First graders meet the community helpers who keep a town running, learn the service each one provides, and match every helper to the job they do.
Students will be able to…
A community runs because people do jobs that help everyone. Who are the community helpers, and what service does each one provide?
Project this and match each community helper to the job they do — tap a helper, then tap their job.
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When there is a fire, someone comes. When you are sick, someone helps. Who are the helpers who keep a community running?
Students match each helper to their job.
Students connect helpers to tools.
Students honor one helper.
Students reflect on community helpers.
Aligned to the C3 Framework for Social Studies and Common Core literacy in social studies.
Describe the goods and services that people in the community produce and consume.
Describe how communities work together to accomplish common tasks.
Explain how people in a community depend on one another.
Participate in collaborative conversations about the topic.
Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.
Have students pick a community helper, draw them at work, and write a thank-you sentence, so they see how a community depends on one another. A printable community-helpers worksheet is in the Social Studies library.
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