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Helpers in my town: K to 2nd people & places

Community helpers and neighborhoods: who helps, in town and in the country. A free K to 2nd lesson plan with a hook, practice that links to free activities, and an exit ticket. Copy it and make it yours.

Lesson plan

Goal

  • Students work toward: community helpers and neighborhoods: who helps, in town and in the country.

Hook (5 min)

  • Ask the class: Who helps keep a town safe and running?
  • Take two or three answers and write them where everyone can see them.

Teach (10 min)

  • Say the big idea in one plain sentence: helpers in my town.
  • Show one example, then one that is not an example, and ask how the two differ.
  • Have students tell a partner the idea in their own words.

Practise (15 min)

  • Choose one for the whole class or let groups pick:
  • Print: Who Helps at School? (https://teach.peabody.kids/passages/k/who-helps-at-school)
  • Print: The Mail Carrier (https://teach.peabody.kids/passages/2/the-mail-carrier)
  • Read: Town Mouse, Country Mouse (https://peabody.kids/library/the-town-mouse-and-the-country-mouse)

Exit ticket (5 min)

  • On a slip or aloud: one thing I learned about helpers in my town, and one question I still have.
  • Sort the slips into: got it, nearly, not yet. Start tomorrow with the last pile.

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