Life Learning Choices |
Students will use resources effectively to manage and explore life roles and career opportunities and challenges.
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Learning Strategies
Students will:
Students will:
1. expand strategies for effective personal management; e.g., develop and implement a personal budget, assess the power of positive thinking
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As a class, discuss and define a personal budget.
Explore and apply
• Working with a partner, use sale flyers to plan how you would spend a gift of $100 on your personal hobbies and interests.
• As a homework assignment, develop and implement a personal budget for a one-month period based on a monthly allowance agreed on by the class.
Extend and commit
• Design a survey to collect data on how students in Grade 6 spend money. Use a graph to display data for class discussion.
• Invite a representative from a local bank to talk about saving money. Discuss the benefits of having a savings account.
• Discuss whether or not parents should share the details of their salaries and family budget with their children. • Make a list of purchases you typically make in one month. Estimate the cost of each purchase.
• Make a list of purchases your parents typically make on your behalf in one month. Estimate the costs of these purchases.
• Develop a personal budget plan for one month that includes: − how much money you have to spend − typical expenses − goals you have for the month.
Explore and apply
• Working with a partner, use sale flyers to plan how you would spend a gift of $100 on your personal hobbies and interests.
• As a homework assignment, develop and implement a personal budget for a one-month period based on a monthly allowance agreed on by the class.
Extend and commit
• Design a survey to collect data on how students in Grade 6 spend money. Use a graph to display data for class discussion.
• Invite a representative from a local bank to talk about saving money. Discuss the benefits of having a savings account.
• Discuss whether or not parents should share the details of their salaries and family budget with their children. • Make a list of purchases you typically make in one month. Estimate the cost of each purchase.
• Make a list of purchases your parents typically make on your behalf in one month. Estimate the costs of these purchases.
• Develop a personal budget plan for one month that includes: − how much money you have to spend − typical expenses − goals you have for the month.
2. identify personal skills, and skill areas, for development in the future
Get ready
• Brainstorm a list of skills you would like to have in the future.
Explore and apply • Draw a circle and divide it into six areas of your life. Label each area for one important part of your life. For example:
• List three skills you would like to develop in each of these areas in the future.
Extend and commit
• Develop an action plan for developing one skill identified on your circle.
• Describe three skill areas that will be important for you in the future. Explain why.
• Brainstorm a list of skills you would like to have in the future.
Explore and apply • Draw a circle and divide it into six areas of your life. Label each area for one important part of your life. For example:
• List three skills you would like to develop in each of these areas in the future.
Extend and commit
• Develop an action plan for developing one skill identified on your circle.
• Describe three skill areas that will be important for you in the future. Explain why.
3. analyze influences on decision making; e.g., family, peers, values, cultural beliefs, quality of information gathered
Get ready
• Brainstorm the influences that affect decisions like the following: − choosing a junior high − how you spend a Saturday afternoon − what you wear the first day of school − what you will do on your birthday. Explore and apply
• Use Student activity master 38: Influences on decision making on page C.39 in Appendix C to analyze the influences on a recent decision you made. Discuss them with a partner. Extend and commit
• Discuss what should not influence your decisions.
• Examine several recent political decisions made by the local, provincial or federal government. Discuss influences that might have affected each of these decisions.
• Brainstorm the influences that affect decisions like the following: − choosing a junior high − how you spend a Saturday afternoon − what you wear the first day of school − what you will do on your birthday. Explore and apply
• Use Student activity master 38: Influences on decision making on page C.39 in Appendix C to analyze the influences on a recent decision you made. Discuss them with a partner. Extend and commit
• Discuss what should not influence your decisions.
• Examine several recent political decisions made by the local, provincial or federal government. Discuss influences that might have affected each of these decisions.
4. identify and develop strategies to overcome possible challenges related to goal fulfillment; e.g., self monitoring strategies, backup plans
Get ready
• Share a time when you had to rely on an alternate plan due to a change of circumstance; for example, writing an assignment by hand because the computer crashed the night before an assignment was due. Explore and apply
• Generate a list of typical situations in which having alternative plans is essential.
• Do a think–pair–share on the advantages of having alternative plans.
• Discuss the importance of being flexible and having alternative plans when setting goals or making decisions.
• For other activities that support this learning outcome, visit Physical Education Online at www.learning.gov.ab.ca/physicaleducationonline/. Click on Teacher Resources, go to General Outcome D and click on activities. Extend and commit
• Share situations from favourite movies or novels in which characters use alternative plans when something doesn’t work as expected.
• Describe a situation in which you used a backup plan. Explain how you handled this challenge. List other alternatives you might have considered.
