NATURAL RESOURCES: Natural Resources describes careers …



GRADE KINDERGARTEN

NATURAL RESOURCES: Natural Resources describes careers for students who want to work in the outdoors or with materials, products or life in the natural world. They are curious, creative, studios and sometimes do not mind working alone. Career majors are available in Agriculture, Agriculture Mechanics, Agribusiness and Natural Resources.

|SUBJECT AREA | | | |

| | Farm Unit Butterfly Unit Weather|Sink or Float, Stories, plays, |Pumpkin Booklet |

|Language Arts |Unit |finger plays |Bears Unit |

| |Seasons |Library activities |Writing about |

| |Poetry | | |

| |Class books |Penguin books, Make and Take |Hat Day |

| | |booklet | |

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| |Measurement and patterns (in |Apple math |Pigs in the Mud finger play |

|Math |nature) |Graphing |Sequencing |

| | |Predicting |Sorting |

| |Pumpkin Math (seeds and pumpkins) |Distance and temperature |Patterning with leaves |

| | |measurements | |

| |Paper mache insects |Pumpkin windsocks |Leaf prints |

|Art Activities |Crafts using natural materials |Pumpkin painting |Vegetable prints |

| |Handprint butterflies (pudding) |Bear puppet |Thumbprint apples |

| |Penguin puppets | |Decorate a cake with a cook |

| |Veterinarian |Department of Natural Resources |Westvaco |

|Guest Speakers |Farmers |Fire Department and “Smoke House” |Cook |

| |Sheep shearer |Horse farmer |Water Safety |

| |Smokey the Bear | |Arbor Day |

| | | |Flying W Farm Business |

| |Brookdale Farms |Higson’s Pumpkin Patch |Firehouse |

|Field Trips |Corn Maze and Tour | |Dairy |

| |Apple Festival |Community businesses |Jennings Randolph Lake |

| |Planetarium | |Woodsworth |

| |Rocky Gap | | |

| |Nature Walk | | |

| |National Geographic Farm Animals |March of the Penguins |Caterpillar |

|Videos |An Apple Tree Grows |Here Comes a Fire truck | |

| |Letter Factory |Clifford videos | |

| |Word Factory |Fire Safety videos | |

| |Monarch Video |Wild Animal Videos | |

| |Very Hungry | | |

| |Fire Safety Maps: migration, |Comparing weather effects |Community helpers |

|Social Studies |hemispheres, continents, locations |Other cultures lifestyles compare |Water Safety |

| | |and contrast |Buster Bus |

| |Gardening |Trees |Experiments: eggs, wind, water, |

|Science |Solar System |Plants and Seeds |changes in matter and environment |

| |Farm animals |Tadpoles and Frogs |Making Butter |

| |Wild Birds |Migration |Habitats |

| |Monarch Butterflies |Weather |Scientist as a career |

| |Apples |Ants, Ladybugs | |

| |Songs from Dr. Jean, Laurie |Hap Palmer |Five Little Penguins song |

|Music Activities |Berkner, |Songs and finger plays |Bear CD |

| |Lettercise | |Make wings |

|Physical Activities |Role Play Life Cycle | |Leaves on sheet |

| |Animal Movement activities | | |

| |The Emperor Penguins |Polar Bears |An Apple Tree Grows |

|Books |All About Penguins |Black Bear |10 Apples Up on top |

| |Penguins (scholastic) |A Butterfly is Born |Tops and Bottoms |

| |Charlie the Caterpillar |A Very Hungry Caterpillar |Jasmine |

| | | |Just a Gum Wrapper |

GRADE 4: BUSINESS, MARKETING & FINANCE –

Business, Marketing and Finance describes careers for students who are often good with words and/or numbers and enjoy working and leading others. They enjoy performing numerical calculations, clearly defined duties and orderly operations. Some of these jobs involve making decisions and supervising the activities of employees. Career majors available are Business Management, Marketing/Advertising, Administrative/Secretarial, Finance & Accounting, and Hospitality Services.

