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2nd Grade -- Career Clusters, Holiday Style
Review the clusters with hand motions/ sounds:
Agriculture
people who feed us (rub hungry stomachs)
Marketing
people who sell things (sound: KA CHING)
Law & Public Safety
people who keep us safe (sound: siren)
Government
people we vote for (check mark on ballot)
Business Management & Administration
people who work in an office (answering telephone)
Science and Technology and Mathematics
people who use numbers (count fingers)
Information Technology
people who work on computers (typing)
Hospitality and Tourism
people who help us have fun (roller coaster motion)
Manufacturing
people who make things (turning a screw)
Education
people who teach us (sing: ABC, 123)
Finances
people who handle money (rub coins together--say, “money, money, money”)
Transportation
people who move things (turn steering wheel)
Architecture
people who build things (hammer)
Health Services
people who make us feel better (touch forehead to check fever)
Arts and A/V Technology
people who draw and paint (paint brush)
Human Services
people who help people (self-hug)
Investigate career tubs in small groups and match up jobs with Career Clusters.
Read How Santa Got His Job
Hoberman Sphere -- I Want My Life to Make a Difference
Kindergarten--ALL Feelings are OK
Key Ideas:
ALL Feelings are OK
Feelings come in 2 flavors: Pleasant and Unpleasant
Manage Feelings where (1) Nobody Gets Hurt and (2) Nothing Gets Broken
Center 1 -- Determine if the feeling cards represent PLEASANT or UNPLEASANT feelings
Center 2 -- Manage feelings in "okay" ways: breathe, play with your pet, move, sing, draw, etc. Tub includes yoga cards and other ideas to explore.
Center 3 -- If you could touch a feeling what would it feel like? juggling ball (squishy, maybe "confusion?"), stress toy, smooth stones, jagged rock, cottonballs, play dough, thermic tablets, The Way I Feel by Janan Cain
Center 4 -- If you could describe feelings in colors, what color is "happy?" My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss, color tablets--pink, yellow, blue, brown
Center 5 -- What makes you angry? Draw or write about a time you were angry. Anger Inside Out toy in different sizes -- sometimes we're a little angry like frustrated, annoyed or sometimes it's bigger like when we're ready to EXPLODE!!!
Center 6 -- Read a book about feelings:
The Feelings Book by Todd Parr
Visiting Feelings by Lauren Rubenstein
Feelings by Aliki
Frances Face-Maker by William Cole and Tomi Ungerer
Remind how feelings sometimes feel in our bodies: p. 70 of Puzzle Pieces
Read Todd Parr's The Feelings Book together.
Hoberman Sphere
1st Grade--Connecting Personal Strengths to Careers
Introduce Career Day on March 1, 2017
Remind
(1) Why do work? income for food, clothing, shelter and FUN
(2) What kind of jobs are out there to do?
Howard B. Wigglebottom Listens to His Heart -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaRGP5wb8_A
What are Howard's strengths?
What are our strengths? Discuss with friends. Share how we are alike and differnent.
Decorate an Egg with your strengths. These are your EGGcellent strengths!
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How do strengths to the jobs we do in the world?
Teacher--organized, manages time well, smart
Incorporate movement: triangle
Veterinarian--likes animals, can handle gross
Incorporate movement: dog
Pilot--can handle small spaces (NOT claustrophobic), not afraid of heights, likes roller coasters
Incorporate movement: plane
Gardener--likes to be outside, likes to get dirty
Incorporate movement: tree
Wrap up with My Daddy is a Pretzel
2nd Grade--Connecting Problem Solving to Careers
Remind about Career Day on March 1, 2017
Review the clusters with hand motions/ sounds:
Agriculture
people who feed us (rub hungry stomachs)
Marketing
people who sell things (sound: KA CHING)
Law & Public Safety
people who keep us safe (sound: siren)
Government
people we vote for (check mark on ballot)
Business Management & Administration
people who work in an office (answering telephone)
Science and Technology and Mathematics
people who use numbers (count fingers)
Information Technology
people who work on computers (typing)
Hospitality and Tourism
people who help us have fun (roller coaster motion)
Manufacturing
people who make things (turning a screw)
Education
people who teach us (sing: ABC, 123)
Finances
people who handle money (rub coins together--say, “money, money, money”)
Transportation
people who move things (turn steering wheel)
Architecture
people who build things (hammer)
Health Services
people who make us feel better (touch forehead to check fever)
Arts and A/V Technology
people who draw and paint (paint brush)
Human Services
people who help people (self-hug)
STAR Problem Solving works for 2nd Grade Problems and "Tall People" Problems in the World of Work too!
Share example and then in small groups/pairs, brainstorm problem solving strategies:
Computer Programmer -- power outtage
generator
check plug
take a break
do something else you can do w/o power
Gardener -- unseasonable weather, trees, flowers are budding, what can you do?
take plants into greenhouse
cover outdoor plants
heating lamp
have insurance
have a side business
Mail Carrier -- undeliverable mail
ask neighbors
return to sender
Truck Driver -- running low on fuel
Day Care Worker -- children misbehaving
Dog Walker -- missing dog
Someone who works in a school:
P.E. Teacher -- hole in the gym ceiling
Examples of how to "STOP":
Hoberman Sphere -- I Want My Life to Make a Difference
Kindergarten--Intro to Careers
Introduce Career Day on March 1, 2017
Essential Questions
(1) Why do work? income for food, clothing, shelter and FUN
(2) What kind of jobs are out there to do?
Ask questions:
outside vs. inside
with animals, people, stuff, by self
at a desk or moving around (active)
numbers vs. letters vs. neither?
keeping people healthy
sports
water
food
driving
quiet vs. people looking at you (entertainment)
strong
caring heart
making smart choices
jobs with a uniform? your choice?
special equipment?
Watch video:
Small Potatoes -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZBboioQVZE
Who are the People in Your Neighborhood? --
lifeguard/carpenter -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gIjEdCootY
librarian/plumber -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZlC-GhzNos
grocer/doctor -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2bbnlZwlGQ
letter carrier/cable guy -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_yohVlVbEA
teacher/newsdealer -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gIjEdCootY
Encourage conversations w/ parents about what they do. WHY are your parents a "good fit" for their work?
Read Boxville, explain project
My Daddy is a Pretzel
Hoberman Sphere -- I Want My Life to Make a Difference
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