Five pages about sending mail. On page 1 students name the five numbered parts of an envelope from a word bank, then address a blank envelope from an address book, writing each state as its two-letter abbreviation. Page 2 is about stamps: add the stamps on six envelopes, circle the one set of stamps that makes each postage exactly, and use the fewest stamps for four postages. Page 3 has a Post Office Prices card: letters and large envelopes cost one price for the first ounce and more for each extra ounce, and any part of an ounce counts as a whole ounce. Students read three letters on dial scales, then find the postage for six letters and large envelopes. Page 4 has a package price table by pounds and distance: weigh three packages, decide whether each goes near, middle or far, find the prices, then price a family's three packages. Page 5 is six post office story problems. The prices in this pack are made up for practice, with round numbers, so they never go out of date; they are not real post office prices. The first problem of each kind is worked as an example.
Bring in a few real envelopes and postcards and find the return address, the stamp and the ZIP code together before page 1. Set up a class post office for pages 2 and 3: a kitchen or postal scale, envelopes with different things inside, and the price card from page 3 on the wall. Students weigh each letter, round up to the next whole ounce and pay with paper stamps. A map on the wall turns page 4 into a talk about why mail that goes farther costs more.
Write and mail a real letter or postcard together: let your child address the envelope and find your state's abbreviation and ZIP code. Weigh a few letters or small boxes on a kitchen scale and work out the postage from the price list on page 3. Next time you go to the post office, look at the price signs together.
This pack supports the following Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:
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A 5-page mail and postage pack for 3rd and 4th grade. Name the parts of an envelope (return address, stamp, delivery address, state abbreviation, ZIP code), then address an envelope from an address book. Add the stamps on envelopes, circle the stamps that make a postage exactly, and use the fewest stamps. Read letters' weights on a scale and use a post office price list: any part of an ounce counts as a whole ounce. Weigh packages, find how far they go and look up their prices, then solve six post office story problems. The prices are made up for practice. Every page comes in color and in black and white. Answer keys included.
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