|Subject Areas | | | |

|Language Arts |Computer skills - keyboarding |Newspapers in Education – |Landry News – story |

| | |reporting/publishing | |

| |Career writing activities | |Making predictions - economist |

| | |- reading stories |Hat Day |

|Math |- Fundraisers |CSO’s – relate to jobs |Store clerk – changing decimals |

| |-Graphing costs | | |

| |- Learn to manage allowance & |Math Day w/high school students | |

| |checkbook | | |

|Art Activities |Theater productions – business | | |

| |end | | |

|Guest Speakers |-Artist who owns studio & bed & |- The salesman from the school |-Rotary speaker |

| |breakfast |fundraiser |- school secretary |

| |- Career Day Speakers | |- local business owners |

| | |- Mr. Bierman – computer info | |

|Field Trips |Smoke Hole – Tour Guides/Fish |Mount Vernon – Tour Guides |Tour Bus – Owner/Driver |

| |Hatchery/Gift Shop |Springs Trip | |

|Videos |County IMC | | |

|Social Studies |C&O Canal bike ride – Park |Inventors |Jobs in area/state that relate |

| |Services | | |

|Science |Working w/ Mr. Bierman – relates|Washington National Zoo |Chesapeake Bay Presentation |

| |to all computer skills |End of Chapter career links | |

|Music Activities |Professional Musicians | | |

|Physical Activities |YMCA | | |

| |tour & swim | | |

|Books |“Toothpaste Millionaire” Reading|Pat Cummings, Author “My Story” |Ben Franklin – “Early |

| |series |Richard Sobel, Photographer |Entrepreneur |

| | |“Seal Journey” |Explorer – ACM |

| | | |Career Awareness Books - ACM |

|Other |Have students tell teacher when |Work with business partners | |

| |they see something that relates | | |

| |to the cluster | | |

GRADE 2

FINE ARTS AND HUMANITIES: Fine Arts and Humanities describes careers for students who actively seek opportunities for self-expression. Those working in the career areas of performing arts often enjoy creative activities such as music, writing, dance, entertainment and visual art. Other careers in applied arts and information services find self-expression through photography, interior design, written or broadcast journalism, and printing services. Career majors available are Applied Arts, Information & Printing Services, Liberal Arts-English/History, Foreign Language, and Performing Arts-Music/Theater/Visual.

|SUBJECT AREA | | | |

|Language Arts | | | |

| |Sing self made songs to reinforce |Reader’s Theatre Stamping in |Poetry-Centers |

| |concepts |Centers |Writing and reading |

| |Creative writing Author profiles |Guest readers |Writing and publishing stories |

| |with stories |Theatre WV – yearly program |Journals |

| |Puppet plays |Parts of speech |Author visitation |

| |Designing menus |Illustrating writing projects |Hat Day |

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|Math | | | |

| |Angles |Color |Using shapes to create |

| |Patterns | |pictures/tangrams |

| |Building with pattern blocks |Solid and plane shapes |Graphing |

| |Measuring |2 and 3 dimensional shapes |Mapping |

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|Art Activities | | | |

| |Diorama Holiday Crafts |Sculptures of characters |Illustrations of covers |

| |Creative writing and illustrations |Print making |Color wheel |

| |Pictures/Activities related to |Constructing shapes Shading |Sculpting |

| |reading store | |Videos of artists |

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|Guest Speakers | | | |

| |Guest readers like cooks, janitors,|Mic Suter |State police officers |

| |bus drivers, radio stations |Shirley Kurtz |Engineers |

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|Field Trips | | | |

| |Discover Center Deep Creek Lake |Visit/Singing at Hagerstown Theater|Going to a movie |

| |Baltimore Aquarium |Plans by local colleges |Nursing Home |

|Videos | | | |

| |Famous artists Books on video to go|Literature videos |Jack Hannah Videos |

| |with textbook stories |like Leo Lion and | |

| | |Dr. Suess | |

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|Social Studies | | | |

| |Work with local post office for |Martin Luther King Black History |Ben Franklin |

| |Design a Stamp |Weaving candles | |

| |Weekly readers | | |

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|Science | | | |

| |Compare and contrast |Real and man made |Cooking |

| |Butter making |Mapping |Illustrating projects |

| |Growing crystals |Bread baking | |

|Music Activities | | | |

| |Use classical music as listening |Mic Suter and banjo Lumi sticks |Intro to artists and musicians |

| |tool while writing | |through |

| |Instrument making |Dancing/movement activities |Christmas songs at nursing home |

|Physical Activities | | | |

| |Play driedyl game |Square dancing |Exercise to music |

| |Plays and performances |Lumi sticks |Songs with motions – Dr. Jean |

|Books | | | |

| |Amelia Bedelia |Dear Daddy |Read about historical figures |

| |Ox-cart Man | | |

| |Compass programs |Martin Luther King |Basal texts |

| |Biographies |Lemonade stands | |

GRADE THREE

HEALTH SERVICES: Health Services describes careers for students who care about the well being of others. They have strong verbal skills, get along well with people, and provide a service to sustain life and make that life more fulfilling. Many occupations from other career cluster areas function in the Health Services workplace. Career Majors available are Diagnostics & Care, Therapy & Care, and Health Support/Pharmacy & Medical Supply.

