We will be concluding our economics study over the next week and a half.  We will continue talking about needs, wants, goods, services, and learn about producers, consumers, and scarcity. I would like to end the unit with the students producing a good or providing a service to “sell” to the class.  Each student will be asked to produce a good (maybe a handmade craft or a store bought candy etc.) or provide a service (pencil sharpener, shoe tying, etc).  The students will then be given pretend money to shop for these items.  I would like our shopping day to be either Friday, February 10th or Monday, February 13th.

Tuesday February 14th is our Valentines day party.  Your child may bring cards to pass out to the class.  I will send a list of names home on Monday.

Friday, February 17, will be our 100th day celebration.  Please  have your child collect 100 small items to bring in.  Items should fit into a lunch bag and should not cost much.  Some examples are 100 pennies, cotton balls, pieces of cereal, dry noddles, etc. We will be sorting the items into groups of two, five, and 10 and counting the groups to 100.