Our Community Helpers
Category: Social Studies - Elementary
Educational Standards that this lesson meets:
TEKS - Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (Curriculum Standards)
-113.13 (b) (1) History (A)
-113.13 (b) (16) Social studies skills (F)
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During this activity, students will apply previous knowledge and new understandings to complete two interactive activities focused on community helpers and their benefit to the community. In the first activity, students will categorize examples of community helpers to recognize similarities among community helpers. In the second activity, students will pair community helper names to their description.