Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Desired Results
Content Standards
EDU-FS-3 Communications:
Learners use various communication skills in expressing and interpreting information.
3.2 Explore opportunities for employment and entrepreneurial endeavors. Examine a variety of early
childhood care and education settings.
3.3 Review the CDA Resource file requirements and begin assembly of a portfolio for this pathway.
Content (Unpack Nouns from Standards): Skills (Unpack Verbs from Standards):
Students will know Students will be able to
Career opportunities Describe
Employment Explore
Entrepreneurial Examine
Early childhood education and care settings Review
CDA Resource File
Essential Vocabulary:
Early childhood, PK, nanny, au pair, licensing specialist, entrepreneur, child development Associate
CDA, developmentally appropriate Practice, ethics, family child care home, child care center,
custodial care, Montessori approach, Head Start, school age programs, checking in services,
parent cooperatives, laboratory schools, UPK, licensing rules and regulations, child care license
and accredited
Essential or Guiding Questions:
What employment opportunities are available in the early childhood field?
Assessment Evidence
Common Pre-Test
NA
Formative Career Exploration PowerPoint
Assessments
(build from Summative)
Common Summative
Assessment Unit 1 Test- You: Working with Young Children
Writing Element
(Argumentative, List the responsibilities of the early childhood teacher and explain two
Expository/Explanatory, that they would be uncomfortable doing.
Narrative with Text
Evidence)
Speaking Element
(Discussion/Debate Students will participate in classroom discussing by presenting one way
Presentations) they believe they could show mastery of a standard.
Listening/Viewing
Elements Teacher Lecture Course Description
( Music, Art, Video Pre K Teacher Video Clip
Clips) Early Childhood Careers DVD
Childcareland.com teaching videos
Daddy Day Care
Performance-Based
Tasks Students will research and create a Career Exploration PowerPoint
Students will participate in class activities to express
understanding
Learning Plan
Daily Instructional Day 1: Wednesday January 14, 2015
Activities
Opening- Listed 5 careers working with children.
Work Session-
Student Define Chapter One vocabulary Words. Students wrote an
original sentence using the vocabulary words. Students completed
Activity A and Activity C.
Closing-.
Did you upload your work in Edmodo?
Closing-
Closing- What did you score on your test? Would you consider a career
working with children ?
Closing-
- Opening-
Work Session- Complete Chapter 2 Review and reflect. Upload to
Edmodo.
Closing-
- Opening-
Work Session- Students will create a flip book detailing early childhood
settings.
Closing-
Closing-
Collaborative
Reflection
(What can be
improved? What went
well and what did not go
well?)