Five pages about how skills, training and work connect to the money people earn. Page 1 starts with a reminder (skills are what you know how to do, training is how you learn them, and together they are your human capital) and asks students to draw a line from each of seven jobs to its skills and training. The chef is done as an example. On page 2 students multiply the pay for one hour by the hours worked for seven jobs, then answer which job earned the most, how much more a pilot earns in an hour than a car washer, and why. Page 3 compares four pairs of workers who work the same hours: what each earns, and how much more the one with more training earns. Page 4 fills in two tables, two dog walkers hour by hour (one took a training class) and a baker's week, with questions about each. Page 5 has six story problems about learning a new skill: earning more, earning back the cost of a class, and needing fewer hours to reach a goal.
Before page 1, ask students what jobs they know and what a person needs to learn for each one; list the skills and where they are learned (school, college, a class, practice on the job). Before page 2, model one row on the board: $9 for 1 hour, 3 hours, $9 × 3 = $27. Page 3 is a good place to talk about why training pays: it takes time and often money, and it lets a worker do harder jobs.
Talk about the jobs people in your family do and what they had to learn for them. Ask your child what skill they would like to learn and what job it could lead to. When you pay for a service, like a haircut or a car repair, talk about the training the worker needed.
This pack supports the following Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:
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A 5-page jobs, skills and income pack for 3rd grade. Match seven jobs to the skills and training they need, then multiply the pay for one hour by the hours worked for seven jobs, from a dog walker to a pilot, and tell which earned the most and why. Compare four pairs of workers who work the same hours, one with more training, and find how much more the trained worker earns. Fill in tables of hours and earnings for two dog walkers and a baker's week, and solve six story problems about learning a new skill. Every page comes in color and in black and white. Answer keys included.
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