Community Helpers ED 41701

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Community HelpersED 417-01

• Joni Edwards
• Rebekah OBrien
• Ashley OConnell

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Table of Contents

• Lesson Objectives Slide 3
• Theme Slide 4
• Concepts/Vocabulary Slide 5
• Activities Slide 6-10
• Evaluation Slide 11-13
• Student References Slide 14-15
• Teacher References Slide 16
• Media Resources Slide 17-24

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Lesson Objectives

• Students will be able to name some of the
  different helpers in their community.
• Students will know how a police officer,
  firefighter, and a doctor can help them.
• Students will know some of the duties of these
  community helpers.
• Students will be able to know what a community
  looks like by designing one themselves.

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Theme

• Learning about the community is an important task
  for young children. In the classroom it is
  imperative that the children learn about the
  community around them and all of the people that
  make it work. Understanding this concept at a
  young age is important for becoming a
  contributing part of the community as an adult.

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Concepts/Vocabulary

• Teacher
• Librarian
• Neighbor
• Community
• Community Helper
• Occupation

• Firefighter
• Doctor
• Police Officer
• Mail Carrier
• Dentist
• Barber
• Citizen

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Day 1 Activity

• Procedure
• During group discussion or circle time Introduce
  the term community helper
• Ask the students what they think it means to be a
  community helper and who they would consider to
  be a community helpers
• On the board or chart paper, list their responses
• Then further explain what a community helper is
  exactly and give more examples (This will need to
  be done more in depth if the students are having
  difficulties)
• After they have an understanding of community
  helpers, explain the ones you have chosen to
  focus on- Firefighters, Police Officers, and
  Doctors
• Give a brief description of some of the
  activities the students will be doing this week.

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Day 2 Activity

• Procedure
• Begin by asking the students if any of them have
  talked with their parents about what to do in
  case of a fire at home.
• Give each student a large piece of paper and have
  them draw the floor plan of their house.
• Discuss with the students the best way to exit
  the house in case of a fire.
• Have the students draw arrows to show the way
  they would take to get out of their house from
  their bedroom in case of a fire.
• Tell the children to take their plan home and
  discuss it with their parents.

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Day 3 Activity

• Procedure
• Read the book, In my Neighborhood Police
  Officers, aloud to students
• As you read, also discuss the book and allow
  students to make comments
• Divide students into groups (4-6 students per
  group)
• Have a copy of the book for each group to uses as
  a reference
• Explain how to use the graphic organizer and then
  how to take the information from the graphic
  organizer to make a story
• After the story is written, allow each student to
  make a police officer badge and hat
• After all groups are finished, each group will
  present their story to the class, while wearing
  their hat and badge
• End lesson with having a group discussion on what
  they have learned about police officers

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Day 4 Activity

• Procedure
• Have the students write a story about when they
  went to the doctor.
• Encourage the children to share what they saw,
  how they felt, etc.
• Let the children who would like to share their
  stories.
• Discuss with the children why it is important to
  go to the doctor and why we go to the doctor.
• To extend this lesson you can invite a doctor
  into the classroom to talk to the students about
  what he/she does.

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Day 5 Activity

• Procedure
• After studying what makes up a community,
  students will build a simulated community using
  boxes. These may be built at home to get the
  whole family involved.
• Students will be assigned what kind of building
  to design. Anything from houses, office
  buildings, fire stations, churches, restaurants,
  post office, hospitals, etc.
• When the student has his/her building complete
  the class will discuss where each will be placed
  in the community. Along with the building
  structures, streets need to be built. An easy way
  to do this is to use black bulletin board paper
  as the base to which all buildings will be
  placed.
• After placing the buildings on the paper students
  may cut yellow lines for the streets and place
  them appropriately on the paper. When complete,
  this is an impressive display for the media
  center in your school.

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Evaluation

• What are some ways you could be a community
  helper?
• Who are some of the helpers in your community?
• Someone in my neighborhood who helps others is
  called a __________________.
• If I fell and got a bad cut, a ___________ would
  help me.

