Grades K–2
What Do Helpers Wear?
Match 8 community helpers to their work clothes and safety gear, from the firefighter’s helmet to the construction worker’s hard hat.
Social studies worksheet · Community helpers
Interview a Community Helper
Five interview questions for a classroom visitor or a helper at home: what they do, their tools, their favorite part and how they help people.
- Grade level
- Grades 1–2
- Time
- About 25 minutes
- Topic
- Community helpers
- Answer key
- Not needed: answers vary
- Kids practice
- Community helpers, Jobs and tools, Community and belonging
What kids do
“Ask a helper these questions when they visit your class, or ask a grown-up who has a helper job. Write what they say.”
Printed on the sheet:
- I am interviewing:
Teacher tip
Use it when a helper visits your class, or send it home.
How to use it
- Invite a community helper (or a parent with a helper job) to visit after the sheet.
- Act out helpers and their tools in a quick guessing game.
- Read the sheet aloud for early readers and let them answer with drawings.
Watch for
Kids who think only some people can do some jobs. Show helpers of every gender and background.
Talk about it
- Which helper would you like to be? Why?
- What did you learn that surprised you?
Take it further
Set up a dramatic play corner with helper costumes and tools.
US Letter, prints well in black and white. Free for home and classroom use: print as many copies as you need.
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