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Learning Skills
Students will relate learning experiences at school to situations in the home.



Primary Learning Outcomes
What are examples of social skills? What are examples of academic skills?

Additional Learning Outcomes


Assessed QCC Standards:

Grade: 2
Guidance
B. Educational and Occupational Exploration
4
Topic: Awareness of the benefits of educational achievement.
Standard: Describe how academic skills can be used in the home and community. Identify personal strengths and weaknesses in subject areas. Identify academic skills needed in several occupational groups. Describe relationships among ability, effort, and achievement. Implement a plan of action for improving academic skills. Describe school tasks that are similar to skills essential for job success. Describe how the amount of education needed for different occupational levels varies.

C. Career Planning
10
Topic: Awareness of the interrelationship of life roles.
Standard: Describe the various roles an individual may have (e.g., , friend, student, worker, family member). Describe work-related activities in the home, community, and school. Describe how family members depend on one another, work together, and share responsibilities. Describe how work roles complement family roles.


Procedures/Activities


Step:  1 Duration: 5 min.
Define social experience learning skills (those skills in which you interact with people) and define academic experience learning skills (those skills which you learn at school).

Step:  2 Duration: 15 min.
Name and list on the board social and academic experiences that students encounter at home and in school. Let students role-play different situations that have been discussed. Have them tell whether it is an academic or a social experience. Attached is a list of suggested experiences.

Attachments for Step 2
Title: FileName: Social and Academic Experiences.doc
Description: Print and copy as a guide for your discussion.

Step:  3 Duration: 5 min.
Distribute the handout and have students mark the experiences with an S or an A.

Attachments for Step 3
Title: FileName: Experiences.doc
Description: Print and copy for each student.

Step:  4 Duration: 5 min.
Group students and allow them time to make a tally sheet with the total number of As or Ss for each question. Share results with the class.




Materials and Equipment
Copy of “Experience” handout


Standards (Local and/or National)

Total Duration
30 min.

Technology Connection



Assessment
Students answers to the experience sheet will be assessed for accuracy.
Extension
Have students compare and contrast social and academic experiences using a Venn Diagram.
Remediation
Make a class book of social and academic experiences that happen at school.
Accommodation
For students with exceptional needs, what changes can be made in instruction and teaching delivery to enhance student participation and learning? Each area below is a direct link to general classroom accommodations.

Non-readers     Physical Impairments     Sensory Impairments     Attention/Behavior

Each disability below is a direct link to general classroom accommodations specific for that disability.

    Autism
    Deaf - Blind
    Deaf/Hard of Hearing
    Emotional and Behavioral Disorder
    Mild Intellectual Disability
    Orthopedic Impairment
    Other Health Impairment
        Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
        Tourette Syndrome
    Significant Development Delay
    Specific Learning Disability
    Speech - Language Impairment
    Traumatic Brain Injury
    Visual Impairment

Modification
For students with significant disabilities, what changes can be made in instruction and teaching delivery to allow students to participate in classroom instruction while working on IEP objectives and off grade level QCC standards. Below are suggested modifications correlated to the procedures of this lesson plan.