4 th Grade Great Mail Race
1. What states were you assigned?
2. Type a letter to your state (Including the following):
*Your first name, your personal interests, (activities you do outside of school like
sports, girl scouts, etc)
*Your favorite book, subject, thing to do at school
*Something you like about St. Theresa School
*Special events or things we do at St. Theresa School
*Talk about the seasons. Some states never see snow
*What you like about living in the Chicago area? Museums,
zoos?
2. Type a letter to your state (Including the following):
*Your first name, your personal interests, (activities you do outside of school like
sports, girl scouts, etc)
*Your favorite book, subject, thing to do at school
*Something you like about St. Theresa School
*Special events or things we do at St. Theresa School
*Talk about the seasons. Some states never see snow
*What you like about living in the Chicago area? Museums,
zoos?
3. Research a school to send your letters to.
Find addresses of the schools that you will send your letter. You need to select one school for each state you are writing. Map of the United States (click here to find a town to send your letter to. Click on the state that you are researching) When you have found the city you want to mail your letter to, go to the yellow pages website to find an address for a school. 4. www.yellowpages.com Type in “Elementary Schools” AND the name of your “city and state” on the search line. Pick a school to write to….. What are your addresses? Copy and paste into a word document and save to your student folder. Save as “name of school/address” (EXAMPLE: St. Theresa/445 S.Benton Street |
5. Address your envelopes.
Address your envelope to your school. Make sure you address your envelope correctly with the return address and room for a stamp. Remember you are creating 2 envelopes. One to the school AND a return envelope for inside with your letter. A return envelope will be put inside each letter so they can mail us back the questionnaire. 6.Stuff your envelopes! When you are ready to send out your letters make sure you include the following: *Your letter introducing yourself and the Great Mail Race *The Questionnaire for the school to fill out and send back to our school *A self addressed envelope inside the envelope (for the school to send back to us!) 7. Time to mail! When you are finished stuffing your envelopes, bring them to MRS. NICOLAS BEFORE YOU LICK THEM CLOSED. I want to make sure you have everything you need before they are sealed. |