Do You Study Community Helpers?

Talk about something HIGH INTEREST that the students love to learn about! Social Studies, Reading and Community Awareness all rolled into one! If you are teaching community helpers during the first few weeks of school, to introduce this lesson, use an anchor chart to list as many community helpers as the students know. Ask them, "Do you think a teacher is a community helper?"

Community Helpers!

Next, explain to them that a community helper is anyone who provides a service. Get as many community helpers listed as they know, police, dentist, mail carrier, etc. Then as the lesson continues or as the week rolls by, you can have them add the new ones they learn about to the chart. One of the very best things about studying community helpers is that the students are so excited, their large word, extended vocabulary expands by leaps and bounds.

Next in the lesson, read one of these terrific books to expand their knowledge of community helpers.

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Depending on the grade level you teach, the students can complete one of the following activities, alone, with partners or in a group.

Draw a picture of their favorite community helper.
Cut out magazine pictures of their favorite community helpers and create a collage.
Write a letter thanking one of their favorite community helpers.
Create a news interview with a community helper.
Role Play their favorite community helper and have other students guess who they are.

An Entire Line of Color By Numbers to Match Your Careers or Community Helper Units, Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division. By Fern Smith's Classroom Ideas

I also have lots and lots of Color By Numbers for Community Helpers, click here to read that blog post.

If these resources are too hard for your grade level, I also have an adorable Community Helpers Coloring Book for your class.

Community Helpers Coloring Pages

You will LOVE the 28 Community Helpers Coloring Pages that come in this Community Helpers coloring pages resource! Terrific for a daily coloring page OR have a parent volunteer bind them into a COMMUNITY HELPERS COLORING BOOK for your students. Your students will ADORE these coloring pages because of the cute, cute, cute Community Helpers graphics! Your students can also draw in a Community Helpers background and write about their coloring book page on the back. Use these coloring pages for all sorts of jumping off points for older students to use during their Community Helpers creative writing lessons! Add it to your plans to compliment any Community Helpers Unit! Download these 28 Community Helpers Coloring Book Pages for some INSTANT Community Helpers Coloring Joy in your home or classroom!