The Community Around Us Story Game Directions Game Preparation Game Pieces Play the game Objectives A Homemade PowerPoint Game By Jennifer Christenbury and Jennifer Hyder UNC- Charlotte Credits Copyright Notice

The Story of the “The Community Around Us” Your little cousin Bertha is coming to visit for a week this summer and has never been to your community before. Your mother puts you in charge of showing Bertha around the community. You must take her by city bus to your house, your school, the post office, the pet store, the hospital, the restaurant, the bank, the library, the police department, the fire station and your father’s shop and explain to her the purpose of each place. You start early in the morning after breakfast but your mom says you have to be finished by dinner. Good Luck! Home Page

Dinnertime!!

Your Community

Game Directions The goal of the game is to answer questions about each place you visit in enough time to be home by dinner. To play the game you have to draw a card with the name of each place on it, then take the bus to that place. To win the game you have to visit each place by dinnertime. Quiz Questions

Game Preparation Gameboard: Print out slides 4. “Place Cards: Print out slides 3 (preferably on heavy stock with a distinct color), then cut into individual card. Home Page

Game Pieces Return

Credits All teachers and students at non-profit schools can use, revise, or adapt this game at will at no cost on the condition that all prior designers are cited. Originally designed by Jennifer Christenbury and Jennifer Hyder,UNC-Charlotte, The Community Around Us 09/2007 Home Page

Educational Objectives Audience Kindergarten Social Studies Class Subject Area Objectives Students will be able to…. 5.01 Locate and describe familiar places in the home, school, and other environments. 5.03 Describe the functions of places in the home, school, and other environments. Home Page

Copyright Copyright 2007 Jennifer Hyder Jennifer Christenbury Permission to copy this game at no cost is granted to all teachers and students of non-profit schools. Permission is also granted to all teachers and students of non-profit schools to make revisions to this game for their own purposes, on the condition that this copyright page and the credits page remain part of the game. Teachers and students who adapt the game should add their names and affiliations to the credits page without deleting any names already there. Home Page

Time to play “The Community Around Us”! Home Page Game Directions

Quiz Questions Police Station Fire Station Pet Store Restaurant Click on one question for each place and answer the question each turn until you get the correct answer and can leave that place. Police Station Fire Station Pet Store Restaurant Dad’s Store Post Office Bank School Library Hospital P P F F PS PS R R D D PO PO B B S S L L H H Home Page

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Who works at the Hospital? Fisherman Doctor Teacher Hunter Questions

People go to the Hospital when they are ______. Hungry Sleepy Sick Happy Questions

You can get ______ at the Bank. Money Groceries. Homework Toys Questions

Your parents bring money to the bank? True False Questions

You can buy stamps at the Post Office. False True Questions

You can mail letters at the Post Office. False True Questions

Doctors work at the Fire Station. True False Questions

What do Firefighters drive? School Bus Fire truck Police Car Mini Van Questions

What do policemen do? Walk dogs Keep us safe Teach math Play baseball Questions

Policemen catch the bad guys. True False Questions

You can buy toys at this place True False. Questions

At the store you can not do what Get a shot Buy clothes. Get toys. Get School Supplies. Questions

You can buy a dog at this place. True False Questions

This is a great place to take my dog if he gets sick. Yes No Questions

I can get what here? Food A Dog A book A shirt Questions

I can learn to do math in this place? True False Home Page

In this place I will meet new friends? Yes No Home Page

When I come to this place I can get what? A Pizza A Book A Shirt A Dog Questions

This is a quiet place to do some reading. Yes No Questions

What Can I do here? Read Eat Feed a dog See a doctor Questions