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Evaluation Cont

• How might a police officer help you?
• Put a fire out.
• Keep you safe from strangers
• Take care of you in the hospital.
• Which one of these is NOT a community helper?
• Mail carrier
• School bus driver
• Singer
• Which community helper would help if your car
  broke down?
• Teacher
• Tow truck driver
• Veterinarian

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Evaluation Cont

• How old do you have to be to become a community
  helper?
• 25 years old
• Anyone can be a community helper!
• 40 years old
• Where can you find a community helper?
• At my house
• Fire Station
• Police Station
• Hospital
• All of the above

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Student References

• Books
• Community Helpers From A to Z by Bobbie Kalman
• An alphabet book introducing occupations
  oriented to the community, including emergency
  workers, medical workers, the service industry,
  and business.
• What is a Community? by Caroline Arnold
• Surveys the various elements, characteristics,
  and needs of communities which are composed of
  families living in neighborhoods.
• You're a Community Helper by Karen Bryant-Mole
• Briefly describes workers who provide services
  to the community and shows children pretending to
  be a waiter, teacher, police officer, fire
  fighter, postal worker, nurse, veterinarian,
  doctor, dentist, and librarian.
• We Need Firefighters by Lola M. Schaefer
• Simple text and photographs describe fire
  fighters and their role in our communities.
• Fire Fighters by Dee Ready
• Explains the clothing, tools, schooling, and
  work of fire fighters.
• Protecting Your Home A Book About Firefighters
  by Ann Owen
• Describes some of the things that fire fighters
  do to help protect people and their
• homes.
• What Does a Firefighter Do? by Ellen Catala
• A simple introduction to the duties of fire
  fighters.

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Student References Cont..

• We Need Police Officers by Lola M. Schaefer
• Simple text and photographs present police
  officers, their role in the community.
• Police Officers by Dee Ready
• Explains the clothing, tools, schooling, and
  work of police officers.
• Police Officers Protect People by Carol Greene
• Simple text and photographs describe what police
  officers do.
• Police officers, A to Z by Jean Johnson
• Each letter of the alphabet introduces a topic
  relating to police officers and their jobs.
• We Need Doctors by Lola M. Schaefer
• Simple text and photographs present doctors and
  their role in the community.
• Doctors by Dee Ready
• Explains the clothing, tools, schooling, and
  work of doctors.
• Keeping You Healthy A Book About Doctors by Ann
  Owen
• Describes some of the things that doctors do to
  help people stay healthy.
• My Friend the Doctor by Jane Werner Watson
• Describes a visit to the doctor's office for a
  checkup and how it feels to be sick and have the
  doctor visit at home.

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Teacher References

• Education World The Educators Best Friend
• http//www.education-world.com/a_tech/sites/sites
  054.shtml
• Includes information on a variety of topics for
  your classroom along with multi-media and
  integration resources.
• Enchanted Learning.com
• http//www.enchantedlearning.com/themes/community
  helpers.shtml
• Many printable worksheets, activity books and
  clip art to help with any unit.
• The Giant Encyclopedia of Circle Time and Group
  Activities By Kathy Charner
• In this book there are hundreds of pages of
  activities for teachers to use and a Community
  section in the book.
• Early Themes Neighborhood and Community By
  Kathleen M. Hollenbeck
• Help children learn about the world in which
  they live with this creative theme unit that
  begins with an emphasis on the home, progresses
  to a study of the neighborhood, and moves on to
  what makes up a community.

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Media Resources

• Community Helpers Bulletin Board Set
• http//www.trendenterprises.com/ProductLrg.cfm?I
  TEMIDT-90583
• Set includes many different community helpers,
  objects that each community helper uses, labels
  for each helper, and a large community helpers
  banner.
• Community Helper Flannelboard Set
• http//www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0006V56F
  C/yahoo- toys01e-20/refnosim
• Pre-Cut Small Community Helpers Flannelboard
  lesson activity set. Six 6"" felt figures of
  men and women with many different job clothes.
  They are easy to use and are a great way to teach
  even the busiest children!
• Firefighters Online Story and Activities
• http//www.storyplace.org/preschool/activities/t
  imetofightafire.asp
• Website includes interactive activities
  including color pages, helping a firefighter
  dress for a fire, reading list of firefighter
  books, and an interactive story to read, watch,
  and listen to.

