Being Wendy (Careers)

I recently ordered the book Being Wendy and have been using it to plan career lessons for my 1st grade classrooms.  Last year I used Career Critters but I felt like it would have been more suitable for my kindergarten students.  Being Wendy is great because you can tie in some lessons on self-acceptance and diversity as well.  

Book Description:  Wendy lives in an odd town where everyone has to wear a box. These boxes are labeled with what each person does. The teacher wears a TEACHER box. The baker wears a BAKER box. Even the doctor wears a DOCTOR box! These boxes are worn for life and Wendy has to choose hers soon. How will she ever decide on just one box? She's interested in so many things! Wendy's moxie makes her break out of her box . . . And she sets the whole town on end when she does!

Connections:
Ms. Sepp's Counselor Corner posted some great discussion questions as well as a craftivity to go along with the story.

The Corner On Character also shared some great ideas about "thinking outside the box".

If you want a lesson for older students (3-4) you could use this lesson: schoolcounseling.weebly

http://www.sparksinslp.com/blog/thinking-outside-the-box

Being Wendy Prezi

4th Grade Career Lesson

Directions:

1.            Log on your computer

2.           Go to :  http://vacareerview.org 

3.           Click on:  kid search (blue box at bottom of screen that says:  “new ways to use kid search)

4.           Choose one of the first 3 search methods (do not choose “clusters”)

5.           Read the choices and choose the ones that interest you.  Then click the NEXT arrow.

6.           You will see a list of careers.  Choose 1 career to research.

7.           Read the information on the screen and fill out the attached worksheet.

Career Research Worksheet

Career Research Worksheet

Name:_____________  Career:_______________

Description:  describe your career.
Duties: describe the job duties and responsibilities. What do people in this job do? What is a typical day like?
Where and When:  Where will you be spending your day (inside, outside, office, hospital, etc…)?  How many hours will you work?  Will you work during the day or at night?
What type of education or training is required? This can be found by clicking on the “fast facts” tab.
What school subjects might you need to be good in to be successful in this job? (fast facts tab).

When you are done:  
You can play CareerTown

-Click on the “k-5 tab”

-click on the careertown “play it” picture

-play level 2 games

If you finish all of level 2, play level 3 games