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Community HelpersBulletin BoardRESOURCE GUIDE

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Community HelpersIncluded

architect

chef

construction worker

dentist

doctor

firefighter

judge

lawyer

librarian

mail carrier

mechanic

medical technician

nurse

paramedic

police officer

reporter

scientist

soldier

teacher

veterinarian

Community Helpers Activities

Occupations Collage Provide students with several different magazines and newspapers. Have students find and cut out pictures of community helpers. Then, have students glue the pictures onto sheets of construction paper to make collages. Allow students to share their collages with the class. Display the collages around the Community Helpers Bulletin Board.

Our Community Book As a class, brainstorm a list of places in your community (for example, zoo, art museum, fire station, gas station, library, etc.). Have each student choose a place from the list to draw and write about. Find pictures of each location in magazines, in newspapers, or on the Internet. Compile students’ drawings with the corresponding photos in a class book. Title the book Our Community.

Community Helper Interview Before beginning a unit on community helpers, find out what the students already know (or think they know) about those that help in your community. Write the names of different community helpers on small strips of paper. Invite each student to choose a piece of paper. Then, give each student the community helper accent that corresponds with the community helper he chose. Tell students that they are going to pretend to be their community helpers. Next, interview each student to find out what she knows about her community helper. Ask each student questions such as the following:• Wheredoyougotoworkeveryday?• Whatdoyouweartowork?• Whattoolsdoyouuseatwork?• Doyouworkwithanyothercommunityhelpers?• Whatelsecanyoutellmeaboutyourjob?After each interview, give each student a corresponding book to read about his community helper. After reading, have students discuss if what they shared in their interviews was correct.

Community Project Invite students to brainstorm a project to help the community such as cleaning up a park, planting a garden, etc. Create a chart to show the steps the class would need to follow to get the job done. Post the chart in the center of the Community Helpers Bulletin Board.

Community Charades Write the names of different community helpers on index cards. Fold the index cards in half and place them in an empty hat or basket. Divide students into two teams. Have one student from the first team choose an index card from the hat or basket. That student must perform the role of the community helper, without talking, for her team. If her team guesses the community helper correctly, they earn a point. If they guess incorrectly, play passes to the second team. Have a student from the second team choose an index card from the hat or basket. That student must perform the role of the community helper, without talking, for his team. If his team guesses correctly, they earn a point. If they guess incorrectly, play passes to the first team. The team with the most points after students have performed all of the community helpers wins.

Community Helper Drawing Make a copy of either the boy or girl pattern (page 4) for each student. Have each student choose a community helper from the bulletin board. Ask students to illustrate their patterns to look like their community helpers. For example, a student could draw a police officer in uniform or a doctor with a stethoscope and a white coat. Allow students to use pieces of construction paper, felt, stickers, etc., to create the tools for their community helpers. As an extension activity, give students larger sheets of paper to draw scenes of their community workers doing their jobs (hospital, school, etc.). Invite students to share their community helpers with the class. Display students’ work around the Community Helpers Bulletin Board.

Community Field Trip Organize a community field trip so that students may visit various places where community helpers work. Some community locations such as police stations, fire stations, libraries, and post offices give tours regularly. After visiting these places, remind students how to be responsible citizens. Have students write thank-you notes to the community helpers for doing their jobs and allowing them to visit.

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Activities by Subject

Literature ConnectionsCareer Day by Anne Rockwell (HarperCollins, 2000)

Community Helpers of the Past, Present, and Future (Imagining the Future) by Linda Bozzo (Bailey Books, 2010)

Helpers in My Community by Bobbie Kalman (Crabtree Publishing Company, 2011)

When I Grow Up by Mercer Mayer (Random House Books for Young Readers, 2003)

Community Helper for a Day Ask each student to choose one community helper from the Community Helpers Bulletin Board that he would like to be for a day. Have him write a report that answers the following questions:• Whydidyouchoosetobethiscommunityhelper?

• Whatkindsofthingsdoesthiscommunityhelperdoeachday?

• Wheredoesthiscommunityhelperwork?• Whatdoesthiscommunityhelperseeatwork?• Whattoolsdoesthiscommunityhelperusedaily?

Invite students to read their reports to the class or display them around the bulletin board.

Community Helper Day Invite community helpers into your classroom to talk about their jobs. Ask parents of students in your class, call local businesses, and contact hospitals, fire stations, police departments, etc. Create stations around the room for the community helpers. Ask the community helpers to prepare brief explanations of their daily duties. Ask them to dress as though they were going to work and talk about what they wear each day and why. Ask them to bring in some tools they use on a daily basis. Divide students into small groups. Have each group travel around the room to visit each community helper. After the community helpers leave, have students reflect on what they learned and write thank-you notes to all of the community helpers who visited.

All-About Boxes Allow students to explore the jobs of community helpers by creating “All-About Boxes.” Provide materials for different community helpers in different boxes. Materials may include what the community helpers might wear or use on the job. Also place books about the community helpers in the boxes so that students can read about materials, tasks, etc., that may not be in the boxes. Community helpers and materials might include the following:• architect:rulers,pencils,largesheetsofpaper• chef:chef’shat,kitchenutensils,uncookedpasta,

tan play dough• constructionworker:hardhat,blocks,plastic

interlocking blocks, wooden interlocking blocks• dentist:toothbrushes,dentalfloss,rubbergloves,

toy teeth• doctor/nurse/medicaltechnician/

veterinarian: rubber gloves, play stethoscope, play reflex hammer, adhesive bandages, gauze, thermometer, tongue depressors

• firefighter:firefighterhat,jacket,boots,gloves• journalist:notepad,pencils,magazines,

newspapers, camera, photos• librarian:books,librarycards,librarypockets• mailcarrier:mailbag;empty,decoratedcerealboxestouseasmailboxes;envelopes,stamps

• policeofficer:policebadge,policehat,stamppad,and index cards to take fingerprints

• scientist:whitelabcoat,microscope,magnifyingglass, plants, beakers

• soldier:camouflageclothing,soldierhelmet,name tags, medals

• teacher:books,paper,rulers,pencils,pens

Reproducible Patterns

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