November Unit Topic: PHONE TALK
WORK
SKILLS (Periods 1 & 6)
Job Club Topic
#1:Job Exploration - Students will recognize tasks within given jobs and identify these tasks as those they like or do not like.
Job Club Topic #2: Applications & Interviews - Students will fill out application for the job chosen in previous lesson
Job Club Topic
#3: Job Interest Surveys - Students will complete an on the job survey
form. Each student will rate his or her response to the jobs that are
identified. Students are expected to recognize tasks within given jobs
and identify these tasks as those they like or do not like.
Job Club Topic #4: Work Attitudes - Various work attitudes will be presented for discussion, role-playing and learning: Keep Personal Problems at Home, Respect Others' Feelings and Keep Working When You Talk.
Students will be expected to demonstrate work skills with the necessary
support, including staying on tasks, following directions, responding
to authority and asking for help.
Job
Club Topic #5: Volunteer Jobs - Students will discuss various volunteer
opportunities and the difference between pay and volunteer jobs.
Throughout the month students will also work in small groups to complete work based
tasks including counting/delivering papers, collecting/sorting aluminum
and plastic recyclables, emptying bins/collecting paper recycling,
shredding paper, setting the table, grouping utensils, cutting, sorting,
and completing collection sheets for labels for education, disinfecting
doorknobs, etc.
DAILY
LIVING SKILLS (Periods 2 & 4)
Daily
Living Club Topic Story 1: Phone Manners - Students will read
story, answer comprehension questions and discuss phone manners.
Daily Living Club Topic
Story 2: Phones Are Important - Students will read story, answer
comprehension questions and role-play the situation demonstrating ways to take messages on the phone.
Daily
Living Club Article #1: Using the Phone Book - Read article, discuss different parts of phone book, practice by looking up their own or friends/family phone numbers/addresses.
Daily Living Club Article
#2: Making Phone Calls - Read article, discuss making an appointment, ordering food, leaving a message and role-play by calling classroom phone.
Daily Living Club Article #3:Receiving Phone Calls - Read article and use template provided to practice what one might say when answering the phone.
Daily Living Club Rights
& Responsibilities - Telephone Talk- Discuss difference between a
right and a responsibility. Students will be expected to identify basic
personal rights and responsibilities as they relate to using the telephone.
Daily
Living Club Problem Solving Game - Telephone Talk - Students will respond
to the following questions after each scenario is presented in game -
Is this an emergency? Who can solve or help you solve this problem?
What will you do or say?
FUNCTIONAL MATH
Students will participate in the banking process to the highest level of their
abilities. They will use
calculator to add/subtract, write demographic information, read and write
dollar amounts to $200, sign name, read and write number words, orally identify
parts of a check and deposit slip, write date, state purpose of a check,
deposit slip, and debit/ATM card, the receipt, and a PIN.
FUNCTIONAL READING
Students will read a weekly newspaper article based on their individual reading level. Students will use icons to identify unfamiliar vocabulary words. They will answer comprehension questions related to article.
