Making the Link: Helping School Children Link School Habits with the World of Work, Grade 2-5

Lisa King

ISBN 10: 1889636738 / ISBN 13: 9781889636733

Published by YouthLight, Inc., 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Making the Link: Helping School Children Link School Habits with the World of Work, Grade 2-5
• Publisher: YouthLight, Inc.
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1889636738
• ISBN 13: 9781889636733
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 40 ounces

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Synopsis

This book provides lessons and activities that you can use to help children make connections between important school-success skills and the world of work. The activities in each chapter focus on skills needed to improve school success. Then, children learn how these same skills will help them in their future careers.

This resource contains fresh child-friendly lessons, activities and reproducible student worksheets that are aligned with competencies within the career and academic domains of the ASCA National Model. In addition, this book contains original short stories, poems, role-plays, career day suggestions, and a reproducible game board. This game provides a fun, meaningful review of all the skills addressed in this book.

Topics include:

<l> Responsibility
<l> Time Management
<l> Goal Setting
<l> Listening Skills
<l> Learning from Mistakes
<l> Learning Styles
<l> Career Awareness
<l> Test Taking Skills

About the Author

Lisa King is an elementary school counselor at Blackwell Elementary School in Marietta, Georgia. She earned a Bachelors of Arts from Tufts University and an M.Ed and Ed.S from Georgia State University in School Counseling. Lisa is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Nationally Certified School Counselor. Lisa has presented at state level conferences and has been published in the Georgia School Counselor Association Journal. In 2003, Lisa was selected as the Cobb County elementary counselor of the year. She resides in Atlanta, Georgia. Lisa attributes her achievements to the unconditional support of her friends and family.