My world and community
Map My Classroom
Draw a bird’s-eye map of your classroom with a key and a compass rose.
Thinking sheet · My world and community
Who Helps Our Town?
Draw six community helpers at work and write how each one keeps the town running.
- Grades
- K–3
- Time
- about 25 minutes
- Kids practice
- community roles, jobs, gratitude
What kids do
“Lots of people help our town. Draw six of them!”
- Community helpers
- A helper I want to thank is… because…
How to run it
- Brainstorm helpers we see and some we don’t: nurses, bakers, bus drivers, night cleaners.
- Draw them with the tools they use.
- Invite a helper to visit or write them a note.
Talk about it
- Which helpers do we never see?
- What would happen without one of them?
- Which job would you like to try?
Take it further
Write a thank-you note to one helper.
Pairs well with
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