Community

This week we focused on community workers. We started our unit by listing all of the community jobs that we could think of. We then played a matching game here we matched the community workers with the tools they use for their job.

We began by focusing on postal workers and post offices. We created our own class post office in our writing center. We had our own mailbox and wrote letters to mail. We even decorated stamps and addressed names to the envelopes. We additionally discussed the price of stamps and we decided as a class how much the envelopes should cost. Each child drew a picture for a friend and told them something nice they like to do/ would like to do with their friend. Later in the week we delivered our mail.

 

Next, we focused on builders/construction workers. We spent the whole day planning, building, and using our tools to carefully and purposefully erect various structures. We built with our wooden blocks, magna-tiles, table blocks, tools, and played with a new nail and hammer activity. For math, we practiced measuring. How tall is our building? Let’s use a ruler to find out. We then used the ruler to measure various items in the room. 

 Then in dramatic play we pretended to be firefighters. We learned that firefighters have a very important and dangerous job. We discussed fire safety and we took turns to dress up as firefighters and put out fires. 

We ended the unit and our school year with making a "When We Grow Up" class book. Each child wrote what they want to be and what they will do at their job. At our end of the year party we then presented our class book to the parents!