Standards
Learning Expectations |
This activity will help students acquire
competencies which relate to the following standards:
4.0
Career Awareness and Employment Readiness Skills
5.0 Career
Information and Career Goals
This activity will help students meet
the following learning expectations:
4.2 define
work and recognize that people work.
5.2 identify
jobs of workers in the community.
5.3 recognize
the job tasks of school personnel and community workers.
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General Approach |
The children will define types of jobs , activities
that are part of a job, and the tools or equipment used in various jobs
through a guessing game and discussion with the counselor/teacher and classmates.
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Activity Steps |
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The counselor/teacher asks the students to define
"work" in terms of jobs that must be done in the classroom. Examples might
include: learning and practicing a lesson, picking up crayons or markers,
being a line leader, emptying the waste basket, etc. The students
share verbally as a group.
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The counselor/teacher leads the following discussion:
Your job is to be a student and the things
you have said are all part of the important work you do in school. The
adults in this school are working too. For example, I am a counselor."
What are some of the other jobs the adults in this school have?"Help the
students use language that is not biased such as cafeteria worker instead
of cafeteria lady.
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Students give examples such as Principal, Janitor,
Cafeteria Worker, Bus Driver, etc.
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The counselor/teacher continues with the following
discussion:
There are also many different types
of jobs outside the school that people do. Parents have jobs and your neighbors
have jobs."What are some types of jobs you know about outside of school?"
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Students give examples such as firefighter, plumber,
computer operator, doctor, etc. and the teacher lists them on the board.
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The counselor/teacher tells the students they
are going to play the Guess My Job! game. The counselor/teacher explains:
A picture of a worker (provided by the
counselor/teacher) will be taped to one student's back so he or she cannot
see the picture but the rest of the class can see the picture. The other
children in the class will give clues to help the student guess the job
title of the person in the picture. Clues can include the types of activities
the worker might do and the tools or equipment the worker might use.Remind
the children of the importance of raising their hands to be called on to
provide a clue.
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Demonstrate the game for the children. Select
a job picture card without looking, show the children the picture of the
worker and ask them to give clues so that you can guess the worker's job
title.
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The teacher calls individual students to the front
of the room and tapes a picture card onto the child's back without allowing
the child to see the picture.
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The teacher asks the student with the picture
on their back to turn around in order to show the class the picture, and
then the student can face forward again.
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The counselor/teacher prompts the students as
each picture is shown:
"Without saying the name of the job, what kind
of things might this worker do?" "What are some tools or equipment the
worker might use in their job?"
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The class members provide the clues.
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The child with the picture on his/her back uses
the clues to guess what job the person in the picture does. Once the child
guesses correctly, the counselor/teacher selects a new student to play
the guessing game.
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Have many copies of each of the job pages and
as a final activity, ask the children to select and color the sheet that
depicts their favorite job.
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Time Required |
The entire activity will take 30 -
45 minutes, depending upon the number of children in the classroom.
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Resources Needed |
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Copies of pictures for children to color.
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Crayons, markers or colored pencils.
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Performance Indicators |
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The children discuss and describe various jobs
within the school and community.
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The children are able to recognize that work has
different meanings and that all jobs are important.
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The children recognize why jobs in the community
are needed.
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The children discuss the tools and activities
that are part of different jobs.
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