New Job Lessons

This worksheet supports students in Grades 5, 6, and 7 as they read a realistic story about a first day on the job and analyze how behavior, tone, and communication change in professional settings. Through reading comprehension, key detail identification, inferencing, and reflection, students explore how workplace expectations differ from casual social behavior and why adjusting actions and language matters.

Skills Reinforced

• Reading Comprehension (Grades 5-7) – Students answer multiple-choice questions that assess understanding of events, challenges, and outcomes in the story.
• Identifying Key Details & Inferences – Learners use text evidence to infer motivations, expectations, and lessons learned.
• Social Awareness – Students recognize how context influences behavior, tone, and communication choices.
• Professional Behavior & Communication – The activity highlights respectful language, problem-solving, and adaptability in a job setting.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource – Designed by educators with age-appropriate language and relatable, real-world scenarios.
• Career Readiness Focus – Connects literacy skills to workplace expectations and soft skills.
• Clear Multiple-Choice Format – Keeps the focus on comprehension and analysis without heavy writing demands.
• Flexible Use – Ideal for ELA instruction, SEL lessons, career exploration units, or advisory periods.

This new job lessons worksheet strengthens reading comprehension, inferencing, and social-emotional understanding through a practical, career-focused narrative. By analyzing Jordan’s choices and adjustments, students learn how professionalism, respectful communication, and situational awareness support success at work. Whether used in a classroom or homeschool setting, this no-prep printable helps learners build both strong literacy skills and real-world readiness.

This worksheet is part of our Adapting Behavior to Different Social Settings Worksheets collection.