Mini Market

We had such a great learning experience at our mini market this last Wednesday! Our sports bracelet team only made a small number of sports bracelets. The class REALLY learned the concept of supply and demand and how that drives the price up (or down!) because EVERYBODY wanted one!IMG_0249

The students came up with some great products and we had a great time buying things from each other with our behavior bucks! Our profit was spent on ice cream sundaes on the last day of school. (Not really, because Mrs. Q just said, “Take those behavior bucks home!”) Overall, we found that economics can be a very interesting subject!

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Market Day!!!

marketdayDear Parents,

Our students are working on an Economics Unit for social studies, in which part of their learning involves creating a product to sell at our Market Day on Feb. 13th.  In order to create their products, the students have created a list of supplies that we will need in order to create the goods that they are going to sell.  We are asking parents, if they are able, to donate some of the following supplies and send them in by Monday, January 27th!  Here’s what we need:

duct tape of all designs

ziploc sandwich bags

toothpicks

Q-tips

lots of clay in lots of colors

red yarn

googley eyes of all sizes

sports stickers

small letter stickers

bobby pins

2-4 new sets of markers

paint you can use with clay?

We appreciate anything that you can supply!  Students are excited to get into production next week!  On Market Day, we throw open all of our second grade classroom doors and sell our wares!  Students will learn about goods and services, consumers, production, and profit.  It’s one of the best days in second grade!

Thanks for your help!

Mrs. Quigley                                                         market-hi