Dear Falcons,
Welcome to the 4th week of the six weeks! I know time is flying and we must remained focus no matter what. Make sure to continue working hard and turning in all your work on time.
This week we will continue to work with classifying numbers and have a short quiz on opposites, absolute value, and the number system on Tuesday. Make sure to go over your material so that you earn a good grade.
I know you have anxiously been waiting to start the "My Classroom Economy," ongoing class project. Students will begin applying for their classroom jobs this week.
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, manage a loan, 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 recordkeeping and attention to detail. The documents also provide key data for reflection during the year-end wrap-up. *This project also covers TEKS that will benefit the students for the Math STAAR.
Reminders:
Peter Piper Pizza Progress Report Night from 4-6pm-February 1st.
Panoramic Picture-February 1st. Bring $12 if you would like to purchase it.
Attend the next tutorial session on February 11 from 8am to 12 pm.
Continue to come to my room during recess for extra help. We are always here to help all it takes is for you to ask for it.
Try your best to be at school everyday so that you do not fall behind.
Be awesome!
The following pictures show students converting measurements by using both customary and metric systems with real life objects.
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