Help in the community

1. Vets and Dentists
2. Describing sounds
3. Quality questions
4. Letter of thanks

1. Asking questions
2. Book delve
3. Writing questions
4. Say cheese!

1. Dentist role play
2. Pet transport
3. Our helpers
4. Tooth Fairy counting

1. Share the cover and the first pages of the Vet book. How is this book different to The Very Helpful Hedgehog? This is an information book and not a story. Sort a few of each kind of book into piles.
2. Say that with information books we don’t always need to start at the beginning. We can jump to the bit we are interested in. How do we know what’s in the book? Show the Contents page of the Vet book, explain its role, and use it to locate a section of the book children show an interest in. Shared read this page.
3. Share pages from the Dentist book. Discuss children’s experiences of going to the dentist. Why do we go? How do we feel? The people in the book look pleased to go to the dentist and keep their teeth healthy.
4. Look at the Dentist book and compare it with Vet. Again, use the Contents page to navigate to a section children are interested in. Shared read parts of text from that page. What information have we found out?
5. Look at the Indexes of both Vet and Dentist and discuss their role. Help children spot the alphabetical order used. Read some of the words, find the relevant page and check it.

Poetry/Rhyme of the Week: The animals went in two by two
Introduce on Monday. Enjoy singing together.

Essential text
People Who Help Us–Vet & People Who Help Us–Dentist, both by Rebecca Hunter
or any age-appropriate non-fiction books about vets and dentists.

Resources
Books about everyday jobs in the community
Photo taking device, printer
Dentist role play equipment
Junk modelling materials
Blanched almonds (or similar sized and shaped objects to represent ‘teeth’)