Longfellow Elementary School
School Counseling/Family Resource Center
October 2010 ~ 6th GRADE
Dear Longfellow Families,
As mentioned in the last newsletter, the 5th and 6th graders have been working on study skills. However, while the 5th graders were away at school of the wild there were various activities for the 6th graders both here at Longfellow and for two days at Kent Park. Throughout the week my time spent with the 6th graders was focused on career exploration. Students learned that career paths are impacted by various factors including: values, personality, interest, ability, life experiences, among others. Here is a list of the activities the 6th graders participated in. You will definitely want to hear about all of these interesting activities from your child! Your 6th grader should have brought home some of the worksheets to discuss them with you.
Monday
v Career Path Lesson and Activity: Students took a survey about which career path they may be most interested in following (Health Services, Natural Resources/Agriculture, Arts & Communication, Industrial Engineering Technology, Business/Management Technology, and Human Services)
v Job Types: Students were divided into groups and were given note cards with a specific job written on each card (ex teacher). Students placed the cards on the signs for each career path.
v Ethics in Careers: One group of 6th graders read hypothetical situations of people doing things in their jobs (ex your co-workers are stealing CDs and they ask you not to tell the boss). Students created skits and then described: Who was involved? Who did the situation impact? What are ethical solutions?
Thursday
v “TAKING OPPORTUNITIES INSTEAD OF WASTING THEM”: Students filled out “Applications to attend the Professional Presentations”. Then students got into two “hiring teams” and decided who they would “hire” based on the application. Students also ranked their choices of professional presentations they wanted to attend and wrote questions they had for the professionals.
Friday
v Professional Presenters: Travel Writer, Nurse, Athletic/Personal Trainer, Lawyer, House Flipping/Home Renovation, Dental Hygienist (All students were able to see their first choice and more!)
v When students weren’t assigned to a presenter they did activities with me. Students participated in a values activity in which they ranked values and got into groups to describe why they ranked certain values (ex. people define them differently – like the words “beauty”, “wealth”, and “power”). The other activities involved job interviews. Students learned about what behaviors are appropriate for job interviews. Student volunteers participated in various role-plays and scripts of interviews (The character names were Raven and Marvin).
I hope everyone had fun exploring career paths & continue to do so!
Sincerely,
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