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Jobs & Responsibilities

First graders learn that everyone has jobs and responsibilities — helpful tasks at home and at school — and how doing our jobs helps our families, our classrooms, and ourselves.

Grade 1Responsibility30 minutes1 class periodC3 InquiryExplicit teaching4 StandardsC3
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Explain a responsibility.
  • ✓Name jobs at home.
  • ✓Name jobs at school.
  • ✓Explain why jobs matter.
Essential Question

At home and at school, everyone has important jobs to do. What are some of your responsibilities — and why does doing them matter?

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Interactive Task
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Home Job or School Job?

Project this and sort each job by whether you would usually do it at home or at school.

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🏠 Jobs at Home
🏫 Jobs at School
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The Lesson · C3 Inquiry Arc (Question · Investigate · Evaluate Evidence · Communicate · Take Action)

30 minutes, five moves

Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.

1

Question — Everyone Has Jobs

5 min

At home and at school, everyone has jobs to do — what are yours?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Ask about their jobs.
  • Name a few.
  • Get ready.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name a job.
  • Think about it.
  • Get ready.
2

Investigate — Sort the Jobs

8 min

Children investigate.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send children to Home Job or School Job?
  • Sort each one.
  • Talk about them.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Sort them.
  • Talk.
  • Explain them.
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Evaluate Evidence — Helpful Tasks

8 min

Children explain.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Explain home jobs.
  • Explain school jobs.
  • Explain why jobs help.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Explain home.
  • Explain school.
  • Explain why.
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Communicate — My Jobs

6 min

Children share.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a job they do.
  • Explain how it helps.
  • Explain responsibility.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Explain it.
  • Explain it.
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Take Action — Take Action

3 min

Children conclude.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a responsibility.
  • Say why it helps.
  • Do a job today.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name it.
  • Say why.
  • Do it.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards (Grade 1 / Family & School).

C3
D2.Eco.2.K-2

Explain the jobs people do at home and school.

C3
D2.Civ.1.K-2

Describe the responsibilities of members of a group.

C3
D2.Civ.7.K-2

Apply responsibility in the classroom.

C3
D4.6.K-2

Take informed action.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Job picture cards.
  • Sentence frame: “At ___, I ___.”
  • Use pictures.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with one home and one school job.
  • Sort one at a time.
  • Use pictures.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Make a class-job chart.
  • Explain teamwork.
  • Add community jobs.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 📋A class-jobs chart
  • 💻Home Job or School Job?
  • 🖍️Crayons
  • 🖼️Job pictures
  • 🎫Sticker charts
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

joba task someone doesresponsibilitysomething you are supposed to dochorea home jobhelpto make something easierteama group working togethercooperateto work togethercareto look after somethingrulea guide for behaving
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
What is a responsibility?
Something you are supposed to do, like a job or chore.
QUESTION 2
Name one job you might do at home.
Making your bed, feeding a pet, or setting the table.
QUESTION 3
Why is doing your jobs important?
It helps your family and your classroom and shows you are responsible.

Growing at home? My helper job.

Have children pick one home job to be responsible for this week and do it every day. A printable jobs sheet is in the Social Studies library.

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Study the key terms

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Practice · Quiz

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

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Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: care, chore, cooperate, help, job, responsibility, rule, team
  1. to make something easier
  2. to look after something
  3. a home job
  4. to work together
  5. a task someone does
  6. a guide for behaving
  7. something you are supposed to do
  8. a group working together

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What is a responsibility?
  2. Name one job you might do at home.
  3. Why is doing your jobs important?
Answer key — Part A: 1) help · 2) care · 3) chore · 4) cooperate · 5) job · 6) rule · 7) responsibility · 8) team
Part B: 1) Something you are supposed to do, like a job or chore. 2) Making your bed, feeding a pet, or setting the table. 3) It helps your family and your classroom and shows you are responsible.