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Officer Buckle and Gloria; How to Stay Safe
Students listen to the teacher read a book about a police officer and his trained dog and make connections to their own personal safety habits. In this safety instructional activity, students create a classroom bulletin board of safety...
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Community Locations - Police Station, Fire Station, Library, Post Office
Students get excited about their community which can be extended through visits from members of the community or field trips. In this community helpers activity, students demonstrate knowledge of the interaction of location, family,...
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People in My Community
In this community helpers worksheet, students use the 16 words in the word bank to locate and identify them in the word search puzzle.
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Around Town
In this town activity, learners label signs, answer short answer questions, label places in sentences, and more. Students complete 4 activities.
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ABC Community Walk
Students identify the different relationships that can be found in a community and create a class Community ABC Book. They participate in walking field trips to explore their community.
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Crossing the Street
Students will identify situations on how to cross the street safely. In this crossing the street lesson plan, students participate in a discussion using positional and directional vocabulary on crossing the street. They listen to the...
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Topic Books: People Who Help Us
In this ESL community helpers learning exercise, students assemble the booklet and read about 7 community helpers. Students then respond to 9 true or false questions and 4 matching questions regarding the information they read.
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Handwriting Practice: I Can Walk
For this printing sentences worksheet, students trace two examples of the sentence "I can walk." Students then practice writing this sentence two times on their own. This is Zaner-Bloser style.
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Giving Cheer
Students explore kind behavior. In this values development and literacy lesson, students listen to The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein, then generate a class list of ways the tree helped the boy and ways in which the boy helped the tree....
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Community
Learners use computer software to make a postcard. In this community resource lesson, students make a postcard for a place in their community using multimedia software on the computer. Learners write a few sentences describing the place...
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My Own Picture Dictionary
Young scholars create a picture dictionary that includes images of people and things that are important in their lives. They identify pictures of people and things that are important in their lives.
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Whodunit?
First graders choose a community member, show how to resolve a conflict, and trade writing with a classmate. They match symbols that might represent the community members they have chosen.