Welcome to Community Helpers. We'll provide five days of reading lessons designed to engage your child in an exploration of how we play a role in our communities.
Day 1 Activity
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Let’s Watch: Let’s Go to WorkWatch the video Let's Go to Work to learn how firefighters get ready for a day's work. |
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Let’s Read: See Me WorkPeople do different jobs. Learn what jobs the people you see in the photos do. Download See Me Work |
Take It Further
Choose an activity to extend the fun.
Project: Draw a Job
- Think of a job you know that is not in the text.
- Draw a picture of someone doing that job.
- Write a sentence using this frame: See me _____. My job is to _____.
Hands-On Activity: Guess the Job
- Take turns acting out jobs from the text.
- Choose a job from the text and silently act it out.
- Have your partner guess which job you are acting out.
- Switch roles until you have acted out all the jobs in the text.
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Family SupportUse this learning guide to walk your child through the lesson. Explore additional Review & Extend activities together. |
Day 2 Activity
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Let’s Reread: See Me WorkPeople do different jobs. Learn what jobs the people you see in the photos do. Download See Me Work |
Take It Further
Choose an activity to extend the fun.
Vocabulary & Language: Make Action Word Flashcards
- Write each action word from the text on an index card.
- On the other side of the card, draw a picture of the action word.
- Show the picture side of the cards to a partner so he or she can guess the action words.
Response Writing: Ask Questions About a Job
- Think of a job you would like to know more about.
- Use the question words who, what, where, when, and why to write or dictate questions you can ask someone who does this job. For example: Who do you ____? What ____ do you ____? Where do you ____? When do you ____? Why ____?
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Family SupportUse this learning guide to walk your child through the lesson. Explore additional Review & Extend activities together. |
Day 3 Activity
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Let’s Watch: Helping HandsWatch the video Helping Hands to learn more about different ways we can help each other. |
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Let’s Read: Give and Take
If you want something, you can give away something else or help someone. Read how that works! Download Give and Take |
Take It Further
Choose an activity to extend the fun.
Hands-On Activity: Practice “Thank You” Sayings
- Practice saying thank you by adding a word or phrase to the expression or using different words. For example, you could say “Thanks a million!” or “Thanks. You’re the greatest!”
- Complete phrases like these: “Thanks. That’s _____.” “Thanks so much. You _____.” “You’re _____. Thanks a bunch.”
- Share your thank you sayings.
Project: Make a Give and Take Book
- Imagine you are cleaning out your closet. You will need to give away one toy. You will take a favorite toy to keep.
- Draw a picture of what you will take and what you will give away.
- Make a cover for your book that includes the words Give and Take.
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Family SupportUse this learning guide to walk your child through the lesson. Explore additional Review & Extend activities together. |
Day 4 Activity
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Let’s Reread: Give and Take
If you want something, you can give away something else or help someone. Read how that works! Download Give and Take |
Take It Further
Choose an activity to extend the fun.
Response Writing: Write About Give and Take
- Write sentences about how you give to others and take from others at home. Complete these sentences: I give something when I _____. I take something when I _____.
- Share your sentences with a partner.
Research Connection: Explore Bike Safety
- It is important to follow safety rules when riding a bike. Work with a partner to use online sources or nonfiction books to find out safety rules for bike riders.
- Draw a picture that shows you following an important bike safety rule.
- Share what you learned about being safe when riding a bike.
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Family SupportUse this learning guide to walk your child through the lesson. Explore additional Review & Extend activities together. |
Day 5 Activity
Let’s Review
This week you've learned about how people help each other in families and communities. Today, read and talk more about how different jobs can help.
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Let’s Read: Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!There are so many different jobs to do! Read to find out more about them. Download Jobs! Jobs! Jobs! |
Take it Further
Extend the fun with an activity.
Hands-On Activity: Make a Map
- Draw a map of your community or neighborhood. Label the different jobs you see people doing. How else do you see people helping?
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Family SupportHave children tell a story about themselves or someone they know being a helper. Encourage them with prompts, such as “And then what happened?” They can also act out the story with costumes and props. Discuss how helping others can make a community strong. |
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