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Day 5: Xello Career Factors + eDynamic 4.2 + H&L Favorites

Lesson Overview
Time 50 minutes
Objectives Complete the Xello Exploring Career Factors lesson; make progress on eDynamic Unit 4.2 Part 1; favorite Personal Care careers in H&L; reflect on the Human Services cluster
TEKS d(1)(A), d(1)(C)
Deliverable Xello completion screenshot + favorited careers in H&L (screenshot) + 3-sentence cluster reflection
Materials Chromebooks, Xello accounts, eDynamic Learning accounts, H&L accounts, projector

Warm-Up (5 min)

WARM-UP: When you imagine your future job, what 3 things matter MOST to you, pay, hours, location, helping people, creativity, or something else? Name your top 3 in order.

Take 4-5 student responses. Use this to bridge: today they take a Xello lesson that helps them name and prioritize the factors that matter to them in a career.

Activity 1: Xello Exploring Career Factors Lesson (20 min)

Source: Xello 7th-Grade Lesson, "Exploring Career Factors"

Open Xello on the projector. Walk students through finding the lesson:

  1. From the Xello dashboard, click Lessons
  2. Find "Exploring Career Factors" in the 7th-grade lesson list
  3. Click Start or Continue

Students complete the lesson on their own Chromebooks. The lesson typically includes:

  • A list of common career factors (income, work-life balance, location, growth potential, helping others, creativity, independence)
  • Scenarios where students rank or weight different factors
  • A reflection on which factors matter most to them personally

After the lesson, students write 2 sentences in their notebook:

  • Sentence 1: "My top 3 career factors are _, , and __."
  • Sentence 2: "A career that fits these factors is _____."

Facilitation Tip

Connect the Xello lesson back to this week's cosmetology focus. A cosmetologist who values "creativity" and "independence" might thrive as a salon owner. A cosmetologist who values "stable pay" and "no risk" might thrive as a salon employee. Same career, different fit factors.

Activity 2: eDynamic Unit 4.2 Part 1 (15 min)

Source: eDynamic Learning. Unit 4.2 Part 1: Experimenting with Careers (Human Services focus)

Direct students to log into eDynamic and navigate to Unit 4.2 Part 1: Experimenting with Careers. This unit reinforces the Human Services cluster content from this week.

[VERIFY IN eDynamic] Confirm with your district that Unit 4.2 Part 1 is enabled and accessible to 7th-grade students. Verify the unit covers Human Services / cosmetology content as expected.

Students work through Unit 4.2 Part 1 at their own pace for 15 minutes. The goal is meaningful progress, not necessarily completion.

Activity 3: H&L Favorites + Cluster Reflection (8 min)

Source: H&L Workbook Ch 11, Hat Finder favoriting

[H&L PLATFORM] Direct students to the Hat Finder in the H&L app, filter by Human Services, and click the heart/favorite icon on 2-3 Personal Care or Health & Wellness careers from this week. The favorited Hats appear in their Climber Profile under "Favorites." The workbook (Ch 11) directs students to "explore and favorite careers across the Human Services cluster."

Students take a screenshot of their Climber Profile favorites screen and save it to Google Drive.

Then they write a 3-sentence reflection on the Human Services week:

  • Sentence 1: "The most interesting Human Services career I learned about this week is _____."
  • Sentence 2: "If I were to pursue cosmetology in Texas, my biggest goal would be _____."
  • Sentence 3: "The activity that helped me understand the entrepreneurship side of cosmetology was _____."

DOK 3: Looking back at the week's activities (Stress Toolkit, Job Interviews, TDLR research, Salon Concept, Get Out and Move), which TWO had the strongest connection to the daily life of a real cosmetologist? Defend your answer.

Exit Ticket (2 min)

EXIT TICKET (Concept Map / Connection Diagram) · Printable PDF:

A Human Services career I favorited in H&L this week: _____

Connect this career to THREE things:

1. Your TOP career factor from today's Xello lesson (example: creativity, stable pay, flexible hours, helping others)

My top factor: _____. Why does this career match (or not match) my top factor? One sentence:

2. A CLASSMATE's top factor (different from yours; trade with a peer in the last minute)

My classmate's factor: _____. Does this career still fit if that factor matters MOST? One sentence why or why not:

3. One fact from this week (TDLR hours, salon business skill, a stress toolkit technique)

My fact: _____. Why does this fact matter for someone going into this career? One sentence:

(d(1)(A), d(1)(C))

Differentiation

  • Support: Sentence stems for the 3-sentence reflection. Pre-fill: "The most interesting career I learned about is _ because it combines and __."
  • Extension: Connect your favorite Human Services career to the Ratteree Cosmetology pathway. What courses would prepare you best?
  • ELL: Pre-teach: Factor = Factor, Income = Ingreso, Reflection = Reflexión. Xello and eDynamic both support Spanish, show language toggles if needed.