What does it mean to be a Community Helper Subject Sampler
by Sarah Schmidt
Introduction
What do Community Helpers do in your community and how do they help you? Do we need community helpers? Why? Through the activities listed below, you will learn about the community helpers around you and what they do in your community. As you complete the activities, think about how you can be a community helper. You will discover that you can help your community in many ways!
Internet Activities
1. Explore the communities and choose one to build.
2. Draw a map of our community around our school. Include 3 community helpers and yourself.
3. Dictate to one of your teachers what your community helpers are doing in our community.
2. Draw a map of our community around our school. Include 3 community helpers and yourself.
3. Dictate to one of your teachers what your community helpers are doing in our community.
1. Listen to and read the electronic book about police officers.
2. Go to this site and draw a picture of a police officer helping their community.
3. Record your voice and say two things you learned about police officers. Also, what do the police officers at our school do to help the community?
2. Go to this site and draw a picture of a police officer helping their community.
3. Record your voice and say two things you learned about police officers. Also, what do the police officers at our school do to help the community?
1. Play "Sparky's Match Game"
2. Play "Sparky Says Search For Safety"
3. Decide on a good place for your family to meet outside in case of a fire and draw a picture of it. What is this called?
4. What sound does a smoke alarm make and why? Print and take this Fire Inspection Checklist home and return it tomorrow.
2. Play "Sparky Says Search For Safety"
3. Decide on a good place for your family to meet outside in case of a fire and draw a picture of it. What is this called?
4. What sound does a smoke alarm make and why? Print and take this Fire Inspection Checklist home and return it tomorrow.
1. Play the matching game.
2. Go to the Home Center and dress up as a community helper. Show and tell a friend what you do as the community helper you choose.
3. Write a story about a community helper of your choice. Who are they? How do they help their community? How do they help you?
2. Go to the Home Center and dress up as a community helper. Show and tell a friend what you do as the community helper you choose.
3. Write a story about a community helper of your choice. Who are they? How do they help their community? How do they help you?
1. Watch the Community Helpers video.
2. Who helps keep people safe? Who helps keep people healthy? Who helps the community run? Write one example for each.
3. Match the community helpers to their accessories on the felt board.
4. How can you be a community helper? Draw a picture of you helping your community in some way.
2. Who helps keep people safe? Who helps keep people healthy? Who helps the community run? Write one example for each.
3. Match the community helpers to their accessories on the felt board.
4. How can you be a community helper? Draw a picture of you helping your community in some way.
Conclusion
Did you enjoy the activities throughout this Subject Sampler? I hope that you now can see how community helpers affect you and your community. Community Helpers are people who help the community run. Without them you and I would not be safe or healthy, and life would be a lot harder. We can even be community helpers ourselves by picking up litter, volunteering, and helping others around us. Now that you understand how community helpers affect you, your family, and your community:
Write a story about what would happen in your community without one of the community helpers you have learned about. What might happen without that community helper?
Write a story about what would happen in your community without one of the community helpers you have learned about. What might happen without that community helper?