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Community: Everything You Need

Help students discover, evaluate, build, and change their communities by using these lessons and resources.

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Listen and Read Activities

Community Club Read-Along Books

Grades: PreK–K, 1–2

From the firefighter to the veterinarian, community workers describe their jobs in read-along books.

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My Neighborhood, My World

Grades: 1–2, 3–5, 6–8

Communities are brimming with vitality and diversity! Find out more with these hands-on activities.

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Community

Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12

Check out these great books in The Teacher Store.

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A neighborhood walk is a great way to introduce a community unit.

Grades: PreK–K, 1–2

A neighborhood walk is a great way to introduce a community unit.

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Children interview community members for our class newspaper.

Grades: PreK–K, 1–2

Children interview community members for our class newspaper.

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Boxes, blocks and toys are used to create a model of our school community.

Grades: PreK–K, 1–2

Boxes, blocks and toys are used to create a model of our school community.

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Community Arts Projects

Grades: PreK–K, 1–2

The arts provide a transitional link between the classroom as community and the neighborhoods that surround our school.

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Making A Difference in My Community

Grades: 3–5

Making A Difference in My Community

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Three Steps for Changing Your Community

Grades: 3–5

Three Steps for Changing Your Community

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Articles

Make It a Community Affair

Grades: PreK–K

As you well know, creative invention activities require assorted materials for children to use. An

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Articles

Professional Development: Reaching Out to the Community

Grades: Early Childhood, Infant, PreK–K, 1–2

Kimberly B. Moore provides tips on community outreach and involvement in early childhood development.

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Staff Workshop Teacher Handout: From "Building Family and Community Relationships"

Grades: Early Childhood, Infant, PreK–K, 1–2

This staff workshop indicates how successful early childhood programs depend upon partnerships with families and communities. For more information,...

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Staff Workshop Instructions: Building Family and Community Relationships

Grades: Early Childhood, Infant, PreK–K

Instructions are presented for teachers in building family and community relationships. One of the goals is to design ways of supporting and...

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Community Projects

Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8

Teacher recommendations for ways to organize and inspire kids to help in the community.

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Book Lists

Books for Teaching About Our Homes and Neighborhoods

Grades: 1–2

Literature and professional resources for studies of neighborhoods, communities, and different cultures.

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Policies & Practices: Involving the Community in Your Program

Grades: Early Childhood, PreK–K

Wilford discusses on making a link between school and community that would benefit children and families beyond measure. Here, she states that...

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Lesson Plans, Computer Lab Activities, Listen and Read Activities, Online Learning Activities

Read to Learn

Grades: 1–2, 3–5

Simple text and photographs, along with audio support, introduce young readers to workers in their community.

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Lesson Plans, Writing Activities

Community Worker Trading Cards

Grades: 1–2, 3–5

Students identify details to support important ideas in a text. They use a graphic organizer to take notes which they then use to create Community...

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Activity Plan Mixed Ages: Community Cooperation

Grades: PreK–K

Exploring the neighborhood and the people in it expands children's real-world knowledge and exposes them to new skills and tools. When exploring...

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Activity Plan 2-3: Community Cooperation - Community Patchwork

Grades: PreK–K

Scholastic's Early Childhood Today Activity Plan offers ready-to-use teaching ideas in art, for two- and three-year olds. In this activity,...

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Activity Plan 3-4: Community Cooperation 3-D Village

Grades: PreK–K

Scholastic's Early Childhood Today Activity Plan offers ready-to-use teaching ideas in art, for three- and four-year olds. In this activity,...

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Activity Plan 4-5: Community Cooperation - Career Moves

Grades: PreK–K

Scholastic's Early Childhood Today Activity Plan offers ready-to-use teaching ideas in Dramatic Play, for four- and five-year olds. In this...

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Activity Plan 5-6: Community Cooperation - Block Party

Grades: PreK–K

Scholastic's Early Childhood Today Activity Plan offers ready-to-use teaching ideas in art, for five- and six-year olds. In this activity,...

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