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Students will identify different occupations, based on
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Primary Learning Outcomes
What are the names of some careers?
Additional Learning Outcomes
Assessed QCC Standards:
Grade: 3
Guidance
B. Educational and Occupational Exploration
6
Topic: Skills to
understand and use career information.
Standard:
Describe work of family members, school personnel, and
community workers. Identify occupations according to data, people, and things.
Identify work activities of interest to the student. Describe the relationship
of beliefs, attitudes, interests, and abilities to occupations. Describe jobs
that are present in the local community. Identify the working conditions of
occupations (e.g., , inside/outside, hazardous). Describe ways in which
self-employment differs from working for others. Describe how parents,
relatives, adult friends, and neighbors can provide career information.
Procedures/Activities
Step:
1 Duration: 5 min.
Allow students the opportunity to brainstorm as many different
occupations as possible related to math. Examples: accountant, statistician,
banker, and cashier.
Step:
2 Duration: 5 min.
Demonstrate for students how one can develop a pattern to
spell these occupations, based on assigned letters of the alphabet. Example:
C=3, A=1,S=19,H=8,I=9,E=5, R=18 makes CASHIER
Step:
3 Duration: 10 min.
Encourage students to practice making their own career words
using the pattern of the numbers assigned to the alphabets.
Step: 4 Duration: 15 min.
Distribute the career math scramble worksheet for students to
complete.
Attachments for Step 4
Title: FileName: Career Math Scramble.doc
Description: Print and copy
for each student.
Materials and Equipment
Career Worksheet and pencils
Standards (Local and/or National)
Total Duration
30 min.
Technology Connection
Assessment
Students' answers will be evaluated for accuracy.
Extension
Have students complete another career puzzle worksheet with
multiplication problems instead of a simple code.
Remediation
Ask students to choose one math-related career and conduct
further research to see what math skills that career uses. Have them share a
short report with the class.
Accommodation
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.
