My Roles

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My Roles

Students will describe themselves in terms of their roles.

Primary Learning Outcomes

What are some of my roles? Do these roles change as I get older?

Additional Learning Outcomes

Assessed QCC Standards:

Grade: 5

Guidance

C. Career Planning

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.

Have students discuss the concept of the different roles that we all have in life.

Step: 2 Duration: 15 min.

Ask students to construct a mobile that describes the different roles in their lives: a. student b. son/daughter c. brother/sister d. community member e. leisure activities Distribute magazines to students and ask them to cut out pictures to create a mobile of the roles in their lives.

Step: 3 Duration: 10 min.

Have students explain their mobiles to the rest of the class and display them in the classroom. After students have completed explaining their mobiles, have them discuss some of their activities. Do boys and girls predominantly participate in traditional boy or girl activities, or do both boys and girls participate equally in a variety of activities?

Materials and Equipment

Students will describe self in terms of their roles.

Standards (Local and/or National)

Total Duration

30 min.

Technology Connection

Assessment

Students' participation will be evaluated.

Extension

Ask students to compare their roles now to those that they will have as an adult.

Remediation

Ask students to go home and interview their parents about the different roles that they have.

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.