This is a document for a grade 2 summative assessment about communities and services, focusing on essential services.

1. My Essential Service
We are designing a community. Communities need essential services.
What is the essential service you chose to design?
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Draw a picture of your essential service below:
Write one or more detailed sentences, answering this question.
Why is your service essential to a community?
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What would happen if your service did not exist in the community?
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2. Research
Write one paragraph (3+ sentences) each, for each of the following questions.
What does the service look like?
(use kiddle.co to image search if you need to)
• What does the inside look like?
• What does the outside look like?
• Who can you see there?
• Are there any special tools there?
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Who works at your service?
(use kiddle.co to image search if you need to)
• Who works at your service?
• Do the service workers have a name?
• Do the service workers wear any uniform or special kinds of clothes?
• What do the workers do for a job?
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3. What does the service provide?
• If I go there, what service will they provide?
• Is the service free?
• Can I or should I call them using the phone?
• Do they use any tools, machines or vehicles to provide the services? What
kinds of tools? What kinds of vehicles? What kinds of machines?
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My Resource
Name of Book or Article: _________________________________________________________
Author: _______________________________________________________________________