Showing posts with label social studies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label social studies. Show all posts

Monday, October 20, 2014

The $20,000 Budget Project

The Task: Create a budget for Orange Charter's Elementary grades with $20,000




Next: 
After much discussion and many challenges, students created a $15,000 budget and a presentation for Mr. Corcoran.
 Students shared their rationale for budget items:
Students shared the challenges of the budget-creation process: 

Students shared what they learned about working in committees, creating budgets, prioritizing, and considering wants and needs: 
I hope you enjoyed taking a look at our "$20,000 (which became $15,000) Budget Project" activities!