• Share a time when you had to rely on an alternate plan due to a change of circumstance; for example, writing an assignment by hand because the computer crashed the night before an assignment was due. Explore and apply
• Generate a list of typical situations in which having alternative plans is essential.
• Do a think–pair–share on the advantages of having alternative plans.
• Discuss the importance of being flexible and having alternative plans when setting goals or making decisions.
• For other activities that support this learning outcome, visit Physical Education Online at www.learning.gov.ab.ca/physicaleducationonline/. Click on Teacher Resources, go to General Outcome D and click on activities. Extend and commit
• Share situations from favourite movies or novels in which characters use alternative plans when something doesn’t work as expected.
• Describe a situation in which you used a backup plan. Explain how you handled this challenge. List other alternatives you might have considered.
Life Roles and Career Development
Students will:
Students will:
5. relate knowledge, skills and attitudes of a successful student to those of successful workers
Get ready
• Share a time when you had to rely on an alternate plan due to a change of circumstance; for example, writing an assignment by hand because the computer crashed the night before an assignment was due. Explore and apply
• Generate a list of typical situations in which having alternative plans is essential.
• Do a think–pair–share on the advantages of having alternative plans. • Discuss the importance of being flexible and having alternative plans when setting goals or making decisions.
• For other activities that support this learning outcome, visit Physical Education Online at www.learning.gov.ab.ca/physicaleducationonline/. Click on Teacher Resources, go to General Outcome D and click on activities. Extend and commit
• Share situations from favourite movies or novels in which characters use alternative plans when something doesn’t work as expected.
• Describe a situation in which you used a backup plan. Explain how you handled this challenge. List other alternatives you might have considered.
• Share a time when you had to rely on an alternate plan due to a change of circumstance; for example, writing an assignment by hand because the computer crashed the night before an assignment was due. Explore and apply
• Generate a list of typical situations in which having alternative plans is essential.
• Do a think–pair–share on the advantages of having alternative plans. • Discuss the importance of being flexible and having alternative plans when setting goals or making decisions.
• For other activities that support this learning outcome, visit Physical Education Online at www.learning.gov.ab.ca/physicaleducationonline/. Click on Teacher Resources, go to General Outcome D and click on activities. Extend and commit
• Share situations from favourite movies or novels in which characters use alternative plans when something doesn’t work as expected.
• Describe a situation in which you used a backup plan. Explain how you handled this challenge. List other alternatives you might have considered.
6. analyze and apply effective age-appropriate strategies to manage change; e.g., predict, plan and prepare for transition to next school level
Get ready
• Make a Venn diagram showing similarities and differences between elementary school and junior high school. Explore and apply
• Working in small groups, identify three ways junior high school will be different from elementary school and outline the changes in behaviour you will have to make. Discuss how you can begin preparing for the transition.
• Review registration packages from local junior high schools and outline which courses you intend to take in each of the three years of junior high school. Discuss: − what other information do you need before you choose − how will these decisions affect the choices you have in senior high school? Share your plan with other students and discuss the pros and cons of each course selection plan. Extend and commit
• Interview three current Grade 7 students to find out how they handled the transition from elementary to junior high school. Are there things they would have done differently? What was one thing about junior high school that surprised them? Did they have to make changes in their work habits and study practices?
• Complete the following statements: − “Elementary school has been …” − “What I will miss the most about my elementary school is …” − “In junior high, I’m looking forward to …” − “I’m a little worried about …” − “To get ready for junior high, I …”
• Make a Venn diagram showing similarities and differences between elementary school and junior high school. Explore and apply
• Working in small groups, identify three ways junior high school will be different from elementary school and outline the changes in behaviour you will have to make. Discuss how you can begin preparing for the transition.
• Review registration packages from local junior high schools and outline which courses you intend to take in each of the three years of junior high school. Discuss: − what other information do you need before you choose − how will these decisions affect the choices you have in senior high school? Share your plan with other students and discuss the pros and cons of each course selection plan. Extend and commit
• Interview three current Grade 7 students to find out how they handled the transition from elementary to junior high school. Are there things they would have done differently? What was one thing about junior high school that surprised them? Did they have to make changes in their work habits and study practices?
• Complete the following statements: − “Elementary school has been …” − “What I will miss the most about my elementary school is …” − “In junior high, I’m looking forward to …” − “I’m a little worried about …” − “To get ready for junior high, I …”
Volunteerism
Students will:
Students will:
7. identify the volunteer accomplishments of the community, and communicate information and appreciation
8. analyze and assess the impact of volunteerism in the school and community