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Job Twister: A Lesson in Career Competency

Twister provides an excellent opportunity to discuss shared responsibilities at home/school as well as to demonstrate working together in a "movement" situation. Young children will enjoy the movement involved while learning directional words, such as right, left, etc. This lesson incorporates literature, technology, and motor skills.

A lesson plan for grade 1 Social Studies

By Ann Sumners

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Learning outcomes

The student will:

  • learn the importance of working together.
  • develop an awareness of the importance of personal responsibility and good work habits.
  • develop an awareness of how work relates to the needs and functions of a home.

Teacher planning

Time required for lesson

45 Minutes

Materials/resources

  • Shower curtain (or plastic table cloth)
  • Permanent marker
  • 9″ x 9″ squares of construction paper
  • Tape
  • Floor space for shower curtain

Technology resources

Graph Club

Pre-activities

  • Discuss jobs assigned within the classroom/school environment.
  • Students will need to discuss what a family is and how they work together.
  • Students should understand the concept of family member responsibilities.
  • Students should discuss similiarities and differences in families.

Activities

  1. Using a shower curtain and permanent magic markers, draw blocks (9″ x 9″) on the shower curtain to make a checkerboard design.
  2. Brainstorm jobs that need to be done at home. Write each job on a 9″ x 9″ square of construction paper. Remind students that many homes will have similar jobs, and some homes will have jobs unique to that home. Most families will need someone to take out the garbage, but only two story homes will need someone to vacuum the steps.
  3. Tape the squares in the blocks on the shower curtain.
  4. Using the shower curtain with taped squares, play “Twister”. Let students, one at a time, locate jobs they help with at home and, using their bodies, try to touch as many of those jobs as they can at one time. They can only touch the jobs they help with at home.
  5. Discuss the importance of families working together. What happens if somone does not do their job? Vary the directions, such as “Put your right hand on the job you like the most.” “Put your left foot on the job you like the least.” etc.

Assessment

  • Teacher observation
  • Classroom discussion
  • Create a classroom display with pictures made by the students showing each child completing an assigned task at home.

Supplemental information

The following books may help in discussion of cooperation:

  • The Little Red Hen by Paul Galdone
  • One Hundred Hungry Ants by Alinor Pinczes
  • Daddy Makes the Best Spaghetti by Anna Hines

This lesson can be expanded by graphing the jobs. Tally the number of students who are responsible for a certain job. Use this information to create graphs. Using the Graph Club, various types of graphs can be made to determine the job MOST students do at home, the job the LEAST number of students do at home, the favorite jobs, etc. The Graph Club will allow students to compare/contrast information concerning responsibilities.

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Comments

For nonreaders, each student can illustrate a job, thus creating a picture version of the game.

I created this plan as part of Job Ready: Comprehensive Career Development Plan
Dare-Currituck-COA/Dare
Job Ready Partnership

North Carolina Curriculum Alignment

Social Studies (2003)

Grade 1

  • Goal 2: The learner will identify and exhibit qualities of good citizenship in the classroom, school, and other social environments.
    • Objective 2.01: Develop and exhibit citizenship traits in the classroom, school, and other social environments.
    • Objective 2.02: Identify the roles of leaders in the home, school, and community such as parents, mayor, police officers, principal, and teacher.
    • Objective 2.03: Participate in democratic decision-making.

Kindergarten

  • Goal 2: The learner will identify and exhibit qualities of responsible citizenship in the classroom, school, and other social environments.
    • Objective 2.01: Exhibit citizenship traits such as integrity, responsibility, and trustworthiness in the classroom, school, and other social environments.
    • Objective 2.02: Participate in democratic decision making.
    • Objective 2.03: Describe the importance of rules and laws.