The Jolly Postman

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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. The Jolly Christmas Postman has been delighting children for generations, making it the perfect book to share on Christmas Eve!

Join the Jolly Postman as he delivers letters in fairy-tale land in this fun, interactive story book!Based upon the class's letter description chart, have students categorize the examples of mail they brought from home. 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.

Geography: Maps- look at the postman’s journey and plot different ‘landmarks’ or houses onto a template of the map. 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? The cross-curricular links for this book are Geography, Art and Design and Drama. Creating a map for the Postman allows children to explore direction and distances, designing a stamp/postcard allows them to explore their creativity and through acting out the story of The Jolly Postman children begin to understand how written stories can be adapted to physical movement and also explore how to embody the characteristic of each character.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. Show an example of a letter and an envelope that has already been prepared. You can use an example from the book or a letter that you have on hand. Each character's letter has a connection with their traditional story and gives children a new and interesting concept of how traditional stories can be adapted and reconceptualized. Through activities such as, hot seating, children can then begin to test their knowledge of the characters and the stories connected to them, and then imagine how this story could be told differently. 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.

This brilliant teacher-made set of 'The Jolly Postman' resources is designed to save you time and make planning lessons easier. With this wonderful selection of tools, you will be able to create wonderfully exciting lessons for your students to enjoy. Students apply knowledge of language structure, language conventions (e.g., spelling and punctuation), media techniques, figurative language, and genre to create, critique, and discuss print and nonprint texts.The Jolly Postman is one of my favourite picture books. The book encompasses multimodality and intertextuality flawlessly. The book is eye catching and young children will be engaged in it because it involves them getting each letter out of the envelopes.