes. Critically read The Jolly Postman. Begin by summarizing the story: the book tells about the mail that a letter carrier delivers to fairy tale characters.

One of the characters from the book has decided that it would be nice to create a community garden. Write letters that the characters might share about the plans. Our 'The Jolly Postman' resources also include everything you need to create beautiful displays for your classroom. Your students can get involved in the making of your displays by contributing their own work to be put on the classroom wall. As an alternative to letter writing, use the interactive Postcard Creator to create original postcards. After printing their text, students can illustrate the front of the cards using markers or other art supplies. One of the characters from the book would like to start a town newspaper. Write letters that the characters might send or receive in this scenario. Demonstrate the Letter Generator for students. Ask students to choose characters from The Jolly Postman and share one of the scenarios below:Once students have sorted all their letters, bring the class together again and ask them to share what they found as they worked with their letters. Ask students to share the reasons that they categorized the letters as they did. Students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate texts. They draw on their prior experience, their interactions with other readers and writers, their knowledge of word meaning and of other texts, their word identification strategies, and their understanding of textual features (e.g., sound-letter correspondence, sentence structure, context, graphics). 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. Born as Janet Hall in Yorkshire in 1944, she studied at Sunderland Technical College, where she met Ahlberg. The two married in 1969, and began to work together, publishing their first co-venture - The Old Joke Book - in 1976. She won the 1978 Kate Greenaway Medal from the British Library Association - an award recognizing the year's best children's book illustration by a British subject - for Each Peach Pear Plum. Students employ a wide range of strategies as they write and use different writing process elements appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes. One of the characters from the book wants to start a community recycling center. Write letters that the characters might send or receive in this scenario.