Neighborhood Friends

WebQuest for Kindergarten

By I. Carannante, S. McKenzie, K. Darling, and P. Knowles

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Wow! Channel 5 is coming to our school next week to pick students for a new TV show they are making. You are going to discover about some of the community helpers they are looking for and what these people do so that you can try out for a part in the show. The community helpers they are interested in are a fireman, a police officer, and a letter carrier.

Are you ready to investigate community helpers? I just love to learn what other people do! Let’s get started and see how much we can find out about community helpers.

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 In order to be ready for the upcoming auditions, you will need to learn all you can about community helpers. You will need to watch the power point presentation “ ” and listen to the book, “Community Helpers for A to Z”. After discussing the presentation and book, you and your group will go to a variety of websites and explore the jobs that firemen, policemen, and letter carriers do.

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The Process

1^st View the PowerPoint presentation.

Click Here to go to the PowerPoint presentation.

2^nd Listen to your teacher read the book, “Community

Helpers from A to Z”, by Bobbie Kalman.

3^rd Discuss the presentation and book with your class and

teacher.

4^th Go to computer and explore the WebQuest

Neighborhood Friends”

5^th Take the test on the computer.

Click Here to take the test.

6^th Draw and label a picture of your favorite

community helper on your worksheet.

Click Here for a copy of the worksheet.

Sites to Explore

What does a Firefighter do?
http://www.whatdotheydo.com/firefght.htm

What does a Police Officer do?
http://www.whatdotheydo.com/police.htm

What does a Letter Carrier do?
http://www.whatdotheydo.com/letter_c.htm

Scholastic

http://teacher.scholastic.com/commclub/index.htm

Evaluation:  You will be evaluated according to the following rubrics.

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4.  Exemplary: Students reflect highest level of master and performance.

• Community Helper Picture must be labeled and a sentence written.
• Picture must be neat.
• Total cooperation with team members.
• Student must accurately complete test.

3.  Satisfactory:  Students reflect mastery and performance.

• Community Helper Pictures will be labeled and sentence attempted.
• Page must be neat.
• Some Cooperation with team members.
• Student must accurately complete test.

2.  Developing:  Student reflects limited mastery and performance.

• Pictures is not be labeled and sentence is barely attempted.
• Picture is not neat.
• Student attempts test.
• Cooperation with team members some of the time.

1.  Beginning:  Student reflects a minimal level of mastery and performance.

• Test on Community Helpers not attempted.
• Picture is not labeled or not done and sentence is not done.
• Students rarely cooperated with team members.

Teacher Page Social Studies Grade K

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Standards

Mobile County Course Of Study

Technology

4. Utilize developmentally appropriate and accurate terminology to communicate effectively in a technological society.

>Internet

Demonstrate appropriate use of hardware (input/output devices)

>mouse

31. Identify the internet as a resource for information.

Mobile County Course of Study

Social Studies

12 Identify various workers and their roles in the communities.

4 Locate new information and express understanding of the new information in various classroom projects.

14 Distinguish between goods and services.

15 Distinguish between producers and consumers.

Alabama State Course of Study

Social Studies

21. Identify various workers and their roles in the community.

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Online Resources	Other Resources
What does a Firefighter do? http://www.webquarry.com/~lgfd/firefght.htm	Fire! Fire! By Gail Gibbons
	Community Helpers from A to Z by Bobbie Kalman
What does a Police Officer do? http://www.whatdotheydo.com/police.htm	The Jolly Postman by Janet and Allan Ahlberg
	You’re a Community Helper by Karen Bryant-Mole
What does a Letter Carrier do? http://www.whatdotheydo.com/letter_c.htm	Busiest People Ever by Richard Scarry