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Spin The Bottle
Students will describe their daily activities at school while playing a fun game.



Primary Learning Outcomes
What tasks do I perform at school? Why do I perform these tasks?

Additional Learning Outcomes


Assessed QCC Standards:

Grade: 1
Guidance
B. Educational and Occupational Exploration
4
Topic: Awareness of the benefits of educational achievement.
Standard: Describe how academic skills can be used in the home and community. Identify personal strengths and weaknesses in subject areas. Identify academic skills needed in several occupational groups. Describe relationships among ability, effort, and achievement. Implement a plan of action for improving academic skills. Describe school tasks that are similar to skills essential for job success. Describe how the amount of education needed for different occupational levels varies.


Procedures/Activities


Step:  1 Duration: 5 min.
Arrange the class in a large circle. Explain the meaning of the word task. Tell students that each person who has a job must perform certain tasks. Explain that students must perform certain tasks too.

Step:  2 Duration: 20 min.
Have children take turns spinning the bottle. The person to whom the neck of the bottle points names a task he or she performs at school and whether he or she does it alone or in a group.

Step:  3 Duration: 
The person to whom the bottle bottom points states why the task is done, choosing someone to help if the reason eludes him or her.




Materials and Equipment
An empty soda bottle


Standards (Local and/or National)

Total Duration
30 min.

Technology Connection



Assessment
Students' answers and participation will be evaluated.
Extension
Have students brainstorm tasks that a teacher would have and contrast those to the tasks of a student.
Remediation
Ask students to keep a schedule of tasks that they do during the school day. Help them add to their list each hour.
Accommodation
For students with exceptional needs, what changes can be made in instruction and teaching delivery to enhance student participation and learning? Each area below is a direct link to general classroom accommodations.

Non-readers     Physical Impairments     Sensory Impairments     Attention/Behavior

Each disability below is a direct link to general classroom accommodations specific for that disability.

    Autism
    Deaf - Blind
    Deaf/Hard of Hearing
    Emotional and Behavioral Disorder
    Mild Intellectual Disability
    Orthopedic Impairment
    Other Health Impairment
        Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
        Tourette Syndrome
    Significant Development Delay
    Specific Learning Disability
    Speech - Language Impairment
    Traumatic Brain Injury
    Visual Impairment

Modification
For students with significant disabilities, what changes can be made in instruction and teaching delivery to allow students to participate in classroom instruction while working on IEP objectives and off grade level QCC standards. Below are suggested modifications correlated to the procedures of this lesson plan.