Chores and Doing Your Part
Aligned to JS:EI-K — Jump$tart National Standards in K-12 Personal Finance Education & Advance CTE Career Clusters.
What this lesson teaches
A home runs because everyone does a piece of the work. Doing your part without being asked is a real skill, and it is the same skill a boss will pay for later. Finishing what you started counts as much as starting it.
Worked examples
Example 1
Setting the table takes two minutes and means dinner starts on time for everybody.
Example 2
Half-doing a chore makes more work, not less. A bed with the blanket thrown on top still has to be made again.
Example 3
Doing your job before you are reminded is what people mean by 'responsible.' It is the habit an employer notices first.
Practice questions
- Name one chore you can do without help.
- What happens if nobody takes out the trash?
- Do one chore today before anyone asks you to.
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Every lesson comes with a video taught in English and Spanish — the same video the QR code in the printed workbook opens.
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Los quehaceres y hacer tu parte
Una casa funciona porque cada quien hace un pedazo del trabajo. Hacer tu parte sin que te lo pidan es una habilidad de verdad, y es la misma habilidad que un jefe pagará más adelante. Terminar lo que empezaste cuenta tanto como empezarlo.
Ejemplo 1: Poner la mesa toma dos minutos y hace que la cena empiece a tiempo para todos.
Ejemplo 2: Hacer un quehacer a medias crea más trabajo, no menos. Una cama con la cobija aventada encima hay que volverla a tender.
Ejemplo 3: Hacer tu tarea antes de que te la recuerden es lo que la gente llama 'ser responsable'. Es el hábito que un empleador nota primero.
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