Sample Lesson Plan

At the end of the lesson the learners should be to:

Edtech Tools Needed:

Help the Garbage Truck Driver (Video)
What Does the Police Officer Wear (Video)
Books about community helpers, such as Career Day by Anne Rockwell , Helpers in My Community by Bobbie Kalman, and Delivering Your Mail: A Book About Mail Carriers by Ann Owen
Dramatic play hats of community helpers (firefighter hats, police officer hats, mail carrier hats, etc., 1 per student)
Lined writing paper with space for a picture on top (1 per student)
Whose Hat is This? by Sharon Katz Cooper Help the Garbage Truck Driver worksheet What Does the Police Officer Wear worksheet

Attached files

Play a video presentation entitled “Help the Garbage Truck Driver” and “What Does the Police Officer Wear”
After the video presentation, ask each pupil if anyone knows what a community helper is.
Ask if they think a teacher is a community helper.
Explain that a community helper is anyone who helps others by providing a service.
Ask students to list people who help others. Examples include police officers, firefighters, mail carrier, etc.
Then, read the story Whose Hat is This? Identify how each hat belongs to someone who helps others.
Next, have students go through the classroom library or selected books picked out about community helpers.
Invite them to explore these books and see how many they can find!
Have students select which community helper they would like to be when they grow up.
Next, stand in front of the classroom and explain that a teacher is a community helper.
Say why you chose to be a community helper and what you do to help others.
Have the students take turns speaking about which community helper they chose as their favorite.
Instruct them to wear the hats that match the community helpers they chose.

Assessment

On the board, draw a picture of a teacher, and sound out the word teacher with the class.
See if any student can identify the initial sound for the word teacher.
Write the word teacher under the drawing