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Guided Student Tours : Let's Deliver Mail

Let's Deliver Mail

Preschool- Kindergarten






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Maryland

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Social Studies

Scientific, Technological and Economic Change
  • Identifies modes of transportation and types of communication






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English/Language Arts

Standard 1: General Reading Process
  • Develop a conceptual understanding of new words
  • Understand that print conveys meaning
  • Make connections to the text using illustrations…
  • Connect events, characters and actions in stories to specific life experiences
  • Recall information from text
  • Respond orally to questions
Standard 2: Comprehension of Information Text
  • Develop comprehension skills by reading a variety of informational texts
  • Recognize sequential order
Standard 3: Comprehension of Literary Text
  • Use elements of narrative texts to facilitate understanding
  • Determine important ideas and messages…
  • Comprehend and respond to fiction text
Standard 5: Listening
  • Demonstrate active listening strategies
  • Comprehend and analyze what is heard
Standard 7: Speaking
  • Use props in situations
Social Studies

Standard 2: Geography
  • Recognize and describe places
  • Identify importance of transportation in their community
Standard 3: Economics
  • Recognize that workers do jobs in the …community





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English

Oral Language
K.1 a) Listen to a variety of literary forms, including stories and poems.
K.3 f) Participate in discussions about books and specific topics.
History and Social Studies

Economics
K.6 The students will match simple descriptions of work that people do with the names of those jobs.













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