Click on the storybook above and listen to Thank You, Mr. Falker read by Jane Kaczmarek, the mom from Malcolm in the Middle. Then complete 1 of the 5 related activities in your writing journal.
Day 3:
Watch this video that takes you on a virtual field trip through a hospital, a school, a post office and a library. It discusses the different jobs that are at each location. Discuss with your pod which jobs you would like to do best and why.
Community MAP
Click on this link and take a tour of a neighborhood! Discuss the questions as you explore the map with your partner.
Day 4
Watch this video that thanks community workers for what they do. When you are done discuss with your partner who you would like to thank and why.
Week 1
Day 1:
Check out this video of some of the different jobs you may see in your community. Have you seen any of these jobs in your community? Do you know someone who works in one of these areas? Maybe you can think of some more jobs that weren't included in our little video!
Day 2-4:
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Below is a list of books that are available at our library. Please check out and read at least 5 of the books, each from a different category. Then complete one blog posting on our Classroom Book Blog for each of the books you chose.
Baker/Chef Arno, E. ~The Gingerbread Man Barbour, Karen ~Little Nino's Pizzeria Galdone, P. ~The Gingerbread Boy Greenberg, Melanie ~Hope My Father's Luncheonette Hennessy, B. G.~ Jake Baked the Cake Kazza, Keiko ~The Wolf's Chicken Stew McGovern, A.~ Stone Soup Poskanzer, Susan ~What It's Like to Be a Chef Sendak, Maurice ~ In the Night Kitchen Speed, Toby ~ Hattie Baked a Wedding Cake Spohn, Kate ~Ruth's Bake Shop Lord, John Vernon ~The Giant Jam Sandwich
Carpenter Barton, Byron ~ Building a House Barton, Byron~ Machines at Work Daniel, Kira ~ Home Builder Florian, Douglas ~ A Carpenter Gibbons, G. ~ How a House is Built Jennings, Terry ~ Cranes, Dump Trucks, Bulldozers, and Other Building Machines Lillegard, Dee ~ I Can Be a Carpenter Morris, Ann ~ Tools Muntean, Michaela ~ Wet Paint Pfanner, Louise ~Louise Builds a House Pluckrose, Henry ~Build It! Rey's, H. A. ~ Curious George and the Dump Truck
Dentist/Doctor Bauer, Judith ~ What It's Like to Be a Doctor Berry, Joy W. ~ Teach Me About the Dentist Braithwaite, Althea ~ Visiting the Dentist Butler, Daphne ~ First Look in the Hospital Cooper, Elizabeth ~ Rosie's Hospital Story Davison, Martine~ Rita Goes to the Hospital DeSantrs, Kenny ~ A Dentist's Tools DeSantrs, Kenny ~ A Doctor's Tools Drescher, Joan ~ Your Doctor, My Doctor Hankin, Rebecca ~ I Can Be a Doctor Hautzig, Deborah ~ A Visit to the Sesame Street Hospital Hogan, Paula Z. ~The Hospital Scares Me Krementz, Jill ~Taryn Goes to the Dentist Mayer, Mercer ~ Just Going to the Dentist Rockwell, A. and H. ~ The Emergency Room
Firefighter Averill, Esther ~ The Fire Cat Barrett, Norman S. ~ Picture World of Fire Engines Bond, Felicia ~ Poinsettia and the Firefighters Brown, Margaret Wise ~ The Little Fireman Bundt, Nancy ~ The Fire Station Book Cameron, Elizabeth ~The Big Book of Real Fire Engines Elliot, Dan ~A Visit to the Sesame Street Fire Station Fowler, Richard ~ Mr. Little's Noisy Fire Engine Gergely, Tibor ~ The Great Big Fire Engine Book Hankin, Rebecca ~I Can Be a Firefighter Hutchings, Amy and Richard ~ Firehouse Dog Marston, Hope Irvin ~ To The Rescue Munsch, Robert ~The Fire Station Rey, Margaret ~ Curious George at the Fire Station - Rockwell, Anne ~Fire Engines Scarry, Richard ~ Smokey the Fireman Slater, Teddy ~The Big Book of Real Fire Trucks and Fire Fighting Thompson, Amy Old Macdonald Had a Community
Librarian Gibbons, Gail ~ Check It Out, The Book About Libraries Greene, Carol ~I Can Be a Librarian Kimmel, Eric A. ~I Took My Frog to the Library Mora, Pat ~Tomas and the Library Lady Poulet, Virginia ~Blue Bug Goes to the Library Radlauer, Ruth Shaw ~ Molly at the Library
Police Officer Barrett, Norman S. ~Picture World of Police Vehicles Broekel, Ray ~Police Greene, Carla ~I Want to Be a Policeman Hannum, Dotti ~A Visit to the Police Station Johnson, Jean ~Police Officers: A to Z Matthias, Catherine ~I Can Be a Police Officer Nay, Patrick~ State Patrol Pellowski, Michael J. ~What's It Like to Be a Police Officer? Rathmann, Peggy ~Officer Buckle and Gloria Reys, Margaret and H. A. ~Curious George Visits a Police Station Robinson, Barry and Dain, Martin J. ~On the Beat, Policemen at Work
Postal Worker Ahlbert, Janet and Allan ~The Jolly Postman or Other People's Letters Gibbons, Gail ~The Post Office Book Henri, Adrian and Henwood ~Simon The Postman's Palace Keats, Ezra Jack ~A Letter to Amy Marshak, Samuel ~Hail to Mail
Teacher Allard, Harry ~Miss Nelson is Back Beckman, Beatrice ~I Can Be a Teacher Brown, Marc ~Arthur's Teacher Trouble Chardiet, Bernice and Maccarone, Grace ~The Best Teacher in the World Cohen, Miriam ~The New Teacher Howe, James ~The Teacher Went Bananas Marshall, James ~Miss Nelson is Missing! Parish, Peggy~ Teach Us, Amelia Bedelia
Miscellaneous Ashabranner, Brent ~People Who Make a Difference Civardi, Anne ~Things People Do Florian, Douglas ~People Working Giff, Patricia Reilly~ Next Year I'll Be Special Hazen, Barbara S. ~Mommy's Office Klein, Norma ~Girls Can Be Anything Komaiko, Leah ~My Perfect Neighborhood Merriam, Eve ~Daddies at Work Merriam, Eve~ Mommies at Work Rockwell, Anne ~When We Grow Up
