October 30th

The students were given their final grade and citizenship for 1st term/quarter. They were instructed to go through the printout carefully and then I called them up one at a time to fix any mistakes and finalize their grade. While we were doing that, the students played "Life." I will see every student next term, which starts Monday, for the FACS rotation of CTE Intro. There might be one or two who are changing class periods, but everyone else will stay with me. New class schedules and rotations will be handed out at the end of the semester in January.

October 29th

Students scored and recorded their record books today. They were worth 160 points. Students will receive a grade printout with their final grade and citizenship tomorrow during class. After they graded their record books, the students had an "Investigating Interesting Careers" find they worked on while we put their scores for their record books on Skyward.

October 28th

Students watched a virtual tour of the Jordan Applied Technical Center (JATC) and discussed the programs they have available for high school students. Afterwords, we had a Halloween activity since today was dress-up day. Most of the students were gone for seventh period for the music department assessment, so the students who were here watched the video and did the activity.

October 27th

The Green SEOP form was due today. They received 50 points if it was completed and signed by a parent or 25 if it was not signed. Students who turn it in late will receive 38 points (75%) if it is turned in by Wednesday. We then went through and finished any pages already started in their record books and crossed out any that we had not started. That way, students will know exactly which ones they will be graded on and expected to complete. The record books will be due on Wednesday and will be graded in class. They are worth 160 points.

October 24th

Students used the spins they earned yesterday for "The Game of Life" today. The winner of each game won a prize. Their green SEOP paper is due back Monday signed by both a parent/guardian and the student. Also, all late work/missing work and extra credit was due today during class. Students have been warned about this for the past two weeks so no exceptions will be made!

October 23rd

Students will be playing "The Game of Life" tomorrow in class, so today they were earning and counting the amount of spins they will have for tomorrow's game. We used pages CD 13A.4, CD 13A.5 and CD 13A.6 in their record books for this. Also, their SEOP form with a parent/guardian signature is due on Monday, October 27th.

October 22nd

The students had there last guest speaker from the counseling office. He played a game called "Get all you can" where students earned candy by working with other teams and learned the importance of negotiating, cooperating, teamwork, leadership and integrity. The team with the most candy at the end got to keep theirs and the rest of the class had to return their candy. No points were awarded and nothing was due today.

October 21st

Students were reminded about the deadline Friday, October 21st for any late/missing assignments and extra credit. This is all due into the basket by the end of their class. We then went through the glossary in their record book and finished any vocabulary terms that the Student teacher may have missed. They were also told that they can come in after school any time this week to retake the test to improve their score. The highest of the two scores will be kept.

October 15th

Students took a vocabulary test today on the vocabulary terms in the glossary in the back of their record books. Mrs. Rey discussed the test a couple of times during the past week and what would be on the test as well. The tests will be scored over the weekend and the results we be on Skyward by Tuesday. Any student who was absent has to make up this test sometime next week (by the 24th). The students were then given time to catch-up on anything in their record books that they missed or hadn't finished yet. These will be due on the 28th and we will finish the last few activities next week in class.

October 14th

All seventh graders went to a CTE assembly in the morning where they learned about some careers from parents of students in the law enforcement and medical career fields. They saw firefighters take apart a car as if it were an emergency situation and learned a little bit about a fire fighters' job. A parent who works for the Bureau of Criminal investigation talked about some of the jobs done within their department (criminal records, training of law enforcement, etc.) Another parent shared with us a video about nursing and the great opportunities and satisfaction that being a nurse has.
Classes in the afternoon (5th and 7th period) read through an informational pamphlet about the benefits of education as it relates to careers. As they read, they answered questions about college, college expenses and income. This was an assignment they turned in at the end of class (only 5th and 7th period.)

October 13th

The students had a guest speaker today, Mrs. Gochnour, the school Psychologist. Students answered questions to discover what their dominant learning style is. She then discussed with the class what each learning style was and what learning activities and ways to study are best for each style and student.

October 10th

Students played Game of life the board game seeing some of the things that may happen in real life. They answered questions on a sheet about some of the things that happened to them during the game.

October 9th

Students read about career paths today and answered questions about them. They had to think about how some specific jobs relate to a specific career path. At the end of class we watched a short video clip from an I Love Lucy episode where Lucy is trying to find a job.

October 8th

Students learned the differences of individuals and about talents and abilities. They watched a short video called "The Pound Theory" about differences and what makes us unique. Afterwards, they wrote down the definitions of talent, ability and skill in their glossery of terms in the back of their record book. We then surveyed their talents and abitlities on their "I have talents and abilities" page in their record book. We then dicussed how to improve on those talents and abilities which then led us to "The arithmetic of success." An extra credit option was also pressented to the class that students can take home and do with a parent or guardian and return by the end of the term.

October 7th

We discussed what things you need to prepare and consider when getting a job. Items we discussed were appearance, attitude, body language, applications, resumes, thank you letters and references. Students wrote down some general information that they might put in their resume. In their record book, A Stellar Performance, they identified some school skills, activities and references they might use on a resume.

October 6th

Students identified traits that employees need for different occupations. They listed the traits that employers said their employees had. We then identified our own traits, positive and negative, that may help or harm our future school success or work success.

October 3rd

Students covered time management principles and discussed ways they could manage their time better. They also listed their activities on the "What makes up my world" page in their record book.

October 2nd

We finished up our auction and discussed what types of things people value. Looking at the auction, students could see how some people put a lot of value on certain things. We then talked about the SCANS skills. SCANS skills are the necessary skills that have been shown that any successful person needs no matter what occupation their in.

October 1st

Welcome to October! The students had an activity today to help them figure out what their values are and how they will effect their choice of careers in the future. They wrote down the definitions to values, preferences and economic security in their record books. We then held a career auction. All students were provided with $2000 each to bid on careers and different lifestyle choices they will have in the future. The students could then bid on what they were interested in. Tomorrow, we will discuss how the money that was spent on these choices shows us what their career preferences and main values are. The students had to keep track of what each auction item sold for in their record book.