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Community Helpers in Our Town - When we look at the Community Helpers in our Town it is all about showing and recording what we know about those people in our community. Exploring who is in your community helps you to understand how a neighbourhood works.

Occupations included in this pack are –

• Crossing Guard
• Baker
• Dentist
• Doctor
• Fireman
• Farmer
• Garbage Collector
• Hair Stylist
• Life Guard
• Mailman
• Nurse
• Police
• Reporter
• Soldier
• Teacher
• Vet

Word Wall

• Use this to record words for the topic. Brainstorm with the children about your community and add words they suggest. Display them so children can see them. Children can then use the words in their writing.

Memory Game

• Each colour is a set and play with a partner. Deal out all the cards between the two players. There are save ink versions too! Snap - Take it in turns to flip one over at a time. If the same picture is seen in a row, whoever snaps it with the correct occupation name wins. They take all the cards and the winner is the one who ends up with the most cards.

Snap
Place all cards (from one set) face down. Please take it in turns to turn two over. If you get a pair you keep them. The winner is the one who has the most pairs at the end.

Jigsaws

• Set One – two pieces per set, match the person to the occupation.
• Set Two – four pieces per set. Match the person, occupation and two descriptions.

Thinking Tools

• Alphabet Key, record names of occupations and add to them over time.
• Question Matrix – Who, what, where, when, why and how…… one page for each occupation.
• Venn Diagrams – compare the similarities and differences of occupations.
• Spider Map – Use the pictures (colour or b/w) in the middle and then record facts around the outside.
• PMI – use pictures and record – plus, minus and interesting facts/ideas for each occupation.
• DeBono’s Hats – record red, black, yellow, white, green, blue and white ideas for occupations.

Writing

• Three tasks - Choose an occupation and write about why you would like to do this job
• can-is-has
• If I were a — for a day
• I would ----

Interactive Notebook Pages

• Four pieces – record who they are and what they do: colour and b/w.
• Two rectangles – record what they do and some facts.
• Four strips – choose an occupation and then define it, and list the positives and negatives of what you do daily. This is a template and can be used for any occupation.
• Four Triangles - Color the picture first, and cut out the tabs (cutting across the person). Where do they work? Describe their workplace and clothes. What do they need to do their job? What do they do?

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