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

Market Day a Huge Success!!

Thursday, February 7th, was a day of much excitement as the second graders had their Market Day.  Market Day is the culmination of an economics unit in social studies, where the students are learning about the general ideas of wants and needs and how communities provide goods and services to fill those.  Students design a product that second graders may need, and after approval from their boss (Mrs. Q), they go into production making these items.  Market Day involves creating an open market atmosphere, where the entire second grade becomes producers and consumers!  Some students sold all of their product right away, creating a scarcity.  Other students eventually sold everything, and yet others, never sold out and had to put their items on sale.  Every group made a profit!  Thanks to all of the donations from parents!  It was a great day!

To see our catalog click here: Market Day