Monday, March 24, 2014

Economics

Quarter 4 brings the start of our economics unit in social studies!  We kicked it off today by learning the difference between natural, human, and capital resources.  We wrote about them in our journals and then found examples of them in magazines.  The kids are great at distinguishing between them!

Digging through the magazines.

Finding the perfect photographs.

Deciding if its natural or capital.

Example of a journal.

Table 3 is all on task!

Table 4 is hard at work.

Table 5 is finding some great examples!

Table 1 is working together!

Definitions
Natural Resource: materials that are found in nature and that can be used by people in many ways. Fresh water, soil, coal, and forests are all examples of natural resources.

Capital Resourcegoods produced and used to make other goods and services. Basic categories of capital resources include tools, equipment, buildings, and machinery. 

Human Resource: the people who work for a business.

Saturday, March 15, 2014

Spring Break!

I hope everyone has a happy and healthy Spring Break!

Your homework is to read each night, connect with family and friends, and enjoy lots of play!  I will see you on Monday, March 24th!

Friday, March 14, 2014

Leprechauns!

Our class had a fun visitor today - Silly McGilly!  He is a leprechaun and he played some tricks on us!

Here is the toy, sitting in the window to tell the real leprechaun to come visit us!

He turned our poster upside down!

Can you find what he did to our calendar?

We then made our own leprechauns.

The kids all had great ideas for why they are lucky!

Fun St. Patrick's Day books!

Happy Spring!