Launch
Students will launch the project by exploring hands-on RIASEC-style discovery stations, naming early patterns in their interests and strengths, and beginning an investigation notebook entry with drawings, labels, and questions they want to explore about themselves, their families, and future jobs.
Days 1 - 2
🎨 All About Me Stations
Launch 45m
📓 Career Notebook Questions
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
Discovery & Question
Students will investigate their own interests, strengths, and family connections through hands-on stations, shared discussion, and simple evidence tools. They will ask questions, notice patterns, form a possible job-match idea using RIASEC picture language, and create a clear plan for what evidence they will collect next.
Days 3 - 8
🧩 Discovery Stations Evidence Sort
Launch 45m
📚 RIASEC Picture Book Clues
Knowledge/Skill Building 40m
🗣️ My Best-Fit Job Question
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
🔍 Evidence Hunt Planning Map
Project Work 45m
💡 Job Match Claim Draft
Deliverable 45m
✅ Investigation Plan Checkpoint
Assessment 40m
Collect & Document
Students will collect evidence from read-alouds, family stories, and community career sharing, then document what they notice about interests, strengths, family roles, and possible jobs using drawings, labels, oral language, and simple RIASEC words. They will organize their notes in their Career Investigation Notebook, check whether their evidence is clear and traceable, and revise entries after peer and teacher feedback before moving into analysis.
Days 9 - 13
🗂️ RIASEC Evidence Notebook Setup
Knowledge/Skill Building 40m
📖 Career Read-Aloud Clue Hunt
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
👨‍👩‍👧 Family Career Sharing Posters
Community Experience 45m
🤝 Notebook Check and Partner Feedback
Deliverable 45m
✅ Midpoint Evidence Conference
Assessment 45m
Analyze & Present
Students will sort and analyze evidence from their notebooks, choose one future job that fits their interests and strengths, create and revise an All About Me Career Museum mini poster, rehearse with peers, and complete a teacher-checked presentation practice before the museum night.
Days 14 - 18
🔎 Evidence Sort With RIASEC Cards
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
🗣️ Job Match Claim Talk
Knowledge/Skill Building 40m
🎨 Mini Poster Draft Build
Project Work 45m
👂 Partner Feedback and Poster Revision
Deliverable 50m
✅ Museum Practice Checkpoint
Assessment 45m
Showcase
Students will present their All About Me Career Museum mini posters to families and classmates, explain how their evidence connects to a future job using simple RIASEC words, and finish the project with a short reflection circle about what they learned about themselves.
Days 19 - 20
🖼️ Family Career Museum Night
Assessment 45m
🔄 Proud Moments Reflection Circle
Deliverable 45m