|SUBJECT AREA | | | |

|Language Arts | | | |

| |Percussionist – deaf children & |Write about what you want to be |Deafness/Braille Education |

| |careers “Moses Goes to a Concert” |when you grow up. |Baseball career |

| | |Journal Writing |Hat Day |

| |Read Menu |Creative writing – write about what|Morning Announcement – reading menu|

| |Self-esteem writing |you want to be and do |(nutrition) |

| |Career poetry | | |

|Hat Day | | | |

|Math | | | |

| | Relate activity to real life |Word problems/ probability stories | |

| |(i.e., counting-pharmacist counts | | |

| |pills to fill prescription) | | |

|Art | | | |

| |Red Ribbon Week – Don’t Do Drugs |Drug Awareness Posters | |

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|Guest Speakers | | | |

| |Health Nurse Unit |Sign Language Unit |Shirley Kurtz |

| |Fire Company |Story Tellers |School Lunch Week – Nutrition |

| |“Germ City” – Hands on activity – |School Nurse | |

| |use ultra violet light | | |

|Field Trips | | | |

| |Park Ranger – Physical Fitness |Wildlife, Forestry, Dept. of |Safety in our community presented |

| |Blackwater Falls Recreation |Natural Resources (Speaker and |by the fire company |

| |(Health) |Guide-Parent) | |

| |AC-dental health, |Ways of the Bay Awareness of Beauty|Cumberland Train Station |

| |X-Ray Technician |of Nature through hiking | |

|Videos | | | |

|Human Body |Teeth |TLC Video on bones-people who help |Bus Safety |

| | |with broken bones | |

|Magic School Bus |Germs | | |

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|Social Studies | | | |

|Safety in Community presented by |Pluggy-Fire Hydrant too |Just Say No booklet/lessons |Drug Awareness Kit |

|Fire Dept. | | | |

|Ben Franklin Unit-inventions to |Civil War/American Revolution |Bus Safety |Time for Kids |

|help people |Unit-discuss field hospitals | | |

|Textbook/Careers |TFK |Newspaper Activities |Seattle Drug Kit |

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|Science | | | |

|Keep Body Healthy-weekly |EMT – comes with fireman and |Seattle Drug Kit |Unit Workbook |

| |paramedics-visit with equipment | | |

|Human Body (Health & Care) Unit |At the end of every science lesson |Recycling-Garbage collection |Magic School Bus |

|given by the nurse |there is a career (textbook) | | |

|Germ City | | | |

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|Music | | | |

|Christmas Program-kids wrote their |Health Related Songs | | |

|own song | | | |

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|Physical Activities | | | |

|Rise & Shine Exercise to build |Exercising |Presidential Physical Fitness |Fitness Trail Field Day |

|healthy bodies and minds | | | |

|Cup stacking activity |PE Journal |Walk track each day |Field Day end of year |

|Fitness Activity | | | |

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|Books | | | |

|“Just Say No” for drug awareness |Booklets |Helen Keller |Tippy Lemmey |

|Ben Franklin Books |Molly Pitcher |Harriett Tubman Books | |

|Magic School Bus |Taking Care of Your Pet | | |

GRADE FIVE

ENGINEERING & TECHNICAL: Engineering and Technical describes careers for students who may enjoy working with things rather than people. They are curious, like to use tools, see practical results and enjoy solving problems. Engineers and technicians take part in the planning, design, creation and construction of buildings, roads, airports, automobiles and most of the products and equipment that are in use every day. They may also work with the generation and transmission of power, storage and manipulation of data, extraction, creation and distribution of materials. Career majors available are Computer Science, Engineering, and Applied Science, Research and Developmental Science, Mechanical Services, Construction Traders and Production Technology.

|SUBJECT AREA | | | |

|Language Arts | | | |

| |Reading stories in textbook such as|Selected stories in reading circle |Garrett Morgan story: Mountain of |

| |“How to Think Like a Scientist” and| |the Monument (story on the making |

| |“Breaker’s Bridge” Hat Day |Power Point presentations |of Crazy Horse Monument in South |

| | | |Dakota) |

|Math | | | |

| |Graphing, measuring, measurement, |Cookie Mining project |Math Field Day opportunities |

| |etc. | | |

| |Picture graphs |Snowman activity |Algebraic Expressions |

| |Scale drawings |Problematic situations |Rocket Project and Finance of |

| | | |Materials |

|Art Activities | | | |

| |Origami |Tie-dyed shirts |5th graders design and make soup |

| |Scale drawings | |bowls to be made and used at the |

| | | |Soup Bowl Supper to raise money for|

| | | |the Keyser Food Pantry |

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|Guest Speakers | | | |

| |Mr. Ron Bierman Mr. Steve Sell |ATK Representative-Colin Jan |Leon Hinkle – How to Fly an |

