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Who Are Our Community Helpers?

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Description of Cricut Lesson & Activity

Lesson #1 in a two part series on community helpers featuring Cricut Design Space Templates! Students will learn all about community helpers and the role they play in our community.

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stopwatch Duration 45 Minutes
books Subjects
  • English

ISTE Standards

  • 1.1 Empowered Learner
    1.1d Technology Fundamentals
  • 1.2 Digital Citizen
    1.2.c Safeguard Well-being
  • 1.3 Knowledge Construction
    1.3.d Explore Real-World Issues
  • 1.4 Innovative Design
    1.4.d Open-Ended Problems
  • 1.5 Computational Thinking
    1.5.d Algorithmic Thinking
  • 1.6 Creative Communication
    1.6.c Communicate Complex Ideas
  • 1.7 Global Collaborator
    1.7.b Multiple Viewpoints

State / Local / Other Standards

 

  • C3 Framework
    • D2.Civ.2.K-2. 
      Explain how all people, not just social leaders, play important roles in a community.
    • D2.Civ.6.K-2.
      Describe how communities work to accomplish common tasks, establish responsibilities, and full roles of authority.
  • Next Generation English Language Arts
    • KR9
      Make connections between self, text, and the world.
    • KW6
      Develop questions and participate in shared research and exploration to answer questions and to build and share knowledge.
    • 1W7
      Recall and represent relevant information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question in a variety of ways.
    • 1SL1
      Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse peers and adults (e.g., in small and large groups and during play).
    • 2SL4
      Describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly
    • 2SL6
      Express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly, adapting language
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Learning Objective(s)

  • Students will build background knowledge on community helpers by reading related texts and brainstorming ideas.
  • Students will match up community helpers with their jobs to apply their
    understanding.

Materials Required

  • Related text - suggestions include:
    • Hello Hometown Heroes by Toni Armier
    • The Berenstain Bears: Jobs Around Town by Stan and Jan Berenstain
    • Whose Hat is This? by Sharon Katz Cooper, All Through the
      Night by Polly Faber
  • Picture Matching Activity
  • Medium weight cardstock (12x12)
  • StandardGrip mat
  • Fine-point blade
  • Glue stick.

Instructions

Introduction:

  • Gather students to the carpet or reading nook.
  • Show students the book cover and have them predict what the book will be about.
  • Then, read the book to students.

Lesson Activity:
  • After reading, discuss with the students what a community helper is and write the definition discussed on chart paper/whiteboard. Stemming off the definition, have students brainstorm words that describe a community helper. Ex- helpful, active, caring, etc. Ask students what community helpers were discussed in the book and brainstorm other community helpers. Record all student responses.
  • To reinforce what students have learned about community helpers, provide students with images of community helpers and a set of job descriptions written out on separate cards.
  • Have students match up the community helpers with their job descriptions, providing assistance as needed.

Closing:
  • Bring students back together in the carpet area.
  • Ask students to share about the community helpers we learned about.
  • Have them share their favorite community helper and why.

Assessment

  • Assess students based on their card sort activity.


Extension Activity:

  • Have students dress up as community helpers and have structured play areas throughout the room.
  • Complete Lesson #2: Who Are Our First Responders?

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