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Economics Day: Class Trade Fair

We will close out the school year with an in-depth study of World War II and economics. In order to truly understand supply, demand, production, pricing, wages, etc, our class will hold a Trade Fair on Thursday, May 15^th. Each child should bring some handcrafted or homemade goods to school to trade with other students. These items should be inexpensive and made primarily from things found around your home or neighborhood. Examples from past years include friendship bracelets, baked goods, bookmarks, pet rocks, and clay jewelry. The children may bring as many or as few items as they like, but they must bring something. Only bring one type of item. For example, bring all friendship bracelets, not friendship bracelets and candles. Your child is the company’s only employee which means they are responsible for making the items and cleaning up any resulting mess.

Start thinking today about what to bring and begin collecting the necessary materials. Though the Trade Fair is not until Thursday, May 15^th, we will be working on advertisements next week, so be sure you have chosen your item to make by then. This is such an exciting way to learn about economics!

Lemonade Economics

Click on this link to learn about economics by running your own lemonade stand
http://www.omsi.edu/visit/featured/moneyville/activities/lemonade/lemonadestand.htm

5th Grade Rock Stars

Who knew that math and music fit together so well? Check out our class' first music video of the year.

We know what you're thinking, "If only I could sing along!" Well you can get your own copy of the lyrics by clicking here: Download capacity_song.doc

CRCT Practice Tests

Use this link to try out CRCT practice tests:
https://www.georgiaoas.org/servlet/a2l

Use the number given to parents at conferences or the number I wrote down for many students this afternoon as your login. Everyone's password is "education". Once you log in, select "Teacher Assigned Tests." You will see a loooooong list of tests to try.

Remember to fill out a purple ticket with your test results to enter in our weekly drawing!

Snacks for the CRCT

In addition to the food donations for the CRCT Super Bowl (mentioned below), we also try to provide a small snack for each student to give them an extra boost in the morning. We need volunteers to send in a healthy snack to share with the class. Juice boxes, small water bottles, fruit, granola bars, pretzels, fruit snacks, raisins, etc. are perfect. Mrs. Dimmett is coordinating the snacks for our class. If you would like to send something in, please email her at cdimmett@bellsouth.net.

We will need snacks for
Wednesday, April 23rd
Thursday, April 24th
Friday, April 25th
Monday, April 28th
Tuesday, April 29th

Thanks again!

CRCT Super Bowl

On Monday, April 21st, we will hold a CRCT Super Bowl in our class. Over the course of the day, we will play a football review game and talk about good test-taking tips. For lunch, we will have a cook-out with hot dogs, chips, soda, etc. If you would like to donate an item, please let your son or daughter know so that we can have students volunteer to bring in items.

Here are the items we will need:
Cans of Sprite
Large Bottle of Ketchup
Large Bottle of Mustard
Jar of Relish
Bags of Chips
Paper Plates and Napkins
Hot Dog Buns
(Miss Kennedy will provide the hotdogs!)

Math Review with Pizzazz!

With the CRCT right around the corner, now is the time to review some of the math concepts we have discussed earlier in the year. Sounds like a lot of fun, right? Okay, maybe not, but your opinion might change once you've played the games on www.iknowthat.com. Try them out to review what you've already learned and have some fun at the same time!