Who helps our community run smoothly? Read a short passage about community members and helpers. After kids finish the passage, they answer five short questions on the other side of the page.

Concepts

community helpers, towns, reading comprehension, reading comprehension strategies, informational texts, context clues

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Pair with a research project about community helpers or services in your own area
• Have a member of the community talk to your class about his or her job, and how it helps the connection between community members
• A good addition to a language arts center or social studies lesson
• Use with English learners or with mainstream classes

Classroom Considerations

• Answer key does not provide definitive answers for most questions

Pros

• Applicable to a discussion about your class's community, as well as a unit on helpers in the community
• Focuses on context clues to help kids practice reading comprehension skills

Cons

• None

Common Core

RI.3.1 RI.3.2 RI.3.3 RI.3.4