Developed by:  Cameron Strong

Level: K-2

The Memory Card Career Game

 

 
 

 

Standards

Learning
Expectations

 This activity will help students acquire competencies which relate to the following standards:
 
4.  Career Awareness and Employment Readiness Skills
5.  Career Information and Career Goals
The student will:
 
4.5  Develop skills to interact and work cooperatively with different people
5.2  Identify jobs of workers in the community
5.3  Recognize the job tasks of school personnel and community workers

General Approach		 The general approach is that children will get into groups and play a game of memory with careers taking the place of names.

Activity steps		 1.  Create memory cards with images of people and careers.
2.  Have the students sit down in an open area of the classroom
3.  Divide the students into groups of 3-5.
4.  Lay the memory cards face down in front of all the students.
5.  Before beginning the game, ask each student if they have thought about what they want to be when the grow up, and why.
6.  Begin the game.
7.  Objective is to flip over one card, and then flip over another card trying to find the matching one.
8.  Once a match is made, ask the group to tell you one thin that a person in that career does.
9.  Ask the student if that career is one that they would like, or if they know anyone in that career.
10.  Once all matches have been made, the game is over.

Time Required		 This activity will require approximately 15-20 minutes.

Resources Needed		 *  Some good images to use for the careers can be found at the following link:   Careers
* 1 worksheet for each student

Performance Indicators		 Students should be able to fill out the worksheet and discuss which careers sound interesting to them.