how santa got his job a first grade career development lesson
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How Santa Got His Job A First Grade Career Development Lesson. Presented by Jennifer Frederick Sope Creek Elementary Professional School Counselor. ASCA Standards:. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
How Santa Got His JobA First Grade Career Development
Lesson
Presented by Jennifer FrederickSope Creek Elementary Professional School Counselor
ASCA Standards:
A: Students will acquire the skills to investigate the world of work in relation to knowledge of self and to make informed career decisions.
B: Students will employ strategies to achieve future career goals with success and satisfaction.
C: Students will understand the relationship between personal qualities, education, and training and the world of work.
Competencies:C:A1.2 TSW learn about the variety of traditional and nontraditional occupationsC:A1.3 TSW develop an awareness of personal abilities, skills, interests, and motivationsC:B1.2 TSW identify personal skills, interests and abilities, and relate them to current career choiceC:B2.1 TSW demonstrate awareness of the education and training needed to achieve career goalsC:C1.3 TSW identify personal preferences and interests influencing career choice and successC:C2.1 TSW demonstrate how interests, abilities and achievement relate to achieving personal, social, educational, and career goals
Essential Questions:
What am I good at?
What careers might I like?
Lesson MaterialsCommunity Helpers Pocket Flash Cards by Trend (from the School Box)How Santa Got His Job, by Stephen Krensky and S.D. SchindlerButcher paper and markers for brainstormingCareers I Like handout
Activities:Activation Strategy:•Play “Guess that career” with community helper cards. Give clues about the job description, duties, and educational requirements, and have students guess the career
Teaching Strategies:•Discuss likes/dislikes and strengths/weakness in regard to the jobs students have at home and school•Read the story, stopping for discussion along the way•Brainstorm a web of career choices
Evaluation:•Students should complete and share the Careers I Like handout
A Career I Like:Here I am working as a ____________________________.
Two things I am good at that help me do my job are:
1. ___________________________________________2. ___________________________________________
My job is an inside or outside (circle one) job.
I do / do not (circle one) need to go to college for my job.
In school I need to study _________________for my job.
Here is a picture of me working in my career.
Evaluation: