Recipients of the Mail Handling (Adapted) credential have demonstrated concept proficiency and completed the following tasks:
Activity 1: Postage
1. Gather materials you need. |
2. Check the scale to make sure it is at zero. Ask your teacher for help. |
3. Get the postal rates chart. |
4. Get worksheet 5 and a pencil. |
5. Put a letter on the scale. Read the weight of the letter. |
6. Ask your teacher to help you read the scale and the Postal Rates Chart. |
7. Write the weight on worksheet 5. Look at the Postal Rates Chart to find out how much postage is needed. |
8. If the weight is between 2 numbers, use the bigger number. Write your answer. |
9. Have your teacher check your work. |
10. Put your materials away and clean the work area. |
Activity 2: Putting Labels on Mail
1. Get worksheet 5a and address labels. |
2. Write two address labels. |
3. Place your labels on Worksheet 5a in the correct place. |
4. Write 2 return address labels. |
5. Place return address labels on Worksheet 5a in the correct place. |
6. Have your teacher check your work. |
7. Clean up your work area. |
Activity 3: Sorting Mail by Last Name
1. Gather materials needed. |
2. Look at the name on the card. Find the last name on the top row. |
3. Determined the first letter of the last name. |
4. Find the first letter on the label on the mail sorter. |
5. Check to make sure the letter of the last name matches the letter on the mail sorter slot. |
6. Put the card into the mail sorter slot. |
7. Put each card into the correct slot. |
8. Have your teacher check your work. |
9. Put all the cards together and clean up your work area. |
Activity 4: Sorting Mail by Zip Code
1. Gather materials needed. |
2. Determined own zip code. |
3. Put the worksheets with the numbers from 0-9 out on the table. |
4. Look at the mail cards. Each address has a zip code. |
5. Put the mail cards on the number that is the same as the first one in the zip code. |
6. Keep working until all the cards are sorted by the first number in the zip code. |
7. Get your teacher to check your work. |
8. Put your materials away and clean up the work area. |
Activity 5: Putting Items in Envelopes
1. Gather materials needed. |
2. Put one card into each envelope. |
3. Be careful not to bend the card or tear the envelope. |
4. Ask your teacher to check your work. |
5. Put your materials away and clean up the work area. |
Activity 6: Using a Zip Code Map
1. Gather materials needed. |
2. Put the colored squares with the numbers from 0-9 out on the table. |
3. Get 20 mailing cards and Worksheet 18. |
4. Find the zip code on the first mailing card. Look at the first number. |
5. Find the same number as the zip code on the map on Worksheet 18. Determine color of area. |
6. Put the mail card on the square that is the same as the matching zip code. |
7. Get your teacher to check your work. |
8. Look at each card and decide which area the zip code is in. Place each card on the matching colored square. |
9. Continue until all the cards are gone. |
10. Get your teacher to check your work. |
11. Put all materials away and clean up the work area. |
Activity 7: Sorting Mail by State
1. Gather materials needed. |
2. Ask your teacher to mix up the mail cards for you. |
3. Place Worksheet 21 on the table to help you sort the mail cards onto the 2 squares with IA and NE. |
4. Look at the mail cards. Each address has a state abbreviation. |
5. Look at the first mail card and find the state abbreviation. Lay that card on the correct square. |
6. Keep working until all the cards are sorted by the state. |
7. Put a rubber band around each stack of cards. |
8. Get your teacher to check your work. |
9. Put all materials away and clean up the work area. |
Activity 8: Sorting Mail by State & Zip Code
1. Gather materials needed. |
2. Place Worksheet 22 with zip code numbers on the table to help you sort. |
3. Find the zip code on the mail card. Look at the first 2 numbers of the zip code. |
4. Place the mail card on the square with the same first 2 numbers. |
5. Continue matching mail cards to the correct square until all the cards are gone. |
6. Get the teacher to check your work. |
7. Put materials away and clean up the work area. |