| | | |Airplane |

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|Field Trips | | | |

| |Vepco |C&O Canal |Paw Paw Tunnel |

| |ATK |Air and Space Museum |Potomac Eagle Train |

|Videos | | | |

| |County Media Center videos |Power Plants (production of |Wright Brothers |

| | |electricity) |Dear America |

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|Social Studies | | | |

| |Civil War General Project using the|Mass production with assembly line |Earthquake-proof skyscraper project|

| |Internet and Kidsperation to create| |Inventions |

| |a project | | |

| |Role of B&O Railroad in Keyser, WV |Role of coal industry |Study the development of technology|

| | | |through US history from Industrial |

| | | |Revolution to the present |

|Science | | | |

| |Create/build a Camera project |Create/Build a kite project |Building paper airplanes project |

| |“Cookie” Mining/ Archeological Dig |Earthquake-proof Skyscraper |“Careers in Science” textbook units|

| | |projects | |

| |Measuring (liters) |Rockets |Catapults |

| | |Conversions | |

| |Building Roller Coasters |Development of electricity |Problem-Based Learning: Designing |

| | | |living habitat |

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|Music Activities |Students are taught “The Eric | | |

| |Canal.” (The music teacher gives | | |

| |the background on the history) | | |

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|Physical Activities | | | |

| |Cup Stacking |Lap Sitting | |

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|Books | | | |

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GRADE ONE

PUBLIC AND HUMAN SERVICES: Public and Human Services describes careers for students with a natural interest in working with people and serving their needs in the related fields of government and social sciences, public safety, education, child care, leisure and other human services. These occupations support human dignity, citizenship and interdependence through support, development and organization of the human society. Career majors available are Community Development, Education, Personal & Family Services, Public Safety & Legal Services, Recreation, Social Services, Personal Care Services and Military Services.

|Language Arts |Basal Readers |Spelling Different Human Service Careers |Reading Rainbow |

| |Weekly Readers | |Hat Day |

|Math |Graphing Favorite Careers |Classroom Store |What professionals in our |

| | | |cluster use math, Etc |

|Art Activities |Color-in Career Pictures |Journal Writing/Drawing |Create own Career Pictures |

|Guest Speakers |Firemen |Parents, Grandparents |Professors/college students, |

| |Smokey the Bear |Veterinarians |chefs, judges, karate |

| |Police Officer |Sign Language Interpreters, Military |instructors, furniture builders |

| |Postal Workers | | |

|Field Trips |Newspaper, Stores, Library |Potomac State/Frostburg, Post office, Fire|Vet, Court House, Cumberland |

| | |Dept. |Zoo, Carnegie institute, PVH, |

| | | |Corn maze |

|Videos |Frosty the Snowman |OTHERS ATTACHED | |

|Social Studies |CSO’s, Textbooks | | |

|Science |Nurses, Hospital Workers | | |

|Music Activities |Songs |Learn about composers | |

|Physical Activities |Show and Tell | | |

| |Classroom Store | | |

|Books |Junie B. Jones |Amelia Bedelia |The Lorax (Dr. Seuss) |

| |Frosty the Snowman |Make Way for Ducklings |The Shopping List |

| |Happy Birthday Martin | | |

|Other Ideas |Touring the school (cooks, |Student Jobs/Services |Sign Language-teaching signs |

| |custodians, principal, |Cleaning the rooms/playground/cafeteria |Halloween or special days= dress|

| |secretaries) |(service) |up as your favorite human |

| |Acknowledging Secretary’s Day, |Taking Attendance to the office= mail |service career |

| |Cook’s Day, etc… |couriers | |

Human Services

IMC Videos/Films

Grade 1

(To use if you wish)

PE147 Fire Safety is your Department

MC39 Sing Out America

LA414 Johnny Appleseed: A Legend of Frontier Life

LA523 A/B/C/D Between the Lions Series

LA751A Frosty the Snowman

LA807 Discover the Library

LA808 School Library Adventures of the Lollipop Dragon

LA974 Rachel Runs for Office

LA2016 Sign me a Story (sign language)

SS805 Families and Community

2. Community (15 minutes)

SS807 Camp Willie

SS811A A Trip to the Post Office

SS812A A Trip to the Firehouse

SS813A Sesame Street Visits the Firehouse

SS814A Mickey’s Field Trips: The Fire House

SS896 Community Helpers: Postal Workers

SS897 Community Helpers: Police Officers

SS898 Community Helpers: Firefighters

SS899 Community Helpers: School Workers

SS900 Community Helpers: Medical and Health Workers

SS1319 Transportation

SS3259 America’s Special Days

SS4093 Florence Nightingale

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