Summary: Here Comes A Letter | EVS for Class 3 PDF Download

Summary

• A letter is a form of communication between two people.
• We will learn about the journey of a letter.
• There are various forms in which letters can be sent.
• Some of them are postcards, envelopes, inland letters, etc.
• But it takes a lot of time to reach a letter.
• Before we receive the letter it covers a long journey and goes through various hands and procedures.
• We drop the letter in a letter box.
• From the letterbox, the letters are taken to the post office where they are stamped.
• Further sent to the address where these are to be delivered.
• The postman delivers these to us by hand.
• In earlier days letters were sent through a messenger or by pigeons.
• Now, other means of communication have become fast.
• We now use telephones, e-mails, SMS, and WhatsApp as they instant reach.
• We would write the PIN code number after the address.
• It helps in reaching the letter fast.

Reena’s Letter

• A letter was written by Reena to her friend Ahmed.
• It was kept in a letterbox.
• Postman took it out and kept it in a big bag.
• Taking the ride on a bicycle it reached the post office.
• There it was taken out from that big bag and was stamped.
• The stamp was of Agartala from where its travel began.
• After getting stamped it reached another big bag.
• The bag had many more letters, all headings.
• The red postal van dropped it at the railway station.
• There it was kept in a train going to Delhi.
• After a journey of five to six days it reached Delhi.
• It was sorted based on the area written on it.
• One more stamp was applied to it.
• Finally, it reached Ahmed’s house.

Writing Letter: Writing a Letter to a Friend

Letter To A Friend 

Telephone

• Razia and Aapaa headed to a local shop to make a phone call.
• Aapaa dialled the phone number of nani and both talked to her.
• They paid the shopkeeper and returned home happily.
• Telephone has made our work easy.
• It transmits our message very fast.
• So it replaced letters nowadays.

Telephone

Make Your Own Telephone

• For this we need two empty matchboxes or ice-cream cups and thread.
• We will have to make holes in both the matchboxes and ice cream cups.
• Thread a needle through both holes.
• On both ends of the thread, tie knots.
• Our telephone is now ready.
• Ask a friend to put one of the phones next to his ear and you hold the other end close to your mouth.
• The thread should remain stretched.
• It should not touch anywhere on the ground or floor.
• Keep it above the floor level.

Children Making Telephone

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