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1st Grade Community Resources

36 1st grade community resources: 13 worksheets, 12 activities, 5 songs and more. How teachers use these

1st Grade Community Resources

36 1st grade community resources: 13 worksheets, 12 activities, 5 songs and more. How teachers use these

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Video1st GradeCommunity Song

The Community Song teaches kids how to be a good citizen in the community. This is a fun citizenship song that teaches kids about being a citizen and being part of their community.

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Video1st GradeCommunity Song (MP3)

Using the Community Song (MP3), students learn how to be a good citizen in the community by listening to this catchy song.

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Video1st GradeGoing Green Song (Animated Music Video)

Using the Going Green Song (Animated Music Video), students learn all about ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle and so much more through a catchy video!

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Activity1st GradeBarn Cut Out

This barn cut out activity lets PreK to 3rd grade children color, cut, fold and glue a 3-D paper barn, roof and silo, then stand six farm animals beside it.

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Video1st GradeWheels on the Bus Song (Animated Music Video)

The Wheels on the Bus Song will help students learn in a fun way. This is the classic nursery rhyme that kids love to sing and do the motions.

Worksheet
Worksheet1st GradeFire Safety Worksheet

This fire safety worksheet has 1st Grade students match four safety pictures to their words, then trace and write 9 1 1. An answer key is included, so it is ready to print and go.

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Video1st GradeCaring Song

Using the Caring Song, students learn how to care for others at home. This song will help build confidence and your kids will want to show kindness to others. Our students need a lot of practice and examples of how to treat each other kindly. This song will help your…

Worksheet
Worksheet1st GradeWriting Your Address Worksheet

This Writing Your Address Worksheet helps 1st graders write their street address, city, state, and ZIP code, then match each part of an address to its name. Answer key included for quick, no-prep practice.

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Worksheet1st GradeCommunity Worksheet - Word Bank

This community worksheet - word bank asks 1st graders to name six community workers from picture clues and copy each word onto the line. Answer key included for fast, no-prep social studies practice.

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Activity1st GradeDear Valentine Activity

This dear valentine activity has K-2nd grade students pick heart word cards for family and school helpers and spell each word on a Valentine card. Answer key included.

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Worksheet1st GradeDifferent Careers Worksheet

This different careers worksheet asks 1st graders to study six community workers and write each job word from the word box. An answer key is included, so checking finished work takes seconds.

1st GradeBathroom Door Signs Enter and Do Not Enter

Using these Bathroom Door Signs - Enter and Do Not Enter, students improve their bathroom procedures by using these signs to know if the bathroom is occupied or not.

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Worksheet1st GradeCommunity Helper Writing Worksheet

This Community Helper Writing Worksheet lets 1st grade writers pick a helper from their own town and write what that helper does, where they work and why they matter, on one clean page of writing lines.

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Worksheet1st GradePolice Officers Matching Worksheet

This police officers matching worksheet asks 1st graders to match four pictures of an officer at work to the sentences that describe them, then finish three word bank sentences. Answer key included for fast, no-prep social studies practice.

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Worksheet1st GradeCommunity Helper Tools Matching Worksheet

This community helper tools matching worksheet has first graders link five helpers to the tools they use, then write each tool word on a line. An answer key is included, so community vocabulary practice is ready to print.

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Worksheet1st GradeFarm Sentence Writing Worksheet

This farm sentence writing worksheet invites 1st grade students to write a complete sentence about each of three farm pictures, building strong writing habits with every line.

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Worksheet1st GradeDoctor's Office Fill in the Blanks Worksheet

This Doctor's Office Fill in the Blanks Worksheet gives 1st Grade students six community health words and six sentences to complete. An answer key is included, so it is ready for no-prep vocabulary practice.

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Worksheet1st GradeIdentifying Community Workers Worksheet

This identifying community workers worksheet has first graders match six illustrated helpers to job names in a word box and write each one. Answer key included for quick, no-prep social studies practice.

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Worksheet1st GradeCommunity Helper Matching Worksheet

This community helper matching worksheet has 1st graders name a farmer, baker and doctor from picture clues, then match four helpers to the places they work. Answer key included for quick, no-prep social studies practice.

From our teachers' playbook

Helpers, neighbors and home sweet home

What do 1st graders learn about community?

First graders learn that a community is a place where people live, work and help each other. They meet community helpers like firefighters, doctors, farmers and mail carriers and the tools each one uses. They learn their own address, compare city, suburb and country life, and talk about rules that keep everyone safe, like fire safety. They also learn how kids can help, from recycling to being a good neighbor. The click is when a child spots the mail carrier and says, "She's a community helper!"

Our favorite ways to teach community

Community lessons work best when kids connect them to the real neighborhood around them.

Sing about our town

Open the unit with a community song and make a list of every helper and place mentioned. Add to the list all unit long. Kids hum it at recess, and the vocabulary comes along for free.

Why it works: a catchy, repeating tune gives the brain a hook to hang words on, so sung text is remembered better (Wallace, 1994).

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Where do I live?

Kids practice writing their full address, then draw their home and street. Build a class map of everyone's neighborhoods. Knowing their address is a real safety skill too.

Why it works: going from real objects to pictures to symbols is a core recommendation of the U.S. Department of Education's elementary math guide.

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Questions parents and teachers ask

What do 1st graders learn about community?

They learn what a community is, who community helpers are, different types of communities and how people follow rules and help each other.

What are examples of community helpers?

Firefighters, police officers, doctors, nurses, teachers, mail carriers, farmers, librarians and sanitation workers.

Should my 1st grader know our address?

Yes, it's a great safety goal. Practice it as a song or chant and have them write it on envelopes or drawings.

How can I teach community at home?

Take a walk and name the places and helpers you see. Visit the library or fire station, and talk about how your family helps the neighborhood.