Community Helpers

Turboquest

Introduction to community helpers

A community is a place where people live, work, and play. We call it a neighborhood.

Community helpers are people who help us in our neighborhood. They can help us by keeping us safe, making sure we are healthy, cooking food for us, or teaching us.

Let's take a walk in our neighborhood and learn about community helpers!http://youtu.be/kwhYZcFNWv0

Your task is to learn about the different community helpers in our community. Pay

attention to what they do, the tools they use, and how they help in our community.

At the end of the turboquest you will pick your favorite community helper that you have

learned about. You will then write a story and draw a picture about that community helper.

Your task...

What you need to do

What your project should include: Point Value

Did you select a community helper? 1 point

Did you draw a picture of your community helper?

2 points

Did you write 3 sentences about your community helper?

3 points

Did you capitalize the first letter in the sentences?

2 points

DId you use punctuation at the end of each sentence?

2 points

What you will learn...

SSKE1 The student will describe the work that people do (police officer, fire fighter, soldier, mail carrier, baker, farmer, doctor, and teacher).

ELACCKRI10: Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.ELACCKW1: Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose opinion pieces in which they tell a reader the topic

or the name of the book they are "writing" about and state an opinion or preference about the topic or book (e.g., My favorite book is…).

ELACCKW2: Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic.

ELACCKW7: Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., explore a number of books by a favorite author and express opinions about them).

ELACCKW8: With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

MCCK.OA.1 Represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers, mental images, drawings1, sounds (e.g., claps), acting out situations, verbal

explanations, expressions, or equations.

MCCK.OA.2 Solve addition and subtraction word problems, and add and subtract within 10, e.g., by using objects or drawings to represent the problem.

MCCK.OA.3 Decompose numbers less than or equal to 10 into pairs in more than one way, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record each decomposition by a drawing or equation (e.g., 5 = 2 + 3 and 5 = 4 + 1).

MCCK.OA.4 For any number from 1 to 9, find the number that makes 10 when added to the given number, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record the answer with a drawing or equation.

MCCK.OA.5 Fluently add and subtract within 5

COMMUNITY HELPERS:ALL

ABOUT FARMERSBy: Megan Kimmel

Table of Contents• What is a Community?

• What are Community Helpers?

• Can you name any other community helpers?

• Did you ever walk into a grocery store and wonder where in the world did all this food come from?

• Did you know a farmer is also a community helper?

• Livestock

• We can get lots of food from animals

• Crops

• Farming Equipment

• Farming is Hard Work

• Meet Farmer Fred

• Where does Farmer Fred live?

• Let’s see what is at Farmer Fred’s Farm

• Farmer Fred’s Animals

• Farmer Fred’s Crops

• A Day in the Life of Farmer Fred

• Want to Learn More about Farms?

What is a community?• A community is a place where people live, work, and play

What are Community Helpers?• Community Helpers are people that do jobs in order to help people.

• What kind of community helper would you see if you were sick?

• What type of community helper would you see that makes

• sure your teeth are healthy and clean?

Can you name any other community helpers?

Did you ever walk into a grocery store and wonder where in the world did all this food come from?

Did you know a farmer is also a community helper?

• Farmers grow crops and raise livestock for people to buy for food

Livestock• Livestock are animals raised on the farm that are sold to make money

• Think of the song “Old MacDonald had a Farm”. What animals do you think are on the farm?

We can get lots of food from animals

Crops• Crops are plants, like fruits and vegetables, that are sold to make

money.

• Can you think of something a farmer would grow?

Farming Equipment• Farmers use machines to plant and harvest, or pick, crops.

• Some farmers also use machines to feed or milk animals.Dairy Farm

Potato harvester Combined harvester

Farming is Hard Work• A farmer's work can be very hard. Hours are long, often sunrise to

sunset.

• During planting and harvesting seasons, farmers rarely have a day off.

• The rest of the year, they sell their crops, fix machines, and plan for the next year.

Meet Farmer

FredHe grows crops (plants) and raises livestock (animals) for food for people in our community

Farmer Fred lives and works in our state of Georgia.

Let’s see what is at Farmer Fred’s Farm!

Farmer Fred’s Animals

How many cows are at the farm?

How many goats?

Which has the most?

Which has the least?

Farmer Fred’s Crops

What crop does Fred have the most of?

