Unit Plan
Community Club Teacher's Guide
Grades
PreK–K, 1–2
Duration
10 DAYS
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Objectives
Students will:
- Read for information about the workers in the community
- Use visual cues and context to read new words
- Build sight-word vocabulary
- Reflect back on text to respond to a quiz
- Process information and develop thinking skills by completing graphic organizers
- Practice using the computer keyboard
- Interview community workers
- Write and illustrate picture books about community workers
- Create trading cards featuring community workers
Supporting Books

Read to Learn
Simple text and photographs, along with audio support, introduce young readers to workers in their community.
GRADES
1–2, 3–5
DURATION
3 DAYS

Create a Picture Book
Students create their own Community Worker picture books by reading about and interviewing a worker in their neighborhood
GRADES
1–2, 3–5
DURATION
4 DAYS

Community Worker Trading Cards
What's the main idea? Students read about various types of jobs, identifying important ideas in the text and recording them on a graphic organizer. Then, students create trading cards using the information from their notes.
GRADES
1–2, 3–5
DURATION
3 DAYS
Featured Activity

From the firefighter to the veterinarian, community workers describe their jobs in read-along books.
GRADES
PreK–K, 1–2

What's it like to be mayor? In this interactive book, find out by reading along and listening to a mayor describe his work.
GRADES
PreK–K, 1–2

Young students will discover how a veterinarian cares for animals through the words, images, and audio of this engaging read-aloud.
GRADES
PreK–K, 1–2

Early learners read along and listen as a pediatrician describes how she takes care of children in this engaging interactive book.
GRADES
PreK–K, 1–2

Early learners follow a utility worker as he climbs down into manholes and up electric poles in this exciting read-along book.
GRADES
PreK–K, 1–2

Young students learn how pizza is made by reading along to this story featuring words, images, and audio.
GRADES
PreK–K, 1–2

What happens when the fire alarm rings? Early readers find out by reading along as a firefighter narrates this illustrated read-aloud book.
GRADES
1–2

Early learners read along and listen to a police officer share her most important duties.
GRADES
PreK–K, 1–2