Week of January 11-15, 2016

FALCONS,

THIS IS THE 2ND WEEK OF THE YEAR AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO STAY ON TASK SO THAT YOU DON'T FALL BEHIND. WE HAD A SUCCESSFUL FIRST WEEK BY REVIEWING OUR MATH WORK AND APPLYING FOR YOUR "MY CLASSROOM ECONOMY" JOB POSITIONS. 

Through My Classroom Economy, students learn valuable life skills in an experiential way.

Specifically, they are able to:

• Take part in a simulation of real-world economic activity.
• Learn the value of earning a paycheck, as they bank the salaries from their jobs.
• Learn how to budget their spending, balance a checking account, and make scheduled payments.
• Discover the importance of saving money to obtain what they want.
• Find out that every decision has an opportunity cost.

At this grade level, students earn and spend dollar amounts of three and four digits to match their math skills. They are also given more responsibility to maintain financial records—for example, bank slips for deposits and withdrawals—to emphasize the importance of record keeping and attention to detail. The documents also provide key data for reflection during the year-end wrap-up.

MY CLASSROOM ECONOMY WILL ALSO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THE FINANCIAL LITERACY OBJECTIVES IN CLASS AND PREPARE YOU FOR THE STAAR TEST BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY YOU WILL BE USING THESE SKILLS IN YOUR EVERYDAY LIVES. 

THIS WEEK WE WILL ALSO BE WORKING WITH PROPORTIONS:

A ratio is one thing compared to or related to another thing; it is just a statement or an expression. A proportion is two ratios that have been set equal to each other; a proportion is an equation that can be solved. When I say that a proportion is two ratios that are equal to each other, I mean this in the sense of two fractions being equal to each other. For instance, ⁵/₁₀ equals ¹/₂. Solving a proportion means that you are missing one part of one of the fractions, and you need to solve for that missing part. 


REMINDERS:
TRY YOUR BEST TO BE AT SCHOOL EVERYDAY!
COLLEGE T-SHIRTS MAY BE WORN ON THURSDAYS.
FRIDAYS SPIRIT SHIRTS.
TUTORIALS ON SATURDAY! (REMEMBER IF PRESENT YOU EARN BONUS CLASSROOM CURRENCY INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNTS!)