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This is an activity that can be done with both of the books listed on this page. Students can take on the main character in the book and use their own emotions and feelings to describe how the main character may feel. The teacher could take it one step further and discuss how the students would feel if they were in these two characters positions throughout the book.

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This book is a great way to show students that they have the ability to be a part of an economy. In this book, Pedrito finds that he has to make important decisions about how he spends his money. Students could connect with this book in 4th Grade, because this is the time period where students are able to start to complete small chores or jobs for family to make money.

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Shining shoes to earn money toward a bicycle, young Pedrito dreams about all of the wonderful possibilities a bicycle will permit him, until a reckless mistake forces him to prove he is starting to grow up.

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This book is a great literacy tool that will pull students attention. This books is about a boy who learns the difference between wants and needs. This book would be a great way to start discussion with students about scarcity and productivity for specific products.

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people & places - united states - african american

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children's / teenage fiction & true stories

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juvenile fiction / family / general (see also headings under social themes)

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juvenile fiction / social themes / emotions & feelings

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juvenile fiction / social themes / homelessness & poverty

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juvenile fiction / social themes / peer pressure

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juvenile fiction/social themes - peer pressure

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juvenile fiction/social themes - values & virtues

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people & places - united states - african american

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friendship; family; books for kids 5-7; childrens books by age 5-8; kids books ages 4 8; books for 8 year old girls; books for 8 year old boys; books for 7 year old girls; books for 6 year old boys; books for 7 year old boys; books for 6 year old girls; books for 5 year old boys; books for 5 year old girls; kids books ages 6-8; picture books; african american children's books; multicultural children's books; diversity books for kids; diverse childrens books; picture book; animals; chapter books; nature; school

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juvenile fiction / family / general (see also headings under social themes)

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juvenile fiction / people & places / united states / african american

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juvenile fiction / social themes / emotions & feelings

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juvenile fiction / social themes / homelessness & poverty

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juvenile fiction / social themes / peer pressure

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juvenile fiction/social themes - peer pressure

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children's / teenage fiction & true stories

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"In this witty, wise picture book, Boelts presents a kid's-eye view of a consumer fad that rages through school at gale force." - BULLETIN OF THE CENTER FOR CHILDREN'S BOOKS (starred review)All Jeremy wants is a pair of those shoes, the ones everyone at school seems to be we...

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Here is a great addition to the project that students complete within a unit! After producing their product, teachers can give the students the opportunity to sale their goods in a class story with "money" (paper/fake). This would give students the opportunity to not only be on the buyer side of the product, but they also could get experience with being on the seller side!

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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 t his novel study to go through the book and focus on reading skills! We read the book, talk about reading skills, take quizzes and complete projects.

After reading the book, we learned all about opportunity cost, scarcity, producers, and consumers. We did these through vocabulary posters, brain pop videos, and lots of talking about examples! Examples in vocabulary are the best!

We then did some situation examples. My students LOVED talking through these situations.

When we were done, they made up their own situations!

Then, we acted like we were real adults and created some budgets. This part was HILARIOUS! They received $500 dollars and some kids had that they were going to buy a Lamborghini. Hate to break it to you kiddo but you have a lot to learn about money LOL!

Finally, we jumped into some project based learning! The students were going to create their own businesses. But, before they could start they had to think about EVERYTHING! I made them think about their customers and what they wanted, how would it solve a problem, how would help their customer, and why were they doing this! So much deep thinking and discussion was happening in their groups. I was all, "Wow! I have 24 mini entrepreneurs, maybe they should be my business consultants??" Well, I am not sure that selling paper creations to teachers would really work for me....Maybe?

The kids worked SO hard! They thought through every step and made their products. I never once saw a kid distracted because they were SO into it!

Anything that they needed for their product they had to buy from me. It all goes into their final budget! They also had to log the hours that they were working so they could get paid at the end of the week! We did lots of budgeting all week long!

On the final market day, they set up their businesses and got prepared to sell! We were selling to other third graders in the school! So, we all switched classrooms and walked around buying each others product! (every kid got $20 to buy from other kiddos) You could easily do this with parents too! Selling things to their parents would make them look at a different type of customer!

It was SO much fun! Here are some of the amazing stores that our kiddos came up with!

We of course had some bracelets. They have a sign that says, "Boys styles too" LOL

These girls wrote their own books! They were AMAZING! I wanted to give them all an A+ and call it a day!

We had some rock people and sports cards!

The kiddos had lots of art and paper creations and I loved every.single.one! There is just something about kiddos making their own creations!

You NEED to start this in your school. I just know your kiddos with love it 😉 I honestly have students ask me everyday if we can sell more! I loved it and I know your kiddos would too!

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Market Day Economics Project - The Friendly Teacher

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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!

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This is a great resource for students to use to obtain the key terms that pertain to economics. Students can create this at booklet at the beginning of the unit and refer to it throughout the unit if needed. They also can use this booklet to help them brainstorm their personal product!

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Economics Bag Book/Interactive Notebook Kit

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Students make a book about economics using paper bags. Covers basic economics concepts for grades 2-3. Keep everything in one place and then send it home as a unique keepsake. The printable pages also fit in a standard size notebook.