Social Studies Lesson

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Social Studies Lesson

• Stephanie Ramey
• ED 417-02

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Social Studies

• Grade First
• Unit Community and Community Helpers

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Objectives

• Students will identify different community
  helpers and understand why we need these people
  in our community.
• Students will recognize different parts of our
  community that play an important role.

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Day One Materials

• Book- Police Cat
• Dry erase board
• Dry erase markers
• Police Pictures
• Police books
• Writing Paper
• Crayons

• Computer
• Pencils

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Day One- Police Officer and Police Station

• Whole Group Activities-
• Read the book Police Cat
• Discuss with students the job of a police officer
• As a class, create a list of things that police
  officers do
• Show students pictures of police officers,
  stations, and cars

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Police Officer Presentation to Students
Police Officers
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Police Cars

• http//www.winfieldcity.org/police.htm
• http//www.fishsimion.com/mcsd/pdcars.htm

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Day One- Police Officer

• Center Activities
• Writing-Have students write about what they would
  like best about being a police officer
• Reading-Have books available to students to read
  about police officers
• Art-Have students find clip art of police
  officers on the computer and add it to the class
  power point
• Computers-Computer presentation Police Officer

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Day Two Materials

• Fire fighter Bob
• Writing Paper
• Book- Fire Fighters
• Crayons
• Drawing Paper
• Pencils
• Firefighter books
• Pictures of Firefighters and Fire Trucks

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Day Two- Firefighter

• Whole Group Activities
• Read the book Fire Fighters
• Firefighter Bob will come in to visit our
  class. He will talk to the students about fire
  safety.
• Show the students pictures of fire fighters and
  fire trucks.

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Firefighter Presentation to Students
Firefighters
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Fire Engines and Firefighters

• http//www.pensacolacitygov.com/live/details.asp?s
  ection_id1369subsection_id1577
• http//www.orneveien.org/parade/big/57.htm
• http//www.smokeybear.com/

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Day Two- Firefighter

• Center Activities
• Writing-Students will write about what they
  learned from Firefighter Bob
• Reading-Students will read books about fire
  safety, fire fighters, and fire trucks
• Art-Students will illustrate a picture for a
  class book about fire fighters (they will give
  this book to Firefighter Bob).
• Computers- Interactive Firefighter

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Day Three Materials

• Book- Out and About at the Post Office
• Shoe boxes
• Pictures
• Pencils
• Paper

• Crayons
• Envelopes
• Glue
• Scissors
• Post Office Books

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Day Three- Mail Carrier

• Whole Group Activities
• Read the book Out and About at the Post Office
• Talk about what the students know about the post
  office and mail carriers.
• Show students pictures of mail carriers, mail
  trucks, and of the post office.

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Mail Carrier Presentation to Students
Mail Carriers
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Mail Trucks and The Post Office

• http//pt3.sbu.edu/VFTs/PostOffice/Receive_mail.ht
  m
• http//www.parisisd.net/justiss/teachers/mhale/gal
  lery2/

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Day Three- Mail Carrier

• Center Activities
• Writing-Students will write a letter to their
  parents about what they are learning this week.
• Reading-Students will read books about the post
  office and mail carriers.
• Art-Students will create their own mailboxes out
  of shoeboxes.

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Day Four Materials

• Book- Lillys Big Day
• Paper
• Dry Erase Board
• Dry Erase Markers

• Crayons
• Pencils
• Pictures and Website
• Books

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Day Four- Teacher

• Whole Group Activities
• Read the book Lillys Big Day
• Discuss what teachers do
• Write a list about what teachers do
• Show students pictures of our classroom,
  teachers, and our schools website.

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Teacher Presentation to Students
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Our Classroom and School

• http//www.fairborn.k12.oh.us/school_primary.aspx?
  schoolID4

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Day Four- Teacher

• Center Activities
• Writing-Students will write a letter to the
  teacher telling her what they like about school.
• Reading-Students will read books about school and
  teachers.
• Art- Students will work with a partner and draw a
  map of their classroom.

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Day Five Materials

• Paper
• Pencils
• Dry Erase Board
• Dry Erase Markers

• Crayons
• Pictures of other community helpers
• Community Helper books

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Day Five-Other Community Helpers

• Whole Group
• List other community helpers
• Discuss what these people do

• Show Students pictures of other community helpers
• Doctors, Veterinarians, EMTs, Nurses

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Day Five- Other Helpers

• Center Activities
• Writing-Students will write about their favorite
  community helper
• Reading-Students can choose to read from any
  books about community helpers.
• Art- Students will draw a picture of their
  favorite community helper. This picture will be
  put in the class book.

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Helpful Websites

• Community Helpers
• http//scholastic.com/
• Fairborn Primary
• http//www.smokeybear.com/
• http//www.lessonplanspage.com/