Monday, April 29, 2019

1st grade lessons on jobs and careers............

Together we are learning about WHY we need to work:

to earn money to pay for the things we NEED ~ food, shelter, clothing and our bills. If we have enough left over, we might be able to buy something we WANT.

We talked about the difference between a JOB and a CAREER:

a JOB is something we do to earn money, which may be for a short period of time.
a CAREER is something we do for a long period of time.

We enjoyed the following book together:




We talked about goals and why we need to set goals:

We set goals to try and get better at something or to have a plan!


We talked about the things we like and don't like.........I shared with the students that it is important to think about our likes and dislikes when we start to think about the problems we want to solve when we get older or what we might want to do when we get older.

Some of the jobs the students shared with me that they are interested in are listed below:

You Tuber
Baker
Construction Worker
Architect
Paleontologist
Detective
Forensic Scientist
Pediatrician
Chemist
Slime Maker
Gymnast
Football Player
Basketball Player
Video Game Maker
Mom
Dad
Babysitter
Teacher

Germ experiment...........

I did an experiment to help show the kids how quickly germs can spread from our hands to other items........and why it is so very important ...