36 fun-filled integrated activities help students learn about careers and community. The activities provide practice in critical and creative thinking skills, math phonics, word study, writing, art and drama. Everywhere, everyday, we encounter people with different jobs. Guide your students in a learning adventure about jobs and the people that perform them. In the process, teach about community roles, and assist children to recognize their value and role in society. These activities are suitable for individual or group work, or centers. 

Learning Objectives: 

• To introduce the different types of careers and jobs that people perform in a community.
• To develop and reinforce many skills required for independent thinking and work habits.
• To provide the students with an opportunity to meet people who can relate information about their work and to provide the opportunity for students to visit a variety of places where people work.
• To provide the students with an overview of the dangers, rewards, challenges, routines, risks taken, and demands of working at a job or a career.
• To inform the students of the importance of each type of work or job in a community. 

Introduction Includes:

• Teacher Notes:
  • Learning Objectives
  • List of Resources
  • Teacher Input Suggestions
  • List of Skills
  • List of Vocabulary
• Listening Activity
• Booklet Covers
• Answer Key 

List of Skills Include: 

Word Study Activities

1. Matching
2. Fill in the Blanks
3. Sentence Scramble
4. Using New Words
5. Initial Consonant "B"
6. Word Scramble
7. Writing Sentences
8. Word Search
9. Descriptive Words
10. Initial Consonants
11. Initial Consonant "J"
12. Word Discrimination
13. Matching Definitions 

Thinking About

1. Uniforms
2. What is Used?
3. The Future
4. Men's and Women's Jobs
5. Matching
6. Equipment 

Creative Writing

1. Choose a Title
2. Working Person
3. The Most Important Thing
4. Oops!
5. Future Jobs 

Mathematics

1. Addition Facts
2. Subtraction Facts
3. The Restaurant
4. The Fire

Art

1. Puppet Play
2. Making Book Covers
3. Collage
4. A Job Scene

Drama

1. Choose a Scene
2. Guess the Job 

Printing

1. Tracing
2. Letter Practise   

Overview of Expectations Met

COMMON CORE ALIGNMENT (K–3)

1. Vocabulary Acquisition & Word Study (CCSS.ELA‑LITERACY.L.K–3)

Your unit includes matching, word discrimination, initial consonants, word scrambles, descriptive words, and vocabulary lists.

Aligned Standards:

• L.K.4–6, L.1.4–6, L.2.4–6, L.3.4–6
  Determining meaning of unknown words, using affixes, using context, sorting words, and acquiring new vocabulary.

2. Foundational Reading Skills (CCSS.ELA‑LITERACY.RF.K–3)

Activities include phonics, consonant work, word recognition, sentence building.

Aligned Standards:

• RF.K.1–3, RF.1.1–4, RF.2.3–4, RF.3.3
  Print concepts, phonological awareness, decoding, high‑frequency words, reading with accuracy.

3. Reading Comprehension (CCSS.ELA‑LITERACY.RI & RL K–3)

Students read fiction and nonfiction about jobs (Curious George, Berenstain Bears, community helper books).

Aligned Standards:

• RI.K–3.1–10
• RL.K–3.1–10
  Asking/answering questions, identifying key details, using illustrations, comparing texts.

4. Writing (CCSS.ELA‑LITERACY.W.K–3)

Creative writing cards, sentence writing, descriptive writing, future jobs writing.

Aligned Standards:

• W.K–3.2 Informative/explanatory writing
• W.K–3.3 Narrative writing
• W.K–3.5 Revising with support
• W.K–3.8 Recall information from experiences

5. Speaking & Listening (CCSS.ELA‑LITERACY.SL.K–3)

The unit includes interviews, presentations, drama, listening tasks, parent visits, and class discussions.

Aligned Standards:

• SL.K–3.1–6
  Collaborative conversations, asking questions, recounting information, speaking clearly.

6. Math (CCSS.MATH.CONTENT K–3)

Your math cards include addition, subtraction, restaurant bills, and fire‑related math problems.

Aligned Standards:

• 1.OA, 2.OA, 3.OA (Operations & Algebraic Thinking)
• 1.MD, 2.MD (Measurement & Data—bar graphs, money, time)

CANADIAN CURRICULUM ALIGNMENT (K–3)

Ontario Social Studies (Grades 1–3)

Grade 1 – Our Changing Roles and Responsibilities

• A1, A2: Roles in home, school, community
• B1, B2: People and services in the community

Grade 2 – Changing Family & Community Traditions

• B1.1–B1.3: How communities work, roles of workers

Grade 3 – Communities in Canada

• A1.1–A1.3: Contributions of individuals and groups
• B1.2: How people meet needs through jobs

British Columbia (K–3 Social Studies)

Grade 1–3 Big Ideas & Curricular Competencies:

• “Roles and responsibilities shape our communities.”
• “People have jobs that meet needs in the community.”
• “Understanding how people work together.”
• Inquiry: questioning, comparing past/present jobs, interpreting information.

Alberta Social Studies (K–3)

Grade 1 – My World: Home, School, Community

• 1.1, 1.2: Roles of people in the community

Grade 2 – Communities in Canada

• 2.1: How communities’ function
• 2.2: Services and jobs

Grade 3 – Citizenship in Action

• 3.1: How people contribute to society

Other Provinces/Territories (General K–3 Alignment)

Your unit meets the same themes found in:

• Saskatchewan: My Family, My Community
• Manitoba: Communities and Their Helpers
• Nova Scotia: People in Society
• New Brunswick: Roles and Responsibilities
• Newfoundland & Labrador: People in the Community
• PEI: Community Helpers
• Yukon, NWT, Nunavut: Living and Working Together

Ontario Language (K–3)

• Oral Communication 1.1–1.6
• Reading 1.1–1.6
• Writing 1.1–1.6
• Media Literacy 1.1–1.5

BC English Language Arts (K–3)

• Phonemic awareness
• Building vocabulary
• Creating and communicating
• Listening and speaking

Alberta English Language Arts (K–3)

• 1.1–1.4: Exploring and expressing ideas
• 2.1–2.4: Comprehension
• 3.1–3.4: Writing and representing

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