Community Helpers Lesson Plans

	Community Helpers Teaching Theme		Reading Comprehension: Vol. 2 - Occupations
	Community Helpers Worksheets

1. A Simulated Community- After studying what makes up a community, students will build a simulated community using boxes.
2. Building a community- "The students will explore the concept of making maps by becoming familiar with their classroom and the rest of their school and engaging in the actual building of a school map."
3. City, Suburb, or Country- In this activity students make a picture web to describe a place. Students discuss the characteristics of life in the country, in a suburb, and in a city. Students compare and contrast general environmental differences, and explore their immediate environment.
4. Communities, Culture, Connections- Students will experience the communities, culture, and connections within their family, local community, and their world in order to discover qualities of a community contributor.
5. Communities of the Past- Students participate in a class discussion about how communities have changed using a relative literature source and unit journal.

1. Community Helpers- Students will be able to recognize community helpers and what they do. Students will participate in PowerPoint slideshow game, "Who Am I?" Students will be able to follow directions and complete all assigned tasks.
2. Community Helpers- "The purpose of this lesson is to help the children realize that it takes many, varied jobs for a city or town to work as a community."
3. Community Helpers Are at Your Service- A Web Quest
4. Community Helpers Involving Parents- The purpose of this lesson is to help the children realize that it takes many, varied jobs for a city or town to work as a community.
5. Community Interview- "Participate in a class discussion on communities of the past by sharing responses to Community Questionnaire handout."
6. Creating a Community Based on Real Situations- Civics and financial situations can be difficult for a child to understand. This is a helpful, real life unit to help them truly grasp the concept.
7. History of the Local Community- The purpose of this activity package is to provide students with activities which will familiarize them with the local area they live in and develop an awareness of how their local community has been influenced by history. The activities also help them become aware of how the local community influences their lives today.
8. How Communities are Different- "The students will create a Venn diagram to show how their community is different from other communities they know about."
9. Jobs on File- Students gather information about how people in their community make a living, and then organize that data.
10. Lego Block Center- Build a Community Team Project.
11. Members in a community- A very nice project-based activity.
12. People Who Work- Students will brainstorm jobs that make up any community. Students are introduced to the concepts of “profit” and “not-for-profit” in their own community.
13. Places in My Community- "The students will demonstrate their understanding of community by identifying pictures of their neighborhood and defining the purpose of each location."
14. Unit on Community Helpers- Objective for the student: The student will increase patterning skills and be able to identify the pattern in the big book used and the tools of various community helpers.
15. We All Live Together- This lesson incorporates Kindergarten Social Studies & Language Arts standards with the integration of technology.
16. What is a Community?- "Students contribute to a class discussion on what a community is and what features make up a community by constructing a class KWL Chart on communities."
17. Where do you live? Community awareness- After completing this activity the student should be able to increase his/her awareness of the make-up of the immediate community.