My students need hands-on manipulatives to keep them engaged in the learning process. With only two months left of school, we are launching our decimal unit of study. Students will become business owners!
This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.
My Students
With only 35% of our students passing the Common Core State Math test, we require all the hands on materials needed to keep them motivated and engaged in the learning process. Our mission is to educate the whole student by integrating strong academics with the arts. In working to address the needs of the at-risk, inner-city child, we strive to: build self-esteem and self-confidence in every youngster; develop sophisticated communication skills, intellectual achievement, and cooperative learning; promote tolerance, understanding, and appreciation of our diversity; and create a student body that is thoroughly motivated and prepared to succeed in secondary school and beyond.
My Project
Over the course of eight months, my 4th grade class has come such a long way (all due to hands on learning and real life connections). It is an amazing feeling watching several Level 1 students have "ah-ha moments" and progress in ways they never thought were possible. With only two months left of school, my students are antsy and eager for summer vacation. To keep them motivated and engaged, we will spend the next two months launching an economics unit of study across various content areas. In Math, advanced students will become cashiers in which they are first responsible for hand written computation and will then utilize the requested cash registers to follow through with their customer purchase. The remainder of the class will "shop" at the market by picking out a few of the pretend items requested. Students will calculate their total purchase as well as the change they should receive. During the concluding weeks of school, students will become their very own business owners; launching their own store! Students will create a business plan and be in charge of selling their items; as well as keeping track of their profit. Not only will my current 4th graders benefit from these items, but future 4th graders will utilize these items to form real life math connections.
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