Free Elementary School Tour (Live Performance)
$0.00
To request a free performance at your school, please select your region from the drop-down menu below, select a date/time, then click the Proceed to Confirmation button.
If you would like to request a time that isn’t listed, please choose the nearest available block and specify your preferred time in the additional notes box. SNAIL MAIL runs 40 minutes, including a pre- and post-show discussion.
What We Need: If you have a stage, we’re happy to use it, but if not we’ll need about 12′ deep by 18′ wide of performance space with a gap of at least 6′ between this space and the audience. We will also need:
- somewhere for our actors to change before and after.
- two adult-sized chairs without arms to use onstage.
- a table set up near an outlet for our sound system, preferably with a direct view (rather than a side view) of the performance area.
- use of whatever microphone your principal uses for our Tour Manager to use for the pre- and post-show discussion.
Description
IN-PERSON PERFORMANCE
Created specifically for grades 4-6
Malia and Chester have been best friends forever.
But now Malia’s dad has a new job,
which means she has to move really far away.
So what does that mean for sixth grade?
A road trip through friendship, postcards, and the scientific method.
CORE STANDARDS
Core Standards in Fine Arts, Health Education, Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies are integrated into the script and study guide, alongside all six Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Outcomes: Understand and Manage Emotions, Set and Achieve Positive Goals, Feel and Show Empathy for Others, Establish and Maintain Positive Relationships, Make Responsible Decisions, and Self-Advocate.
SNAIL MAIL also demonstrates Science and Engineering Practices (SEPs) which tie in directly with Science with Engineering Educations (SEEd) Standards.
And in the age of instant messaging and digital communication, SNAIL MAIL invites students to discover the joy of slowing down and writing with intention. Amidst historically low reading levels, historically short attention spans, and the new bell-to-bell ban on smartphones and other devices in Utah schools, SNAIL MAIL directly supports and enhances the objectives of Utah’s K-12 English Language Arts Standards to create proficient readers, writers, and communicators.
INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
SNAIL MAIL provides an accessible and interdisciplinary experience that invites students to reflect, imagine, and connect. By engaging with Snail Mail and the accompanying study guide activities, students will:
- foster scientific curiosity, appreciation for the research process, and observational thinking.
- develop empathy, emotional literacy, and resilience.
- deepen their understanding of narrative structure, character development, and theme.
- cultivate an appreciation for theatre as a collaborative art form and its power to illuminate complex topics.