Courtney Matesic

Our focus this week was creating our signage for our sale products. To do so, the class got to engage in discussion around how much each product should cost and why. We discussed product cost/materials, profit, and fair pricing. The students calculated how much profit would be earned at each price point and decided if that felt good to them. Once prices were agreed upon, each Sprout got to make a sign for our display, during our Project Period. This time was also used to continue to expand on...

We have few photos this week as my hands were busy supporting lots of crafting and creation! The Sprouts have a few finishing touches to add to their products and we will be working on table signage next week. Money knowledge was practiced through more games and portfolio activities. Students explored different ways to make $1.00 and are practicing connecting coin pictures with their names and values. Today we introduced Money Bingo as well. The students decorated our mini Christmas tree and...

This week we continued to prep for our sale through song, creation and games. Our project period consisted of coin recognition activities, teaching children the value and names of coins, as well as multiple product making stations. Using the coin sheets we created last week, we made space to sing our “Canada in my Pocket” song, which the Sprouts love. Students also finished creating their advertising posters. We have hung posters up around the school and copies have been sent home to share...