[Autism and Special Education lesson plan, can also be used for students without autism].

Students increase their understanding of jobs, tools used for certain jobs and identify features of particular workers by guessing which occupation the teacher is describing.

The student will guess which occupation the teacher is describing. This activity is more advanced and should be done after the students have successfully completed several rounds of the “Tell me About” exercise using the Occupation Cards.

Skills Practiced:
-Job identification
-Understanding of tools used for certain jobs
-Recognition of identifying features of particular workers (i.e., uniforms)
-Increased awareness of helpers seen in the community
-Part-to-whole relationship
-Vocabulary development

Materials Needed:
Stages Learning Materials Language Builder Occupation Cards (http://www.stageslearning.com/collections/language-builder-complete-set/products/language-builder-occupation-cards)

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