Introduction
Hello and welcome to the amazing world of Community Helpers and their specific jobs!
Within this interactive webquest, students will work to learn all about the different helpers and workers within the community. We will learn what they do, where they work and how they do to make an impact in our community we live in. By learning and comprehending this information, students will become more aware about helpers and their jobs performed daily within their community.
Come have fun and lets learn all about our workers within the community!
Task
Tasks for each child to complete within a small group setting (group of 3-4 students):
The group should click on the link and watch this video together to learn more about community helpers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt2q1cHsH6E
To help the children get involved and interacting, each student should take a turn on the community helper memory game. Talk about that helpers specific job once a match is made.
https://wordwall.net/resource/5049663/memory-game-community-helpers
Next, each student (individually, taking turns) should click on the link below to watch/interact with Community Helpers, What Am I quiz. This will test each of their knowledge and understanding.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDBJf9zPnEw
Process
The Process:
Step One: Each small group should click on the video link in the task section to learn more about community helpers. Discuss with the group and teacher/para once the video is finished.
Step Two: To get the children interacting and becoming involved, each group should click the next link to play a community helper matching game. Each child in the group should take a turn at choosing two cards to see if they match - if they don't then it's the next students' turn and if they do, then discuss that specific job with the group to gain more understanding.
Step Three: Next, each child in the group should individually click on the link to go to the community helper video quiz. This will help to test each child's knowledge of a community helper and their job.
The total estimated time to complete the tasks in the webquest is approximately 20-30 minutes depending on the amount of discussion that takes place within each small group.
Evaluation
Evaluation of Community Helper Tasks
This is how each child should be evaluated:
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Beginning Knowledge |
Ending Knowledge |
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Task One:
Learning what community helpers look like and their specific jobs in the video.
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The student will be able to watch and learn some of the community helpers. |
The student will be able to watch and learn all of the community helpers. |
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Task Two:
Recognizing each community helper within the matching game and being able to use their knowledge to tell their job. |
The student will be able to match each community helper and know their specific job to some of the matches within the memory game. |
The student will be able to match each community helper and know their specific job to all of the matches within the memory game. |
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Task Three:
Being able to pick the correct community helper from the questions asked within the quiz video with knowledge gained from previous tasks. |
The student will be able to answer a few of the questions correctly within the quiz video. |
The student will be able to answer all of the questions correctly within the quiz video. |
Conclusion
Conclusion:
By participating in and completing this Community Helper webquest, each student should have an increased knowledge about helpers within their community and what they do. This webquest should be a fun and enjoyable activity for the students while they are learning and gaining knowledge.
Advice for Teachers and Parents:
We suggest, while working on the Community Helpers unit all week long, to visit this WebQuest a few times during the week to give the children to become successful when completing the link activity and quiz.
Credits
Credits:
Community Helpers Picture: obtained through a google image search
https://www.facebook.com/thefamilyeffect/photos/a.10152911131094369/10157178858674369/?type=3
Community Helpers Video: obtained through YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt2q1cHsH6E
Community Helpers Matching Game: obtained through a google search
https://wordwall.net/resource/5049663/memory-game-community-helpers
Community Helpers Video Quiz: obtained through YouTube