Community Help

The Welcome Wagon

Grade: Kindergarten
Subject: Our Town Lake Zurich
Curricular Goal: Social Studies #1, #3, #6 and Reading #6

Introduction:  The Lake Zurich Welcome Wagon needs your help to introduce a new family in your neighborhood to the Lake Zurich community helpers.

Task:  Your job is to: 1) research various community helpers 2) create a book with community helper sections 3) create a map of important community locations

Process: To accomplish these tasks you will be: 1) working in a whole group connecting to community helper links 2) discuss each of the community helpers 3) break into small groups 4) draw pictures of our community helpers 5) put pages together to create book 6) create a map of important community locations as book cover

Resources:   Officer Buckle and Gloria P. Rathman
Check it Out! the book about libraries, Post Office Mail and How it works, Fire! Fire!, Fill it up! Gail Gibbins
 Miss Bindergarten gets ready for Kindergarten Josef Slate
 I am a Firefighter Nancy Packard
Berenstien Bears- New Neighboors and Visit the Dentist Stan Berestein
Trash Charlotte Wilcox
Harvey Hare, Postman Extrordinaire Berovadette Watts
Community Helpers from A-Z Bobbie Kalman
The World Around Us
Lake Zurich maps
Lake Zurich Schools
Lake Zurich Police
Lake Zurich  Ela Public Library

Evaluation: When you have finished with the activities you will ask yourself: 1)Did you locate community helper links? 2)Did you participate in creating your community helper page or map?

Conclusion: Now that  you have learned about  community helpers you can teach your family and friends about the different community helpers in Lake Zurich.  What can you do to help others learn about community helpers?

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                                Page Sponsor:  Crystal Steker
                                Page Content Author:  Melissa O'Hara
                                Date:  11/13/2006