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Media Resources Cont

• Interactive Fire Safety Website
• http//www.usfa.dhs.gov/kids/flash.shtm
• This website from the U.S. Department of
  Homeland Security allows students to
  interactively learn about home fire safety, smoke
  alarms and escaping from fire. It also provides
  fun activities such as crossword puzzles, word
  searches, coloring pages and interactive games.
• Community Club Website
• http//www.teacher.scholastic.com/commclub/
• This interactive website from Scholastic allows
  children to click on a community helper and
  learn more about what that person does. After
  telling about a certain community helper, there
  is a small quiz to review what the children
  read and they can print out a badge.
• Bens Guide to U.S. Government for Kids Website
• http//bensguide.gpo.gov/k-2/neighborhood/index.
  html Click on the different buildings in the
  community to learn about the community helper
  who works there. This is a great interactive
  website activity for young children.

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Media Resources Cont

• Early Years CD Pre K through Kindergarten
  Concepts Songs to that focus on following
  directions, community helpers and other topics
  for young children.
• Listen to a CD (Shawn Brown The Super Fun Show
  CD)
• http//www.songsforteaching.com/shawnbrownshow/co
  mmunityservicehelpersmembers.htm
• Shawn Brown presents more early childhood
  concepts math, science, Spanish, cultural
  diversity, manners and so much more. This CD
  includes a song about community helpers.

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Media Resources Cont

• Community Helpers Webquest
• http//ci.coe.uni.edu/uniquest/webquest/lewisl09
  /index.htm
• This web quest will inform 1st grade students
  about community helpers.  The students will be
  introduced to different community helpers such
  as  police officers, firefighters, doctors and
  letter carriers.  The web quest will guide the
  students through each community helper and allow
  them to learn about these four occupations with
  the help of an adult.  This web quest will
  introduce and inform students on my thematic
  unit on community helpers.
• Matching Job Description to Picture Internet Game
• http//www.hud.gov/kids/whatsjob.html
• Read the description of a job in your community
  and then click on the correct picture of the
  community helper.

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Media Resources Cont

• Rickys room-community helper Film. Ventura
  Distribution.
• Join Ricky the rhinoceros and his little sister,
  Nicki, as they lead children through fun songs
  and dances about the important people who make
  our communities safe and comfortable for us to
  live in.

• The Berenstein Bears The New Neighbors. Random
  House Videos.
• Papa Bear is upset because the new neighbors
  across the street, the Panda Bears, are
  different from the others, but Brother and
  Sister Bear cannot wait to strike up a
  friendship with the new cubs, in a lesson about
  bigotry and prejudice.

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Media Resources Cont

• Community and Cultural Resources Integration
  Model Technology tutorial by Jim Nichols
• http//www.teach-nology.com/tutorials/teaching/co
  mmunity/
• Outlines how teachers can use technology to
  teach and integrate the community into the
  classroom.
• Community Helpers Printable Activity Book
• A short, printable book about community helpers.
  This activity book has the students
  connect-the-dots, color by number, solve a maze,
  fill in the missing letters, matching, finish the
  drawing, unscramble the words, do a word search,
  and a solve a word path puzzle.
• Community Helper Poster Series Set of 6 Real
  Life Learning Posters
• Each poster depicts a male and female in a
  community helper occupation, which are Police
  officers, firefighters,
• judges, doctors, mail carriers, and soldiers.

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Media Resources Cont

• Destination Neighborhood Software Sunburst
  Technology- computer software
• Give students the creativity tools to write and
  create interactive on-screen stories and
  beautifully printed books. Students build
  language arts skills and explore their
  creativity as they select background scenery,
  cast c characters, record dialogue, and add text,
  narration, and sound effects to craft their
  adventures.
• The Neighborhood Music Junior Jukebox
• Whats going on in your neighborhood? Wouldnt
  you like your kids to be a part of it? Here are
  19 songs of glory that are all about that small,
  special community that can seem so enormous
  through a childs eyes.

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Media Resources Cont

• What Do I Do? Online Game
• http//www.sunshine.co.nz/nz/29/action/k_action.
  html
• Play a game by clicking on workers and choose
  tools used in their jobs.
• Veterinarian Jobs Website
• http//www.shrewsburyma.gov/schools/beal/curricul
  um/crittercli nic/vetjobs.html
  Animated website with clips of what a
  Veterinarian does during the day.
• Bulletin Board Set- Community Helpers
• http//www.teachersfriendpublications.com
• Teaches children about the various people that
  contribute to their community. Encourages
  children to think about future careers. Includes
  15 large community helpers with career name labels