Fourth Grade

Lesson 4.2: What are your superpowers?

1. Who are you?  Take a trip back in time to the beginning of our life.  Answer the question.

2. Read, "Thelma the  Unicorn." Who was Thelma?

3. Ask class, “If I had to ask you for people in your class that were really good at ______, who would you recommend? 

4. Aptitude (Core), Paradigm (beliefs), Competency (good at)

5. Explain the different intelligences from Gardner:  Art, Math/Logic, Physical, Music, Language, Social, Self.

6.  It is easy to figure out about other people, but sometimes it is hard to know ourselves. Bring out the pitcher and glasses.

7.  Say, “I need three volunteers.” Tell the students that the pitcher represents all of the gifts that your were given at birth. You have to tell me how much to put into each glass.

8. Ask the class if this is correct for each person.

Lesson 4.6: Code Breaker

1.       Go to CIA

2.       Take a look at the site. 

3.   Figure out one of the codes.

3.       The point of this lesson: They must figure out the code in their own lives. This is accomplished by paying attention to the messages life if sending you.

a.       What do you like to do?

b.       Do you find it fun?

c.       Do you like learning about it?

d.       What are the most difficult lessons that you have had?

e.       Find a mentor.

Lesson 4.8: Jobs that haven't been invented yet

1.       Let’s brainstorm jobs that we have today that did not exist in the past:

a.       Jobs that no longer exist

b.       Jobs that didn’t exist 30 years ago

c.       Jobs that didn’t exist 10 years ago

2.       How do you plan to find a job that does not exist today?

a.       Follow your interests.

b.       Find a need/problem to solve.

c.       Figure out the solution.

d.       What do you need to know?

e.       Where do you get the information?

f.        Research/hypothesize/test it.