Approximate Number of Days
Text(s) or Writing Prompt and Lesson Focus
2 Days
“A Community of People” (Readworks)
2 Days
Writing Prompt: What do you like best about your community?
3 Days
Fireman Small, Wong Herbert-Yee
5 Days
Police Officers on the Go!, Alyse Sweeney
Officer Buckle and Gloria, Peggy Rathmann
5 Days
Garbage Collectors, Tami Deedrick
Trashy Town, Andrea Zimmerman
5 Days
Librarians, Charnan Simon
Tomas and the Library Lady, Pat Mora
3 Days
The Paperboy, Dav Pilkey
2 Days
Writing Prompt: Why are community workers important?
2 Days
Service Workers (video)
2 Days
Helpers in the community, Bobbie Kalman
2 Days
Writing Prompt: What is your favorite community worker? Why?
5 Days
Culminating Task: Using reading, research,
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Draw a Concept Web/ Bubble Map on chart paper and label the center circle with “Community.” Tell students that a web is used to brainstorm information about a topic.
Record student responses to What type of people are important to a community?, on the concept web. You may want to use one colored marker to represent students prior knowledge and use another color to represent evidence from the text. You can add to this web as you continue to explore community helpers throughout the unit. Text Dependent Questions
What is the job of a firefighter? Use evidence from the text.
What is the job of a teacher? Use evidence from the text.
Turn and Talk: According to this text, what is the meaning of community?
What type of people are important to a community?
Turn and Talk: What is a kids job in a community?
Vocabulary Acquisition
Using vocabulary clip art, have students partner up to practice using the vocabulary words in a sentence (verbal). Do check-ins to monitor growth.
Speaking and Listening Routines
Using the Turn- and- Talk strategy have students respond to the following questions using sentence