I did Business Quizzo today again to test the students on new terms. It was a really tight game today, Lil' Azn Gangstas beat Gurl Power.... Sike Naw by 1 point. The boys seemed very surprised and excited to win. Everyone got a prize though. I handed out the leather clipboard/notepads from United Way today and they were really excited about that.
For the 2nd half of class, we broke up Junior 1 and 2 and I showed them the classic "Lemonade Stand Game", the kids each started off with $3.00 and had to decide how much of that they would budget to signs, and how many cups of lemonade they would make and how much they would sell it for. It was heart-warming to see how much the kids got into the game. Alicia made the highest amount...... $60.37 from $3.00 starting budget! Maybe she should be teaching this class! I'm glad I did this because I think the kids learned that business isn't smooth, you have your good days and bad days, rainy days and sunny days.
The second group did an exercise downstairs where they researched the phone book and looked up how many businesses there were in certain categories, a) How many locksmiths? b) How many comic book stores? c) How many taxi services? Then they had to see where there is no opportunity and in what field there is opportunity.
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