As a business teacher, I like to run my classroom like a business. Using this system, I’m the boss and the students in my classroom are my “employees.” After getting through my first-year teaching, I found myself saying things like “if you were my employees…” or “if you exhibited this behavior towards your future boss…” a lot in my classroom. Once I realized this and saw how beneficial it was to point out these things to my students, I knew it was something that I wanted to incorporate regularly
Are you struggling to get everything organized at the start of class? Class change can be stressful–hall duty, students needing things, moving to a different classroom, or maybe just trying t…
I’ve always loved shopping for back-to-school supplies. As a child, I couldn’t wait to pick out a new Lisa Frank folder and colorful eraser set. As a teacher, I don’t think I̵…
Are you looking for a way to mix things up in your classroom? Something that would allow you to get students up and out of their seats while maintaining course rigor? Stations are an interactive te…
Want to find warm up activities to keep your high school business students engaged? Here are five of the best bell ringers for business education classes.
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End of the year activities and printables for elementary students
Use these free shark tank lesson plans for middle school & high school, shark tank worksheet pdf, and Shark Tank project ideas to teach your students.
A list of student business ideas for special education students to practice independence, money math, cooking, responsibility, and so much more!
Google Apps for Education, also known as the G Suite for Education, are transforming how teachers use technology in the classroom. In this this #2ndaryELA Twitter chat, middle school and high school English Language Arts teachers discussed how they use Google Classroom and other applications as part of their instruction. Read through the chat for ideas to implement in your own classroom.
Use these free shark tank lesson plans for middle school & high school, shark tank worksheet pdf, and Shark Tank project ideas to teach your students.
A list of student business ideas for special education students to practice independence, money math, cooking, responsibility, and so much more!
What does your classroom look like? If you’re like me, the cinder block look is not my style… I like to add pops of color to spruce up my room. Print and laminate or print and…
Incorporating article reviews on business-related current events can breathe new life into your lessons while providing an array of benefits for both you and your students. Let’s explore why …
Are you looking for a way to mix things up in your classroom? Something that would allow you to get students up and out of their seats while maintaining course rigor? Stations are an interactive te…
4 diferentiated Activities for using the book Jabari Jumps in your special education classroom this summer (or ESY!)
{Download FREEBIE pack here.} Economics is my absolute FAVORITE social studies unit to teach. There are so many hands-on activities to do with students and they are so eager to earn and spend money! One of my favorite activities is to end with our "Madden's Marketplace." This is a chance for students to put into action all of the things they have learned about being producers and consumers. To begin with, I send home a letter asking students to create paper goods. Why paper? It's something all of my students have at home (or I can easily give them). I want my marketplace to be fair for all students. I'm sure I could let them have the freedom to create any product, using any materials and I would get some amazing masterpieces. I would also get some elaborate (and expensive) items. That's not what I want. I encourage parents to spend NO money on this and for it to be STUDENT CREATED. I really want them to take the initiative. Here are some samples of paper products my students created to sell this year - everything from rockets to bookmarks to lanterns to hats. I incorporate the making of goods into my students' homework schedule, encouraging them to create two products per night. Before the due date, we work on creating "shops" in class. We create our "shop" by gluing two file folders together. The picture below is using legal-sized file folders, but that just happens to be what we had available. Shop Parts: Signs: Initially, we create the signs for our shops, color the awnings to make them eye-catching. Open/Closed: Next, we create open/closed signs that sit atop our shop so we can easily flip the sign to show the status of our shops. Slogan: We then come up with a catchy slogan. We talk about slogan's we know from commercials. Why did those stick in our heads? We learn to use a play on words, alliteration, onomatopoeia, etc. to make our slogans catchy so consumers will remember them. Product Description: Students each write a product description detailing WHAT their product is and HOW it works or can be used. We talk about the importance of letting consumers know exactly what they are getting. Commercial Script: Finally, students write commercials to "sell" their products to their classmates. We use hooks to get their attention, repetitions of our catchy slogans, and persuasion. Other Components: We also glue on the Consumer Comments, Price, and Interest Inventories, but we leave all of those blank initially. On the day of the marketplace, students set up their shops and lay their products out on display. Then, they have a chance to walk around the classroom and "window shop." They are encouraged to take a good look at all of their options, reading the product descriptions and examining the merchandise. After students have had a good look at all of their choices, I give them stickers (I would recommend 3-4). They walk around and place their stickers on the "Interest Inventory" of the products that interest them the most. The results of the interest inventory are used by the shop owners to