Class Economy... Presented at NCDPI Personal Financial Literacy Workshops in Winston-Salem and Greenville
Class Economy is a program that I began in my classroom to help meet the needs of my students for Personal Financial Literacy and Classroom Management, while accomplishing standards in Math, Social Studies, and Language Arts. Students take on the full time job of... being a student! In addition to their everyday requirements, students may apply and interview for a variety of classroom positions, become a tenant in the classroom, save their money for rewards they want to achieve, become a landlord, help their peers, and collaborate to become more financially responsible citizens. In a classroom of 21st century learners, they need to know the skills they already have, qualify them for positions that will pay them money. On the other hand, they also need to know the role that they play in the economy. View
Fluency Friends
Fluency Friends is a program that was created by Ms. Czerney and Ms. Pridgen. All of
last year we talked about how there needed to be more collaboration between
students across grade levels, and an opportunity for Kindergarten students to have friendly faces in
the older grades. This serves as somewhat of a mentoring program as we build
bridges between the two classes. Students work together to improve their
reading, writing, and math skills. Each week, students are able to pair up and
work on a specific skill. The fourth graders are learning to read fluently and
focus on tone and voice in their reading. It is also great to see them take on a
leadership role in teaching younger students, especially with technology!
Kindergarteners are able to practice that technology with one-on-one attention,
while improving their academic skills! Overall, it has been a very successful,
keeping learning as the primary focus in all that we do!
Fluency Friends Segment begins after the first 10 minutes
last year we talked about how there needed to be more collaboration between
students across grade levels, and an opportunity for Kindergarten students to have friendly faces in
the older grades. This serves as somewhat of a mentoring program as we build
bridges between the two classes. Students work together to improve their
reading, writing, and math skills. Each week, students are able to pair up and
work on a specific skill. The fourth graders are learning to read fluently and
focus on tone and voice in their reading. It is also great to see them take on a
leadership role in teaching younger students, especially with technology!
Kindergarteners are able to practice that technology with one-on-one attention,
while improving their academic skills! Overall, it has been a very successful,
keeping learning as the primary focus in all that we do!
Fluency Friends Segment begins after the first 10 minutes
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