About the Project

Project Summary: Third Grade Students participating in the Open Court Reading Program have the wonderful opportunity to learn respect for money at a very early age. During the unit, teachers will lead students in exploring four major concepts that will foster good money management techniques in their adult lives. Through a hands-on, inquiry based learning approach, in addition to enjoying rich literature, the students will investigate the following topics:

1. The Different Forms of Money

2. How Money Works

3. The Role Money Plays in People's Lives and Businesses

4. Respect for Money and the Important Things in Life it Cannot Buy

This collaboration project will not only foster much needed values and respect for money, but also allow students to engage in applying technological skills to their literacy lessons. Students must choose one four topics above to investigate. Then use an educational software of your choice and/or technology medium (graphics [in .jpeg format], slide shows (no more than 5 slides), movie makers [in .wav format], etc) to complete their work samples. Cooperative learning groups in the same class may choose different topics to explore. A maximum of six (6) computer generated projects will be accepted per class for publishing in the student showcase section. Students are encouraged to work in cooperative learning groups to complete the projects.

This project does not endorse the use of any particular educational software, but examples of kid-friendly software include:

Kid Pix
Kidspiration
Hyperstudio
Microsoft Powerpoint
Paint (found in the accessories of most computers with a Windows operating system)
You may also do charts and graphs just submit them in .jpeg format for publishing in the student showcase section.
Appleworks (for Mac computers only)

Project Participants: Third Grade students studying the Open Court Reading Program Theme, Money.

Project Timeline: Student samples must be submitted to Kimberly Pace by March 30, 2007. All samples submitted by the deadline of March 30th will be displayed in the Student Showcase section.

Contact Information: Please email the following to [email protected] by March 15th if you plan to participate.

Your Name
School's Name, Town, State, and Phone number
Your class website (if applicable)
The type of project(s) your class will be submitting (graphics, slideshow, video, etc)
The email address you wish to receive all information concerning this project

Special Note: Teachers may submit a digital photograph of your school with a brief description of its location for the photo gallery. Please limit descriptions to three succinct sentences. This is completely optional, however, it will provide a way for us to get to know our distant participants.

* If your class will begin the Money unit after the deadline, you may still participate, just let me know in your registration when you plan to submit your materials.