Community Helpers

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Community Helpers

• Kristina Stieger
• ED 417-02
• Fall 2007

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• Unit Community Helpers
• Grade 1st
• Lesson To help students learn about the
  different members of their community and what
  roles they play

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Objectives

• Students will learn about different members of
  the community
• Students will learn what different members of our
  community do to help us
• Students will learn what different members of our
  community do to help our community function

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Possible Community Helpers

• Park District Employee
• Provides activities at the local parks
• Keeps are parks clean
• Educational programming

• City Worker
• Snow plow driver
• Leaf picker upper
• Fixes our streets
• Maintains traffic lights
• Keeps our city beautiful

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Possible Community Helpers

• Librarian
• Educational programming
• Helps students find books
• Keeps the library in order

• Principal
• Runs the school
• Plans school events
• Works with parents
• Works with the community
• Works with teachers
• Works with students

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Possible Community Helpers

• Police Officer
• Keeps us safe
• Fights Crime
• Teaches crime prevention

• Fire Fighter
• Fights fires
• Teaches fire prevention
• Performs first aid
• Responds to accidents

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Possible Community Helpers

• Mail Carrier
• Collects the mail
• Sorts the mail
• Delivers the mail

• Baker
• Makes bread, cookies, cakes, and other desserts

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Possible Community Helpers

• Doctor
• Helps you feel better when youre sick

• Dentist
• Helps keep your teeth clean
• Teaches us how to keep our teeth healthy and clean

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Possible Community Helpers

• Veterinarian
• Helps keep our pets healthy

• Nurse
• Helps you feel better when youre sick

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Possible Community Helpers

• Serviceman/woman
• Fights for freedom

• Teacher
• Helps you learn!

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Possible Community Helpers

• Bus Driver
• Helps you get to school
• Helps you get home

• Paramedics
• Drives an ambulance
• Comes to you when you are hurt
• Takes you to the hospital

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Student Activities
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Trip to the Fire Station

• Take a field trip to the local fire station
• If possible, make this a walking field trip
• Make Fire Truck Snacks as a thank you

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Materials

• Permission Slips
• Weather appropriate attire
• Parent Volunteer(s) to help supervise
• Fire Truck Snack Ingredients
• http//www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/edible/fir
  etruck/

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Trip to the Police Station

• Take a trip to the local police station
• Materials
• Permission Slips
• Parent Volunteer(s) to help supervise
• Transportation

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Trip to Local Library

• Take a trip to the local library.
• Have the Librarian talk about their job
• Show the students around the library
• Materials
• Permission Slips
• Parent Volunteer(s) to help supervise
• Transportation

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Principal Interview

• Have the Principal come in for a student led
  interview

• Materials
• Student generated questions
• Schedule the interview with the principal

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Visit from the Bus Driver

• Invite a school bus driver to come to the school
  and talk with the students
• Discuss bus safety
• Practice a bus evacuation
• Show the students around the bus (i.e. the area
  around the driver seat)

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Visit from a Baker

• Have a local baker come in a speak with the class
• Make cookies together

• Materials
• Schedule a visit
• Cookie supplies
• Student generated questions

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Visit from Serviceman/woman

• Invite several servicemen/women from different
  branches to come in and speak with the class.
• Try to find relatives of your students
• Materials
• Schedule a visit
• Student generated questions

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Book Connections

• Police Officer
• Officer Buckle and Gloria, by Peggy Rathmann
• A Day in the Life of a Police Officer, by Heather
  Adamson
• Librarian
• A Day in the Life of a Librarian , by Judy Monroe
• Community helpers from A to Z, by Bobbie Kalman
• Crafts for Kids Who Are Learning About Community
  Workers, By Kathy Ross
• Everyone Makes a Difference a Story About
  Community, by Cindy Leaney

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Websites

• Scholastic Community Club
• http//teacher.scholastic.com/commclub/
• People, Occupations, and Community at Enchanted
  Learning
• http//www.enchantedlearning.com/themes/communityh
  elpers.shtml
• Our Community Helpers
• http//comsewogue.k12.ny.us/rstewart/k2001/Themes
  /community/helpers.htm
• HUD Kids Next Door
• http//www.hud.gov/kids/people.html
• Teachnology, the Online Teacher Resource
• http//teachers.teach-nology.com/themes/social/com
  m/
• Bens Guide to the US Government for Kids, Your
  Neighborhood
• http//bensguide.gpo.gov/k-2/neighborhood/index.ht
  ml