Economics Project News
From The Mayor’s Office
The pretend business proposals for our Economic Simulation Project are complete!! Not every student proposed a business. Some students are employed at a business instead of proposing their own business. We also have 2 police officers offering to keep the peace!
We will be making signs for business as well as signs to advertise business this week and next at school. At home, kids can be gathering or making their products. Kids can bring in their products on May 7th or if they have food, May 8th.
Current Economic Concepts we are starting to talk about:
- Economic problems: scarcity of time, space and goods
- Economic vocabulary: barter, good, service, producer, consumer.
Questions you might ask your child to get a conversation started at home:
Did you apply for a job?
How much money do you have?
Did you rent any space or furniture?
Did you hire anyone?
Does your business have a name?
**Businesses are open Friday May 8th from 10:15-10:45 --parents and siblings are encouraged to come visit the second grade towns. There are about 80 second graders visiting the towns.
The town will be open again from 12:30-1:00 for the 1st grade classes to come and visit. There are about 80 students as well. It would be ideal for your child to have about 50 of their product total - 25 for the morning session and 25 for the afternoon session.
More information to follow!
From The Mayor’s Office
The pretend business proposals for our Economic Simulation Project are complete!! Not every student proposed a business. Some students are employed at a business instead of proposing their own business. We also have 2 police officers offering to keep the peace!
We will be making signs for business as well as signs to advertise business this week and next at school. At home, kids can be gathering or making their products. Kids can bring in their products on May 7th or if they have food, May 8th.
Current Economic Concepts we are starting to talk about:
- Economic problems: scarcity of time, space and goods
- Economic vocabulary: barter, good, service, producer, consumer.
Questions you might ask your child to get a conversation started at home:
Did you apply for a job?
How much money do you have?
Did you rent any space or furniture?
Did you hire anyone?
Does your business have a name?
**Businesses are open Friday May 8th from 10:15-10:45 --parents and siblings are encouraged to come visit the second grade towns. There are about 80 second graders visiting the towns.
The town will be open again from 12:30-1:00 for the 1st grade classes to come and visit. There are about 80 students as well. It would be ideal for your child to have about 50 of their product total - 25 for the morning session and 25 for the afternoon session.
More information to follow!