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 Internet Search: 2. Farmer- [|__http://www.bls.gov/k12/nature03.htm__]. This website contains a lot of information about what a farmer is and what they do. It contains information such as, how much they get paid, and what will happen in the future with farming. [|__http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/grants/reports/kraus/97-36farmersguide.htm__] this website talks about what to expect if you visit a farm with your students. 3. Postal Workers- [|__http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos141.htm__]. This website contains information about a postal worker. It talks about the nature of the job, how much money they get paid, and different qualifications for the job. 4. Garbage Collectors- [|__http://www.careerplanner.com/DOT-Job-Descriptions/GARBAGE-COLLECTOR.cfm__]. This website gives a detailed description of what a garbage collector is entailed to do, and why they are useful to society. Also see the website [|__http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos243.htm__]. This website also gives a detailed description of what a garabage collector is, and why their job is so important. 5. Chefs- [|__http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos161.htm__]. This website is in the occupational outlook handbook, 2008-2009 edition. It talks about what a chef is, what their uniform consists of, how much money they may make, and their training to become a chef. 6. Police Officer- This is a youtube clip that consists of a kidsong titled //I Want to be a Police Officer// Author: Kidsongs []. AMS** Literature List: This book is about all of the community helpers and their careers. Examples of the community helpers are firefighters, police officers, teachers, postal workers, etc. 2. __A Day with a Mail Career__ Author: Jan Kottke This book talks about what a mail career is. It also explains the process of how mail is delivered throughout the world. 3. __Police Officers__ Author: Paulette Bourgeois and Kim LaFave This story talks about the career of police officers. It talks about the job description and how they work within the community. 4. __We Need Garbage Collectors__ Author: Lisa Trumbauer and Gail Saunders-Smith This story talks about why it is important to have a garbage collector and the description of a garbage collector. 5. __Farming__ Author: Gail Gibbons This story talks about a farmer and what a farmer does throughout the year. It talks about how farmers grow and take care of many things. AMS 
 * 1. Career Voyages- [|__http://www.careervoyages.gov/homelandsecurity-videos.cfm__]. This website has a lot of information about the different careers within the community for teachers to research about. Some of these careers are a police officer, firefighter, and teacher. It contains a lot videos for teachers to watch, and links to learn more about the careers.
 * 1. __Community Helpers from A to Z__ Author: Bobbie Kalman and Niki Walker

Internet List 1. Community Helpers are at Your Service [] This website provides an activity that you can use with your students on the computer. The activity requires the students to match the specific people to where they work. An example of one of the people is a police officer and you would have the students match him to the police station. The students would complete this activity as a group. 2. Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government for Kids: Your Neighborhood [] This is also another interactive website that can be used in the classroom as a whole group activity. You click on a particular building and then it will give you some information on who works in the building and what they do. 3. Kids.gov- The Official Kids Portal for the U.S. Government Kids.gov This site gives lots of information on various careers. Some of the careers listed are firefighter, police officer, teacher, nurse, judge, and various others. 4. United States Department of Labor www.bls.gov/oco/ocos141.htm This website gives information on postal workers. It has information on their training and similar occupations. 5. What does a Police Officer do? [] This site gives a detailed description of what a police officer does. It also describes their job that does not have to do with patrolling and community outreach. DMS.

Literature 1.__Firebears The Rescue Team__ Written by Rhonda Gowler Greene and illustrated by Dan Andreasen This book is about bears that are firefighters. They drive around all day putting out fires in the community and rescuing cats from trees.

2. __Tortoise Brings the Mail__ By Dee Lillegard and illustrated by Jilliab Lund The tortoise is slow in delivering mail and so other animals offer to deliver the mail. The other animals mess up the delivery and only the tortoise can do it right.

3. __A Day with a Mail Carrier__ Written by Jan Kottke This book allows for students to see what it is like if they were a mail carrier for a day. 4. __In My Neighborhood: Garbage Collectors__ Written by Paulette Bourgeois and illustrated by Kim LaFave Students will learn about garbage collectors and what their job entails.

5. __In My Neighborhood: Postal Workers__ Written by Paulette Bourgeois and illustrated by Kim LaFave The children will be introduced to postal workers and what they do. DMS.

Books 1. My Great-Aunt Arizona by Gloria Houston is about a girl named Arizona who has lived in the same place throughout her childhood and teenage life. Arizona wanted to travel and do wonderful things. She became a teacher in the same school she went to. Even though Arizona never traveled around the world, she was able to visit all these places with the books she read to her students. Also she inspires students to visit places she has never been to.

2. Thank you, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco begins with a girl named Trisha who is eager to start school and learn to read. Although she wants to read it is difficult for her because she mixes the letters and numbers together. The children at school start taunting her because she cannot read. One day a new 5th grade teacher comes and helps Trisha overcome her problems with reading. The story ends with Trisha learning to read and being inspired by Mr. Falker. Also he inspired her to be an author.

3. What Teachers Can't Do by Douglas Wood is about many things that teachers cannot do. Such as riding skateboards or scooters to school, be tardy, and trade desserts at lunch. Also the book describes what teachers can do. For example, they can spell Mississippi, encyclopedia, and they teach best.

4. My Teacher Sleeps in School by Leatie Weiss is about an elephant girl named Molly and her friends who think her teacher lives in the school. They all look for clues to prove that she does. However a trip on a bus proves that she lives in a house just like they do.

5. Jobs People Do - A Day in a Life of a Teacher by Linda Hayward is about a teacher named Ms. Hill who brings 28 fish to school for an activity. This shows many teacher tasks such as having the class line up and setting the calendar. Also the book has a dictionary within it, for students that do not know items from the picture.

Websites 1. Ben’s Guide to U.S Government for Kids - [] This website is a great interactive site for kindergarteners to use. First students would click on one a building that involves community careers. Some buildings students can click on are the fire station, post office and school. When students click on the school, they get information on teachers. Also the webpage describes other community helpers that work in the school.

2. Communities and what they provide for us - [] This website is a fun interactive matching site on community helpers. Students will match people to the job they perform. For example, a student would drag the baker’s image to the kitchen. Other careers this activity includes are a firefighter, construction worker, and a farmer.

3. Providing Goods and Services - [] This online activity is to help students distinguish a good and a service. Students will drag different community careers to either the goods section or service section. For instance, a student would move the police officer to the service section and the baker to the goods section.

4. Community Club - [] The Community Club website is a great resource to learn about many community helpers. Once a student clicks on the worker, students will get to hear what the worker does. For example, on the firefighter portion students will hear what the firefighter wears and does. At the end of the activity students get a mini quiz on what they learned from the worker.

5. What’s My Job - [] What’s My Job is a website where students have to match the job to the pictures. Students will first read a fact about the job and then click the corresponding picture. It even notifies students when they answered the question wrong by giving them a sad face. DP**