Interest Level: Grades K–2

Reading Level: Grade 2

Teaching Cloverleaf Books™ Community Helpers

Titles in this series:Let’s Meet a Construction WorkerLet’s Meet a DentistLet’s Meet a DoctorLet’s Meet a FirefighterLet’s Meet a LibrarianLet’s Meet a Police OfficerLet’s Meet a TeacherLet’s Meet a Veterinarian

StandardsNational Curriculum Standards for Social Studies• IndividualDevelopmentandIdentity• Individuals,Groups,andInstitutions• CivicIdealsandPractices

Common Core Reading (Informational Text)• KeyIdeasandDetails• RangeofReadingandLevelofTextComplexity

Common Core Writing• TextTypesandPurposes• ResearchtoBuildandPresentKnowledge

Multiple Intelligences Utilized

• Verbal-linguistic,visual-spatial,bodily-kinesthetic,interpersonal,intrapersonal

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2 T E A C H I N G C O M M U N I T Y H E L P E R S

Prepare•ChooseaCommunityHelpersbooktodemonstratepreviewing.

•PreparetoshowPreviewaBookp.5electronically.

•CopyPreviewaBookp.5foreachgroup.

•Dividestudentsintosmallgroups.

Pretest•Howdoyouchooseabooktoread?

•Howdoyouknowwhatabookisaboutbeforeyoureadit?

Model•UsingaCommunityHelpersbookasanexample,gothroughthequestionsinPreviewaBookp. 5.Writestudents’answersintheblanks.

Read •Asaclass,readtheexampleCommunityHelpersbook.

Discuss•Wasthebookaboutwhatyouexpected?Howwasitdifferent?

•Whatdidyoulearnaboutthecommunityhelperinthebook?

Practice•EachsmallgroupwillchooseaCommunityHelpersbooktopreview.

•Studentswillpreviewthebooks,followingthequestionsinPreviewaBookp.5.

Evaluate•ReviewPreviewaBookp.5andevaluategroupparticipation.

Lesson 1Preview a Text

Materials•CommunityHelpersseries•PreviewaBookp.5•pencils

PurposeStudentswillpracticepreviewingabookintheCommunityHelpersseries.

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Prepare•Findalocationintheclassroomforstudentstoworkonthemural.

Pretest•Whatisacommunity?•Wholivesandworksinyourcommunity?

Read•ReadbooksfromtheCommunityHelpersseries.

Discuss•Asaclass,makealistofbuildings,landmarks,andpeopleinyourcommunity.

Model•Showstudentsthemuralpaperandexplainthattheywilldrawtheircommunityonit.

•Assignspecificbuildings,landmarks,andpeopletostudentstodraw.

Practice•Eachstudentwilldrawalocationand/orapersononthemuralpaper.

•Whenthemuralisfinished,hangitintheclassroom.

Evaluate•Assessstudents’participationinthemuralandtheirunderstandingofcommunity.

PurposeStudentswillcreateaclassroommuraltorepresenttheircommunity.

Lesson 2Community Mural

Materials•CommunityHelpersseries•alongpieceofbutcherpaper•crayonsorcoloredpencils

Prepare•CopyMyInterviewp.6foreachstudent.

•Arrangeforoneormorecommunityhelperstovisittheclasstobeinterviewed.

Pretest•Whatisaninterview?Whydopeopledointerviews?

Read•ReadtheCommunityHelpersbooks.

Discuss•Explainthatthepurposeofaninterviewistogetinformation.Demonstrateaninterviewwithstudentsorshowvideoclipsofinterviews.

•Discusswhatkindsofquestionsmakegoodinterviewquestions.

Model•ReviewMyInterviewp.6withstudents.

•Invitestudentstorole-playapracticeinterviewinpairs.

Practice•StudentswillinterviewalocalcommunityhelperusingMyInterviewp.6.

Evaluation•EvaluatecompletedMyInterviewp.6.

PurposeStudentswillinterviewahelperintheircommunity.

Lesson 3Interview a Community Helper

Materials•CommunityHelpersseries•MyInterviewp.6•pencils

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Prepare•Copyminibooktemplatespp.7–8foreachstudent.

Pretest•Whatisacommunityhelper?Whataresomedifferentkindsofcommunityhelpers?

Read•ReadbooksintheCommunityHelpersseries.

Model•Demonstratehowtofoldtheminibooktemplatesothepagesareinorder,andstaplethemtogether.

•ShowstudentshowtofindinformationintheCommunityHelpersbookstocompletethepagesoftheirminibooks.Theywillfillintheblanksanddrawpicturesinthespaces.

Practice•StudentswilluseinformationfromtheCommunityHelpersseriestomakeminibooksabouttheirfavoritecommunityhelpers.

Discuss•Invitestudentstosharetheircompletedminibookswiththeclass.

Evaluate•EvaluatecompletedminibooksforunderstandingoftheCommunityHelpersseries.

Lesson 4My Favorite Community Helper

Materials•CommunityHelpersseries•minibooktemplatespp.7–8•pencils•crayonsorcoloredpencils

PurposeStudentswillmakeaminibooktodemonstrateknowledgeofacommunityhelper.

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5 TeachingCommunityHelpers

Name Date

Preview a Book

Choose a book in the Community Helpers series and answer the following questions about it.

1.Whatisonthecoverofthebook?

2.Whatisthebook’stitle?

3.Whatdoyouthinkthisbookisabout?

4.Whatdoyouknowaboutthistopic?

Read the book with your group.

5.Wasthisbookwhatyouexpected?Whyorwhynot?

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6 TeachingCommunityHelpers

Name Date

My Interview

1.Whatisyourjob?

2.Howlonghaveyoudonethisjob?

3.Howdoesyourjobhelpthecommunity?

4.Whattoolsdoyouuseforyourjob?

5.Whatdoyoulikeaboutbeingacommunityhelper?

6.Whatdon’tyoulikeaboutbeingacommunityhelper?

7.Whatelsecanyoutellmeaboutyourjob?

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