Teacher Education Lesson Plan

Teacher Candidate:Anna Achterhoff Date and Time of Lesson: 3/27/13 10:00am School: Subject/Grade Level: K4 Description of Lesson: Different jobs in the community will be discussed in depth; students will learn descriptions of each career. Lesson Title: Different Careers in our Community Curriculum Standards Addressed:
National Standard(s): EEDA standard 1: 1.3 recognize and identify work in various work settings

Cross Curricular Connections: EEDA standard, technology will be incorporated by use of the Smart board during interactive career activity. Instructional Objective(s) Criteria: At the conclusion of the lesson students will be able explain what a career is, as well as give at least two examples of a career and its description. Assessment(s) of the Objectives: Students will be assessed 3 times during this lesson. First they will be assessed individually by asking students if they know the meaning of the word career and if so what some examples are. An informal assessment will be observed and noted by the teacher during the lesson when students participate in a smartboard activity identifying careers, as well as class/whole group discussion about the jobs depicted in the book, Building a House by Bryon Barton. After, students will be assessed in their small groups on their ability to correctly explain the word career and can give at least two examples of career fields and what they do.

Materials/Resources: Book: Building a House by Bryon Barton Smartboard activity depicting careershttp://exchange.smarttech.com/details.html?id=5c454cef-edd0-493e-ab6b-d43ec8e7280a

Career coloring sheet Cup with students names on sticks

Prerequisites (Prior Knowledge): Students should have some prior knowledge of jobs and their
descriptions.

References: http://exchange.smarttech.com/details.html?id=5c454cef-edd0-493e-ab6bd43ec8e7280a- Smart Board activity: a career is described and students much click on the correct career picture to match. Found on SmartExchange.com

Procedures:
1. I will ask all students to come to the rug and remind them how we behave during lessons. 2. Introduce the lesson by asking if anyone knows what the word career means, I will call on students who are raising their hand and sitting quietly. 3. I will then explain to the class what the word career means- a particular job that you are trained for that you plan on sticking with. Then I will ask the class to raise their hands if they know of any examples of careers in our community. I will also ask if anyone would like to share with the class what kind of job their parents have. 4. The smart board activity will be explained to the students and I will tell them I will use the method of drawing names on sticks from the cup to decide who gets to come up and participate. 5. As a class we will discuss if each decision the individual made with relation to the activity (class do you think Sally was right?) this will allow me to explain the correct answer if students do not understand or agree. 6. Once the smart board activity is completed we will review what the word career means as well as the examples we saw in the activity. 7. The book Building a House will be introduced and will talk about different careers found in our community we see every day. 8. At the conclusion of the book I will review the job titles depicted in the story 9. I will then ask students if they learned about any careers that they may be interested in that they had not thought of before. 10. I will then close whole group by instructing students on the order in which small groups will be held as well as modeling what will be asked of them during that time( Be thinking of the careers we just talked about so you can tell me about some of them in small groups!). 11. My small group will be a continuation of this lesson, each group of students sit around the kidney shaped table in front of me. 12. Laid in front of the students will be a coloring page of different careers found in our community. Students will color these to keep them busy while I do the individual assessment within the small groups. 13. I will then begin assessing each student individually by asking them to explain to me what a career is and give me at least two examples of a career and what that person does.

Accommodations:
Students who want extra time completing the career coloring sheet will be able to work on it in the art center during centers where supplies are provided. Students who need to be monitored closely by the teacher will be seated in front of the teacher during whole group instruction and or small group. If a student does not grasp the concept of careers they can be moved to Ms. Kristen or Mrs. Susan for future help.