Career Day Project Guidelines
DUE: 8:30 A.M. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH
K-1 Career Day is on Tuesday September 30th. The “Careers on Wheels” will
be visiting our school from 9am-11am where we will learn about various jobs
in our community. In preparation for Career Day, each Kindergarten student
will choose one career to “pursue.” After choosing a career, the student will
collect information on what it takes to be successful in that career by
focusing on the questions below. The child will create a costume, create an
original work of art, OR create a visual (poster or brochure) highlighting the
career chosen. Each student will be responsible for sharing his or her
project in an oral presentation in class and during our showcase exhibit.
Focus Questions:
How do you become someone in your chosen career?
What special skills or knowledge do you need to be in your career?
Why did you choose your career?
Tell about your costume/visual/work of art.
Careers to choose from:
Doctor
dentist
pilot
engineer
nurse
veterinarian Architect
paramedic
business owner
firefighter teacher
police officer
Interior/fashion designer
chef
Actor/actress
Musician
politician
**Ask teacher if you’d like to choose something that is not included on this
list.**
We will be showcasing our projects in an exhibit on September 30th from
1:15-2:00.
Location TBD
Parents are welcome to join! Unfortunately, due to school policy, we can not
allow siblings to attend.
Project Grading Rubric
Name
Focus
Questions
(orally during
presentation or
on visual)
Visual, work of
art, or costume
Presentation
Knowledge of
career (based
on focus
questions)
1 point
2 points
Answered 0-1
focus
questions.
Answered 2-3
focus
questions.
Project was
incomplete, no
care was taken
on the project,
or project
turned in late.
Student did
not share ideas
and did not
speak clearly.
Project was
complete, fair
care was taken
on the project.
Student
demonstrated
no knowledge
of career.
3 points
Answered all 4
focus
questions.
Project was
completed with
care and
demonstrates
appropriate
student effort.
Student shared Student
ideas, but did
effectively
not speak
presented
clearly.
ideas and spoke
clearly.
Student
Student
demonstrated
demonstrated
minimal
appropriate
knowledge of
knowledge of
career.
chose career.
A note about helping:
The purpose of this project is for students to get involved in their Career
Day while learning about a career of their interest. Projects should be
student led, meaning that students should generate the ideas and lead
parental help. Obviously, children will need help researching, reading, and
finding information. They may also need help in creating a costume or visual,
just make sure that the child is leading you, and not the other way around.
Examples:
A child says she wants to do her project on engineering. Taking her to the
library and finding books on engineering, asking engineers what it’s like to
work, helping her to write words on a poster, and helping her make play-doh
tools engineers might use are all acceptable. Typing out facts and printing
them for her to simply glue onto a poster is not acceptable.
A child says he wants to do his project on nursing and wants to create a
costume. Allowing him to pick fabric, materials to make a stethoscope, and
purchasing a clipboard for him to create a “medical record” are all
appropriate. Buying him a pre-made nurse Halloween costume is
inappropriate.