A Day in the Life of Farmer Fred

5:00am Rise and shine, check the chickens for eggs

6:00am Milk the chicken, pigs, and goats

7:00am Milk and feed the Cow

9:00am Peach picking time

11:00am Peanut picking time

1:00pm Fertilize the fields

2:00pm Water the peanuts

3:00pm Water the peaches

4:00pm Feed the pigs and goats

5:00pm Milk and feed the cows again

6:00pm Feed and check the chickens for eggs

Morning

Afternoon

Evening

Want to Know More about Farming?Check out the links below for videos on of a Dairy Farm in our neighboring state of Florida

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Georgia Standard: SSKE1 The student will describe the work that people do (police officer, fire fighter, soldier, mail carrier, baker, farmer, doctor, and teacher).

A day in the life of a police officer

SSKE1 The student will describe the work that people do (police officer, fire fighter, soldier, mail carrier, baker, farmer, doctor, and teacher).

http://youtube.com/v/H1mS32VSGxg

Hi, I’m police officer Joe

Table of Contents

Timeline of my life196

0Fifth

Grade I decided to become a police officer

1978

Graduated High

school

1979

Went to

College for Cri

minal

Justice

1984

My first job as a police officer

2013 I

am a

police officer in

Atlanta, Ge

orgia

Where I live and work

How I spend my day

What does a police officer do

Types of Police Officers

Timeline of my life

Date Life Events

1970 Fifth Grade I decided to become a police officer

1988 Graduated High School

1992 Went to college for Criminal Justice

1993 My first job as a city police officer

2007 Became a deputy sheriff for the city

2013 I am now a sheriff for the city

Where I live and workI live and work

in Atlanta, Georgia

How I spend my day

Key Words

Patrolling- keeping watch over the city

Do I spend more of my day patrolling or helping others?

How do I spend the least amount of my day?

What does a police officer do?

Types of Police Officers

Police Officers

Sheriff Patrolling Officers

Patrol the streets and make sure

rules are followed

City Police Officers

Protect and patrol the city

they live in

Detective State Trooper Special Officers

How I became a sheriff

Sheriff

Deputy Sheriff

Patrol Officer

More Police Officer fun…

http://www.barrett.monroe.pa.us/Police/kids.htm

What does a Firefighter do? Kindergarten – Community Helpers

Table of Contents• What do you already know?• What do firefighters wear? • How much does the equipment weigh? • When does a firefighter work?• How do you become a firefighter?• Bubble map about firefighters• Where are the fire stations in Marietta, Georgia?• United Streaming Video• We can ask a real firefighter a question!!• What is your favorite part?• Review and Writing

What do you already know about firefighters?

What do they wear?

Equipment What is it for?

Helmet Protects from things falling

Mask Helps breath clean, fresh air

Gloves Protects from burns, cuts, scratches

Pants and Coat Fire-resistant – keeps the fire and heat out

Boots Protects their feet from metal, glass, or falling objects

Flashlight To help see in the dark

Hose To put out the fire with water

Tell me again. What’s it for?

Click to go back if you need a little help!

When does a firefighter work?Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Work 24 hours (ALL DAY!!)

off off Work 24 hours (ALL DAY!!)

off off Work 24 hours (ALL DAY!!

Firefighters work

24 hours and then

have 48 hours off!

That is a tough

schedule!!

When do you

think they sleep??

How do you become a firefighter?

Graduate high

school

Apply to a fire

station

Firefighter training

Firefighter intern

Become a firefighter

Work as a firefighter

Firefighters are important to our community.

Firefighters

put out fires

help with car accidents

save people from getting hurt

drive a fire truck

wear lots of protective gear

We can ask a REAL firefighter a question!!

http://askafirefighter.com/Click here to

ask your question!

What is your favorite thing you learned about FIREFIGHTERS?

What do you know?Complete the tree map. Then,

write three sentences and illustrate your work.

Firefightershelp wear are

Let's Have Some Fun!

Farm Fun Adding Game:How many vegetables are in the garden?

Vegetable Garden

Farm Fun Patterns:Can you complete the pattern?

Vegetable Patterns

Animal SoundsA veterinarian takes care of many animals. Can you pick out the animal by the sound it makes? Learn how to say the animal name in Spanish.

Say What? Animal Sounds

Animal Sort:A farmer knows a lot about plants and animals. See if you can sort the plants and animals.

Animal and Plant Sort

Glogster

Want to learn more about community helpers? Click on the link...

Glogster: Community Helpers

Community helpers we have learned about...

Conclusion:What have you learned...

Now that you have explored and learned about community helpers, it's your turn to share.

Pick your favorite community helper that you have learned about. Then, write a story and draw a picture about that community helper.

Credits

Created by

Kate Wilkinson

Megan Kimmel

Shawnee Knott

KSU EDRD Summer 2013