COMMUNITY HELPERSSecond Grade Class

COMMUNITY HELPERS

1) HOUSE PAINTER

2) ASTRONAUT

3) BAKER

4) CARPENTER

5) NURSE

6) CHEF

7) PLUMBER

8) GROCER

9) POLICE OFFICER

10) CONSTRUCTION WORKER

11) SANITATION WORKER

12) DENTIST

13) VETERINARIAN

14) DOCTOR

15) ZOO KEEPER

16) E.M.T.

17) FIRE FIGHTER

18) TEACHER

19) MAILMEN

20) MAYOR

21) PHARMACIST

22) EXERCISES

House Painter

They are painters who know how to paint a house.

They have tools to paint a house. Building a school, maybe drawing designs.

Astronaut

They go into space. They have 4 jobs that are commander, pilot, mission specialists and payload specialists. They wear a spacesuit and have a helmet.

BakerBakers make baked goods and they send the food to the market

where people buy the goods that the bakers made. Most bakers work at bakeries, grocery stores, and restaurants. Most bakers go to work before sunrise.

Another job of a baker is to keep their bakeries clean. Bakers wear white uniforms and tall white hats. Some bakers wear aprons to keep food off their clothes. Most bakers wear white gloves so when they make pastries the food does not stick to their hands. Also, when the bakers wear their gloves the dirt on their hands does not get on the food or pastries.

Carpenter

Carpenters use wood to build things. They use hand tools such as hammers and screw drivers. They also use electronic tools such as power drills. They also use levels to make sure there work is straight. They work with architects. Also, they work with contractors.

Chef

Some chefs place their orders. Most buy their food at the store.

Chefs cook food for other people and sometimes present their food. They experiment with new ingredients or a new recipe. Chefs wear a white hat and apron and shirts and pants.

GrocerThe grocer’s job is to get food and products that

people might need to buy, be a kind man and help the customers, and lastly get workers to help him/her with the grocery store.

My grocer wears an apron, a striped shirt, blue pants, and brown shoes.

Construction WorkerA Construction Worker helps our community by

building houses, apartments, and buildings. A Construction worker usually wears boots, a vest, a tool belt, gloves, a hard plastic hat, and their plans.

Their equipment is a saw, a water jug, a cord, a wheelbarrow, cones, a tool box, and a ladder.

DentistThey use tools like a toothbrush and a special light.

Dentist wear gloves, a white coat, a mask and magnifying glasses. In 1498, a Chinese man made the first toothbrush. Dentists clean germs and fix cavities on your teeth.

Doctor

A doctor takes care of people’s health by giving checkups and helping sick or injured patients. Before students can be doctors they have to go to college and four years of medical school.

Some doctors work at hospitals and do operations on people. Doctors wear a long white coat so that they don’t get germs. When doctors do operations they wear gloves so that no germs get into other people’s bodies.

E.M.T. = Emergency Medical Technician

An E.M.T.’s job is to help people that are hurt. When they are not helping patients they rest and eat at the station.

Today E.M.T.’s teach children how to ride bikes and play safely. E.M.T.’s wear uniform’s to show that they are emergency workers. Their pants have many pockets to hold supplies. They wear gloves to treat a cut. The gloves help stop the spread of germs.

Fire FighterFire fighters are very brave. They fight fires. They are

like heroes. They are total protectors. They wear protective clothing. They help our community by saving people from dangerous fires.

They have walkie-talkies to communicate with other fire fighters. They have a big hose to put out giant fires. They usually wear red and yellow hats and red boots. Lastly they wear red jackets.

TeacherTeachers’ jobs are to teach kids

new stuff like reading, writing, and spelling. She also teaches us math and other subjects.

Teachers wear shoes, pants and shirts. Teachers’ tools are pens, chalk board, and books, etc.

The book helps the teacher by telling the her what to do with the kids today.

The pens help teachers by writing with them and grading stuff.

The chalk board helps the teacher by writing math problems to the kids.

Mailman

A mailman's job is to deliver important letters and bills to people.

They wear a short sleeved shirt and short pants in summer.

In winter they wear a long jacket and long pants and boots. They can be women too.

Mayor Mayors make speeches to get their message out.

He/she does this so nobody gets crazy about the laws. Mayors also represent the people of the town. He/she sometimes has broadcasts of exiting or terrible news speeches. Mayors sometimes wear tuxedos.

NurseMy community worker job is helping people when they

are sick or hurt. Nurses give papers that tell you what kind of medicine to take. Nurses give special food for women that are having babies.

Nurses wear uniforms called scrubs. Nurses also wears clean comfortable shoes.

Pharmacist

They read about new medicines. They also count pills, weigh medicines, and measure liquid medicines. They label medicine bottles. A pharmacist fills your prescription. They wear a white shirt and white pants.

PLUMBERPlumbers put pipes in buildings.Plumbers put sinks, toilets, and bathtubs. Plumbers fix pipes that leak.

Police Officer

A Police Officer helps the towns people to be safe. The Police also give speeding tickets when a car is speeding. A Police Officer wears a belt. On the belt he has a flashlight, a gun, gloves, keys, handcuffs, and a radio. He also has a badge and a cap.

They work to keep the townspeople safe. They stop fights. They catch criminals. They wear uniforms, nametags, and a bullet proof vest.

They carry guns, handcuffs, pagers, notebooks, pens, and telephones. They investigate crimes. They take reports. They give speeding tickets. They put bad people in jail. Those are some things police officers do.

Sanitation WorkerThey pick up trash that is stinky and

they some times pick up leaves. Sanitation workers work in all different places and weather. They wear gloves to keep their hands safe from sharp trash. They wear a hard shirt to protect their stomachs.

VeterinarianThere are many different jobs of a veterinarian and

one job of a veterinarian is to help animals when animals are sick.

Another thing a veterinarian does is bury animals when they are dead. Sometimes veterinarians have kennels so when the owners have to go away they take care of them in the kennel.

Here are some of the tools a veterinarian uses\wears. They use lights, x-rays, light box, scopes, table, charts, stethoscope and a coat. That is what a veterinarians do and wear.

Zoo Keeper

Zoo keepers keep animals safe and healthy at the zoo.

They clean up the animals’ areas. They feed the animals and give them water. Most zoo keepers wear uniforms.

Most zoo keepers wear protective clothing, so the animals do not bite them.

He teaches kids new stuff like

reading, writing, etc…

They use wood to build things…

They help our community by

saving people from dangerous

fires.

They get food and products that people might need to buy, They have to be a kind man and help the customers…

They have tools to paint a

house. Building a school,

maybe drawing designs…

EXERCISE: Match using a line the picture with definitions without touching anything else.