Taylor Morales

April 17, 2015

LESSON TITLE/TOPIC: Manual Labor Careers
TARGET CONCEPT: General knowledge of five different manual labor
careers and introduction to the tile setting process.
STANDARDS/RATIONALE 127.3 C (1)(c)
Objective:
Students will be able to develop their own manual-labor career
business advertisement with 90% of directions executed.
Assessment:
Manual labor business advertisement.
Materials:
Pictures of tools and signs of career names
Magnets, individual numbers for game
Trowel, tiles, adhesive, gloves, grout, wood boards, sponges, water
White card stock, markers/colors
Focus:
STUDENT WILL Students will be put into groups of five as they walk into the classroom
by drawing numbers out of a hardhat and will sit in their groups around
the classroom.
Students will work in groups of five to figure out which tool corresponds
to which manual labor career.
Painter edge paintbrush
Plumber channel locks.
Electrician wire pliers
Construction worker saw
Tile setter level
They will match each tool with the correct career, and the first group to
have a representative stand up and give the correct answers will get to
play a game in the teacher input portion of the lesson.
TEACHER WILL Teacher will stand at the front of the class, give instructions for the
matching game, wait for the teams to finish, and then check answers
by the teams representatives to decide which team will play the next
game in the teacher input section. In the event of a tie, the teacher
has five more tools that correspond to the five careers and the match
game should be played once more using the two teams included in the
tie.

Teacher input:
STUDENTS WILL The winning team will one by one be called up to the board to be a
contestant on a game called Salary Scramble.
How to play the game:
Five numbers will be hung on the white board by magnets. The
numbers will be in completely random order. The contestant will be
told which career salary they are trying to put in the correct order and
are only allowed to use their own minds, and help from the silent
audience. The contestant is allowed to move each number as many
times as they want, but if they dont get the salary right, they are
given three strikes then their turn is over.
When the salary amount is guessed correctly, or after three strikes.
The teacher will give a brief overview of the career. The overview will
include education requirements, tasks performed, tools used, and traits
that are useful in that career setting.
This will continue until all five careers have been reviewed, ending with
the tile setter career.
The students not apart of the winning team will sit in the classroom
and will be the audience, cheering on the student contestant and
giving silent hints using only their fingers to help the contestant put
the numbers in the correct order.
Average tile setter salary: $37,040
Plumber: $53,820
Electrician: $53,560
Construction worker: $35,020
Painter: $39,290
Guided practice:
STUDENT WILL
Students will write name on back of boards with permanent marker.
Students will listen as teacher gives instruction for how to lay tile.
First the students will put on gloves. Then every student will be given a
trowel. They will then be given a smaller spatula to put adhesive on
their personal trowel. They will use and spread the adhesive on their
wood boards. They will then be given the correct amount of tile, and
will apply tile to board firmly in an organized and equal fashion. It will
set for a few minutes and then students will apply grout with sponge.
Let that sit until firm and then wipe off grout with wet sponge. Students
MUST wear gloves while working with adhesive. When the activity is
completed, students should rinse all tools used in the sink, dry them,
then dispose of the used gloves in the trashcan and return tools to the
teacher.
TEACHER WILL

The teacher will give directions for how the tile laying activity. Teacher
will explain how to use a small spatula to spread adhesive on the
trowel and take the trowel with the adhesive and spread it over the
wood evenly. The teacher will then explain to the students how to
arrange their tiles evenly over the adhesive, in a coordinated way, and
stress the importance of pushing down the tile so that the tile is
completely stuck to the adhesive. After waiting for the adhesive to dry,
the teacher will explain how to take the trowel and put the grout on the
trowel with the small spatula. Teacher will explain how the grout needs
to cover the tiles completely. Then after waiting for the grout to dry,
the teacher will explain how to wipe the grout off the tile with a sponge
and water. When the activity is completed, the teacher will supervise
the clean up process of the tools while putting away the adhesive and
grout correctly. Teacher will then wait for all tools to be returned.
Independent practice:
STUDENT WILL
Student will choose one of the five careers discussed and create their
own business in that career field. Student should pick a name, a
city/town/area to start their business, what their hours of operation will
be, color scheme, and a tag line/slogan. Student will create a
newspaper ad (using a normal size piece of white card stock)
introducing their business to the community. The ad should include allimportant information including contact info and hours of operation. Ad
should be colored to match the color scheme.
TEACHER WILL
Collect all ads and review them to make sure directions were followed
and student completed the practice to the best of their ability.
Wrap up/Closure:
STUDENT WILL
Student will say one thing they learned about a manual labor career
and one thing they would like to know more about involving that
career.
TEACHER WILL Call on students to say one thing they learned about manual labor
careers and one thing they would like to know more about in that
career field.
ENRICHEMENT:
Student will take create a 30 radio advertisement for their business
that would be catchy and informative enough for a Pandora listener.

Student should target the ad to a specific Pandora channel listener in a

specific target area.
RETEACH:
Student will do a Magazine scavenger hunt. Using magazines, the
student will go through and cut out pictures or words or numbers that
are related to the five manual careers talked about. The student will
cut out what they find and arrange it on a piece of paper by career,
and glue them down to the paper. When they are done, the student will
then share what they picked, why they picked it, and what it means to
that particular career field with a partner.

MODIFICATIONS:
Students will pick a manual-labor career and design their own business
name, pick a color scheme, and design a logo. The logo must match
the color scheme and include the business name.
REFERENCES:
Department of Labor Statistics:
Plumbing: http://www.bls.gov/ooh/construction-andextraction/plumbers-pipefitters-and-steamfitters.htm
Electricians: http://www.bls.gov/ooh/construction-andextraction/electricians.htm
Tile Setters: http://www.bls.gov/ooh/construction-and-extraction/tileand-marble-setters.htm
Construction Workers: http://www.bls.gov/ooh/construction-andextraction/construction-laborers-and-helpers.htm
Painter: http://www.bls.gov/ooh/construction-and-extraction/paintersconstruction-and-maintenance.htm