What a good day we've had!
Today, we started off with Math. In Math, we did our version of Supermarket Sweep. Students walked around and took down statistics on two similar items. For instance, I had a can of Kroger corn, and a can of Del Monte corn. They found that what appears to be the best deal is not always the best deal.
Then, the kids went to specials, where, luck would have it, it was their day to do the Pacer Test! Most everyone decided to change out of their nice clothes for that one, understandably. But of course, they had to put their good clothes back on when we came back, because then...
We had the big BizTown interviews! The kids looked so nice. They had a mix of anxiousness and confidence as they were called out one by one to be interviewed. I gave them a good amount of buzzwords yesterday to help them; hopefully they remembered.
This afternoon, the kids learned the fine art of check-writing. If you think writing checks is time-consuming now, try teaching the kids the importance of every little detail of writing a check, writing a deposit ticket, and keeping a bank ledger. I told them that, yes, this is a pretty outdated thing in the days of debit cards, but we still do write checks from time to time, and it's a good habit to record things in your check register.
All in all, a great day full of real-world learning opportunities.
Today, we started off with Math. In Math, we did our version of Supermarket Sweep. Students walked around and took down statistics on two similar items. For instance, I had a can of Kroger corn, and a can of Del Monte corn. They found that what appears to be the best deal is not always the best deal.
Then, the kids went to specials, where, luck would have it, it was their day to do the Pacer Test! Most everyone decided to change out of their nice clothes for that one, understandably. But of course, they had to put their good clothes back on when we came back, because then...
We had the big BizTown interviews! The kids looked so nice. They had a mix of anxiousness and confidence as they were called out one by one to be interviewed. I gave them a good amount of buzzwords yesterday to help them; hopefully they remembered.
This afternoon, the kids learned the fine art of check-writing. If you think writing checks is time-consuming now, try teaching the kids the importance of every little detail of writing a check, writing a deposit ticket, and keeping a bank ledger. I told them that, yes, this is a pretty outdated thing in the days of debit cards, but we still do write checks from time to time, and it's a good habit to record things in your check register.
All in all, a great day full of real-world learning opportunities.
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