WOW! Time
is FLYING! There are just days left with
my sweet kiddos, and it has been busy, busy, busy! It’s been way too long since I’ve posted last
so I’m happy to be finally blogging again!
We just wrapped up our 3rd grade
economics sale last week, and our super 9 & 10-year olds raised a whopping
$1,000+ to donate to the local food bank!
It was quite the project and they did a super job! The kids learned so much about marketing,
packaging, and income and expenses. It
was also the perfect opportunity to loop back and practice MONEY MATH! J
We added totals, reviewed ways to count coins accurately, and practiced
strategies for making change. LOTS of
learning went into that one day sale!
I put together a few money math centers for
this, and Pet Shop Prices was one of
the kids’ favorites for sure!
After being
inspired by some SUPER CUTE pet clip art, I came up with a pet shop theme for
adding dollar amounts with accuracy.
Students are basically “running the shop!” Using a “price sign” for items in the store,
they fill out dollar amounts on their student receipt sheet. They add the totals and double check to make
sure that they are correct. THEN….the
fun part: they use an iTouch, iPad, or
smartphone and QR code app as a price “scanner” to see if they were right. They were HOOKED!
I’ve posted Pet Shop Prices here on my TPT store. It includes the Pet Shop price sign, a
student reproducible sheet with 8 “receipts” for them to solve. There are self-checking QR codes on each
receipt. There are also paper price
check cards to print out and use if QR code reader technology isn’t handy.
We had so much fun with this, so I hope you’ll
take a look and check it out! Hope you
are enjoying these last few days of school and gearing up for a relaxing
summer! J
More soon,
Melissa
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