determine if they have a high demand or low demand for their products. Knowing the demand helps them determine a price for their product. High demand = higher price. Low demand = lower price. The only rule is that all prices have to be in whole dollars. Once prices are set, then students are ready to go shopping! There are many different ways to let students shop. Some years, if I've done economy-based management system, my students will use "money" they've earned to shop. This year, I just gave them all $12 to shop with. I'm always torn about letting my students split into groups to run their shops (half shop while half work) - it always seems that students don't get to shop at all of the stores in that scenario. To solve that problem, I let all of my students shop at the same time. To do this students create "tokens" to leave at their shop. They create the same number as products they have to sell. For example, if Katie has 10 kites to sell, she creates and leaves 10 tokens with her name or shop name on them. Once each shop has tokens, students are ready to shop. Since there are no workers at the shops to collect money, I give my students "consumer spending logs" with pictures of dollars on them. Since I gave my students 12 dollars to spend, their consumer spending logs had 12 one dollar pictures. As students go around to the shops, they color in the dollars they've spent and pick up tokens (NOT products) that they will trade in for their purchases once the shops close. Once all of the tokens are gone, that shop is "closed." Once a student has colored in all of the dollars on his/her spending log, they are done shopping. It really works out quite well. Once students have traded all of their tokens in for their goods, they are given paper for providing feedback to the shops. They slip these into the "consumer comments" pockets on the storefronts. They love reading the feedback from their customers! <3 After wrapping up our shops, students are often left with some extra products. Instead of having them take their own products back home, I let them put another economics concept into practice - BARTERING! They have a blast working out "fair swaps" for their products and really working to get the other things they may have wanted but didn't have the money to purchase...and of course, they do all of this while proudly wearing some of their favorite purchases. :) All in all, it is a fun day of learning. Students take their roles as both producers and consumers seriously and come away with a real sense of accomplishment! If you would like to download this packet of FREE resources to hold your own Economics shop, you can do so HERE. Enjoy!
Many alternatives to a classroom gig.
Download the free 3D printing filament comparison guide for education use in the classroom. This is an easy to read lesson resource great for teaching.
Give students a visual to assist them in advocating for themselves while self-assessing, and keeping students engaged in their learning.
Don't make the mistake many secondaryl teachers make! It's just as important to decorate your high school classroom as it is to decorate an elementary room.
I am back today for Week #2 of my Tuesday summer blog series called, "Getting Ahead of the Game." Each week I will give you a little project to help you be ready for August.
Melody McAllister, Community Facilitator for AK Teacher Tech on Facebook, shares five, FREE podcasts that were recommended by amazing middle school teachers!
Looking for a generic project-based learning rubric to use in your classroom during PBL? Look no further! This goes great with my math & ELA PBLs! All of my PBLs include e-mail support. Check the feedback below to see what it's all about! *******************************************************...
As secondary teachers, when it comes to decorating we often don’t know where to start. Sometimes, we just don’t have the time or energy to devote to another long project with possible m…
There's a lot of pressure to display student work and have a "cute" classroom. But minimalist classroom design may be more effective. Here's why.
SlidesGo has free downloadable Google Slides and PowerPoint templates for education, business, marketing and even the medical field!
Canva is FREE for teachers and students, and their templates are beautiful, user-friendly, and great for the classroom! In this 2-part series, Kasey shares 30+ ways to use FREE Canva templates in your classroom, including graphic organizers, choice boards, certificates, and more!
How is your seating chart working in your secondary classroom? Avoid these mistakes and make your seating chart more powerful.
Use this brainstorming strategy, borrowed from the business world, to jumpstart classroom conversation.
How to put systems in place to help students work independently.
The self-paced classroom benefits students and teachers! We share how to make it a reality in your classroom using the Grid Method.
Have a chatty class? Do your talkative students get louder and louder during small groups until it feels like chaos? Do they talk when you'r...
I love social studies and how it mixes so well with everything that we are doing in ELA!! Right now, we are reading “The Lemonade War”! My kiddos love it and so do I! The best part is that it fits perfectly into our Economics standards! We use this novel study to go through the ... Read More about Market Day Economics Project
Are you looking for a resource to give content teachers and/or administrators that easily explains English Language Learners' abilities in speaking, listening, reading, and writing at each level of language proficiency? Look no further! This resource explains the student's approximate abilities in...
There are so many positive classroom ideas for high school that high school teachers should steal from the elementary world...
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Free classroom activities you can use as a teacher or freelance trainer for teaching and training adults. Examples to engage learners.
