Community-helper poem: Put the poem below on sentence strips and place it in the pocket chart. Find pictures of each community helper listed in the poem. As the children read the poem they match the helper to the job the helper does. To make this a home-school connection activity, see Idea Bags, pages 87-89.
Community Workers By Sharon MacDonald
Who brings the mail?
Who walks a beat?
Who puts out fires?
Who cleans our street?
Who checks out books?
Who drives a bus?
Who teaches reading
and math to us.
Who cleans our teeth?
Who bakes our pies?
Who takes our trash?
Who checks our eyes
Who does the work that
improves our lives?
Community workers!
Is that a surprise?
