Community Helpers

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Community Helpers

• Marybeth Alemagno
• ED 417 02
• Kindergarten

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Community Helpers Unit!

• Monday Veterinarian
• Making doctor bags
• Tuesday Police Officer
• The Line Up!
• Wednesday Mail Carrier
• Science experiment on stamp ink
• Thursday Cook
• Making a cook book
• Friday - ABC book

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Pre - Assessment

• Before starting this unit I will do KWL chart to
  see what my students know, and what they want to
  know about community helpers

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Objectives

• Become aware of and appreciate many different
  jobs that make a successful community.
• Students will be able to identity at least one
  community helper.
• Students will also identify what the community
  helper does to help their community.

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What does a Veterinarian do?
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Monday Activity 1

• Doctor bags
• Use a file folder as a medical bag cutting out a
  handle. Have students glue items into their bags
  
• Materials
• File folder bags with handles
• Cotton balls
• Tongue depressors
• Cotton swabs
• Band-aids
• Gauze
• Dog treats

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Activity 1 cont.

• Stethoscopes
• Have students paint each the cupped areas of an
  egg carton (cut up one for each child) then poke
  a hole and put a piece of yarn through for a
  stethoscope!
• Materials
• Egg cartons
• Yarn
• Hole puncher

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I'm a Vet Song

• Sung to "Oh, my darling Clementine"
• I'm a vet, I'm a vet,I'm a veterinarian.I take
  care of the animals,And I treat them one by one.
• I give shots, I set legs,And sometimes I
  operate.I take care of the animals,'Cause I
  think they are just great.
• Bring your dogs, bring you cats,Bring your
  hamsters one by one.I take care of the
  animals,I'm a veterinarian.

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What does a Police Officer do?
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Tuesday Activity 2

• Have a Police Officer come in and talk to the
  class telling them what he does to make their
  neighborhood a safer place
• He will then pass out police badges to all the
  students

Ms. Alemagno
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Activity 2 cont.

• The Line Up!
• The Police officer will fingerprint them
• And trace their outlines as if they had committed
  a crime and the students will decorate them
• Materials
• White bulletin board paper
• Makers
• Crayons
• Ink (for fingerprinting)

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I Am A Policeman Song

• (sung to I'm A Little Teapot) I am a policeman,
  with my star. I help people near and far. If
  you have a problem, call on me. And I will be
  there, 9, 1, 1!

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What does a Mail Carrier do?
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Wednesday Activity 3

• We are going to learn our addresses so the mail
  carriers will be able to deliver them to the
  right place.
• We will learn this song to help
• (sung to Row, Row, Row your Boat)
• 11915, 11915,
• Nathanshill Lane, Nathanshill Lane,
• Cincinnati OH, Cincinnati OH,
• Ms. Marys home

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Activity 3 cont.

• When learning our addresses we will place them on
  large index cards. Next we need a stamp.
• Making our own Post Officer Ink
• Materials  
• 1 tsp. food coloring, 3 TBS. liquid starch, 1
  TBS. waterDirections Mix the ingredients to
  use as ink for any rubber stamps

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Mail Carrier Song

• Sung to "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" Write,
  write, write your cards, And lots of letters,
  too.  I will bring them to your friends, And
  they will write back soon.

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What does a Cook do?
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Thursday Activity 4

• Materials
• Glue
• Magazine pictures of food
• Large index cards/Construction paper (recipe
  card)
• Markers
• Cook Book
• Have the children look through cook books and see
  what recipe they want to make. Have them create
  their own recipes by cutting out pictures of food
  and glue them to their recipe card.
• Children can then create names for their dishes

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Friday Activity 5

• Materials
• Markers
• Magazine pictures
• Construction paper
• All our friends helps
• Together we will create an ABC book of community
  helpers. Each child will get a letter.

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Objectives Review

• Become aware of and appreciate many different
  jobs that make a successful community.
• Students will be able to identity at least one
  community helper.
• Students will also identify what the community
  helper does to help their community.

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Websites

• Community Club
• http//teacher.scholastic.com/commclub/officer/mak
  badge.asp
• First School
• http//www.first-school.ws/theme/commhelpers.htm
• Our Community Helpers
• http//comsewogue.k12.ny.us/rstewart/k2001/Themes
  /community/helpers.htm
• Preschool Education
• http//www.preschooleducation.com/shelper.shtml
• Scholastic
• http//content.scholastic.com/content/collateral_r
  esources/pdf/l/lessonplans_graphicorg_pdfs_kwl.pdf