Mrs. Bradley, Ms. Clayton, and Mrs. Simmons' Class
Why Do People Work?
Entry Event:
On Monday, March 18, we came back from the weekend only to discover that all of our snacks were missing! We needed to problem solve ways to get our snack. The students came up with this list. Mrs. Perryman happened to come in our room right when we were trying to decide which solution would work best for us. She told us about how her mail and paper deliveries were backed up. She also needed help moving the copy paper to a new location.
Students delivered mail and paper for Mrs. Perryman.
A lot of mail had built up over the break so we had our hands full!
Mrs. Perryman paid us for the work we did. Mrs. Simmons took the money we earned and bought our snacks.
Student Reflections on the Entry Event
Carter felt sad when we didn't have any snack.
Simeon felt disappointed.
Gabe felt sad when we didn't have snack.
Isaac felt sad when we didn't have snack!
Nora felt sad we didn't have snacks. She solved the problem by doing work and getting paid!
Why do People Work?
Why do people work?
Students brainstormed a list of reasons for why people might work.
What jobs do people have?
They also listed out different jobs that people have.
We learned about saving money! Students wrote about something they wanted and how much they thought it would cost.
Elyse wants to save for a trampoline. It will cost $6,000
Gabby wants a bichon. It will cost $4,000.
Deonte wants to save his money for ice cream. The ice cream will cost $9.99
Geordan wants to save his money for a toy car. He will need to save $1.80.
Jala wants a backpack that rolls. She says it will cost $39.50.
What are we going to save our class money for?
What are we going to make to raise the money for our pizza party and puzzles?
Students came up with a list of ideas of things we could sell at Creative Buys, our class store.
Each student took part in the voting process. They were each given four votes and the top 5 products won! We are selling beaded jewelry, snack mix, used books, play doh, and plants.
Product Design and Development
John is going to make the jewelry by putting the beads on the pipe cleaners and wrapping it.
Adara is going to make the snack mix by mixing popcorn, pretzels, M&Ms, and goldfish.
Lydia said that we donated books to sell for our used book store.
Cole talked about how he drew the plants that we were going to sell.
Da'Morrial gave us the recipe for making playdoh with flour and food coloring.
Making our beaded jewelry!
Snack Mix Production!
Playdough!
Advertising our Products
Each student designed a poster for one of our products. We then took the designs and voted on the ones that represented the product and the pricing well. The winning design was put into the final ad and then given to Ms. Thomas' class so they knew what they could buy!
Buying Items from Mrs. Moore's Class
(including the infamous slime!)
Slime!
Jewelry
Art
It was finally our turn to sell our products!
Used Book Store!
Slingin' snack mix
Playdough
The Jewelry Department