Lesson 171: Our community helpers

🟡 SOCIAL STUDIES (40 Lessons) • 🔵 B. My School and Community

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Objective

I can name some helpers in my community and talk about how they help us in daily life.

Materials

Mini-lesson — Who helps in our community?

A community is the place where we live, learn, and play. Many helpers work in our community.

Some community helpers

  • Doctor — helps people when they are sick or hurt.
  • Nurse — helps care for people's health.
  • Driver — drives buses or other vehicles safely.
  • Shop worker — helps us buy food and things we need.
  • Builder — helps make homes, schools, and roads.
  • Farmer — grows food for people to eat.

Kind sentences we can use

  • "Thank you for helping our community."
  • "Your job helps people in daily life."
  • "Many helpers work together to keep us safe and well."

We do not say that one helper is better than another. We show respect to all people who help.

Picture strip: Community helpers circle

Guided Practice — Community helpers wheel

You will make a simple "Community helpers" wheel to show people who help in your area.

  1. Draw a big circle. Divide it into four sections like a pizza.
  2. At the top, write: "Community helpers".
  3. In each section, draw one helper (for example, doctor, driver, shop worker, builder, farmer).
  4. Under each picture, write or trace a short helper word such as "doc", "drive", "shop", or "build".
  5. Practise reading your wheel aloud with an adult: "This helper ..."
Tracing Pad
Tracing snapshot for print
Tip: As you trace, say a kind sentence like "Thank you for helping our town."

Practice — Spot the helpers

Think about the helpers you see in your own community. Talk about how they help you and others.

  1. With an adult, name helpers you have seen nearby (for example, driver, shop worker, doctor, farmer).
  2. For each helper, say one thing they do that helps people.
  3. Practise a kind sentence you could say, such as "Thank you for helping us."
  4. On your wheel or chart, draw a small heart or star near a helper you would like to thank.
  5. Tell an adult which helper you would like to learn more about.

Quick Check — Our community helpers

Answer each question about helpers, respect, and kind choices. These questions do not rank jobs. They talk about kind and fair ways to act.

1) What is true about many helpers?

Many different jobs help our daily life.

2) What does a doctor help with?

Doctors help when people are sick or hurt.

3) A driver helps by...

Drivers help people and goods move safely.

4) How can you show respect to a shop worker?

Polite words and calm bodies show respect.

5) What is one way a farmer helps?

Farmers grow food that we need.

6) Your family visits a clinic. How can you talk to helpers there?

Quiet, kind voices help everyone feel safe.

7) Someone says, "Only helpers in cars are important." What is a kind thought?

We remember that different helpers are all important.

8) How can you thank a community helper?

Thanking people shows we notice their work.

9) You see a worker fixing a road. What is a safe choice?

Staying back keeps workers and children safe.

10) Why is it good to learn about community helpers?

Knowing how people help us makes it easier to choose kindness.

Assessment (parent/teacher)

Exit ticket (student)

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