Stage 1- Desired Results:

Unit Title: Community of Helpers

Established Goals:

D2.Civ.2.K-2. Explain how all people, not just of official leaders, play important roles in a community.

D2.Civ.6.K-2. Describe how communities work to accomplish common tasks, establish responsibilities,
and fulfill roles of authority.

“In elementary school, students begin by examining the roles and responsibilities of people in their
immediate community and grow to understand the roles and responsibilities of government at different
levels, in different branches, and in different times and places. They also begin to understand how all
people in a community or society participate in a democracy and interact with each other responsibly” –
History-Social Science Framework for California Public Schools

Understandings: Students will understand that… Essential Questions (2-5 max):

· Students will understand that people have important jobs within · Who are community helpers?
our communities. · Who makes up a community?
· Students will understand that community helpers are important · Why is it important to help your
to their communities because of the jobs they perform. community?

Knowledge: Skills:
Students will know: Students will be able to:
· Who community helpers are and why their jobs are important to · Contact emergency service is ever
our community. needed.
· How all members of a community play an important role in the · Find the nearest fire station, police station
success of that community. or hospital to their school on a simple map.
· Communities work together to accomplish common goals and
tasks of keeping people within them safe and healthy.
· Students will understand that community helpers wear specific
uniforms to work.
STAGE 2 – ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE
Performance Tasks (Think about G. R. A. S. P. S.): Other Evidence (e.g., texts, quizzes,
The goal of this assignment is to create your own prompts, work samples,
community that includes 1 fire station, 1 police station, 1 observations, self-assessments,
reflections):
school, 1 hospital and at least 2 more important
· Role play charades game with
community helpers of your choice with their appropriate
community helpers.
symbols and using key vocabulary covered within the unit
· Community helper work packet
to describe each community helper. This can be a 3D
with focus on symbol and uniform
model or drawing, however the students wishes to depict
recognition. Examples of these
their community. Students will share their community
worksheets are included with the
depictions with their table groups and through a gallery
social studies lesson plan.
walk around the classroom.
· Structured response writing
sample about what community
helper they would like to be and
why.
· Art lesson (portrait) of students
as community helpers (including
uniforms and symbol).

STAGE 3 – LEARNING PLAN

Summary of Learning Activities (Think about WHERETO):

Week 1- Introduction to the Unit:

1. Read: Richard Scarry’s A Day at the Fire Station
2. Read: Richard Scarry’s A Day at the Police Station
3. Watch: Community Helpers BrainPop
a. Whole group Brainpop quizzes after watching video.
Week 2:
1. Popcorn discussion: what do we know about community helpers
a. Create a mind map to organize information
2. Talk about symbols, use realia
. Badges, uniforms, equipment that might be used.
3. Read: Clothesline clues to jobs people do
4. Community Helper Match Symbol Worksheet: Teacher/School
. What kinds of things do teachers use in classrooms?
Week 3:
1. Community Helper Songs (Firefighters, Police officers)
a. Community Helper Match Symbol Worksheet: Police Officer, Firefighters.
2. Community Helper Songs (Teachers, Doctors)
. Community Helper Match Symbol Worksheet: Teachers, Doctors.
3. Community Helper Songs (Mail Carrier, Garbage Collector)
. Community Helper Match Symbol Worksheet: Mail Carrier
Week 4:
1. Read: The Berenstain Bears: Jobs around town
2. Community Helper Constructed writing response.
a. If you were a community helper what job would you do and why?
3. Art Lesson: community helper self portrait
. Review symbols and begin self-portrait.
4. Art Lesson: community helper self-portrait.
. Finish portraits and do a gallery walk to share with peers.
Week 5:
1. Community Helper Role Play/ Charades.
a. Students dress up in costume or use words to describe their community helper.
2. Community Helper Role Play/ Charades.
. Students dress up in costume or use words to describe their community helper.
a. “Act Out” a day in the community
3. Symbol Match Quiz
. Students will draw lines to connect the community helper to their symbols and
equipment.

Week 6:
1. Performance task Introduction.
a. Provide materials and explain instruction.
b. Give students time to prep and brainstorm.
2. Performance Task
. Students will work on their communities.
 3. Performance Task
. Students will finish their communities and we will do a Gallery Walk.

Monday Wednesday Friday

Week Read: Richard Scarry’s Read: Richard Scarry’s Watch: Community
1 A Day at the Fire Station A Day at the Police Helpers BrainPop
Station Whole group Brainpop
quizzes after watching
video.

Week Popcorn discussion: Read: Clothesline clues Community Helper

2 what do we know about to jobs people do Match Symbol
community helpers Talk about symbols, use Worksheet:
Create a mind map to realia Teacher/School
organize information  Badges, uniforms,  What kinds of
equipment that things do teachers
might be used. use in classrooms?

Week Community Helper Community Helper Community Helper Songs

3 Songs Songs Community Helper
Community Helper Community Helper Match Symbol
Match Symbol Match Symbol Worksheet: mail carrier
Worksheet: Police Worksheet: teacher/
Officer/ firefighter doctor/ nurse.

Week Read: The Berenstain Art Lesson: community Art Lesson: community
4 Bears: Jobs around town helper self portrait helper self-portrait.
 Community Helper Review symbols and  Finish portraits
Constructed writing begin self-portrait. and do a gallery
response. walk to share with
 If you were a peers.
community
helper what job
would you do and
why?

Week Community Helper Role Community Helper Role Symbol Match Quiz
5 Play/ Charades. Play/ Charades.  Students will draw
 Students dress up  Students dress up lines to connect the
in costume or use in costume or use community helper
words to describe words to describe to their symbols
their community their community and equipment.
helper. helper.
 “Act Out” a day
in the
community.

Week Performance task Performance Task Performance Task

6 Introduction. Students will work on Students will finish their
 Provide materials their communities communities and we will
and explain do a Gallery Walk.
instruction.
 Give students
time to prep and
brainstorm.