Balanced Assessment
Stock Market
Analyze trends in the stock market using histograms. Future economists use data presented in a histogram to find periods of greatest increase and decrease. They also draw conclusions about days that would be best to invest.
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The Stock Market
Students explore the loss and gain made in the stock market as they invest a sum of money and report the results as percentages instead of points.
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Practice Buying Stocks
In this practice buying stocks worksheet, students utilize a chart to answer five comprehension questions about buying stocks and then participate in selling stocks.
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Sequencing Pocket Chart
Cut it out! Beginning readers practice sequencing skills at home or at school with a variety of activities that require cutting out multiple sets of picture cards and putting them in the correct order.
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Phonemic Awareness: Phoneme Matching, Sound Pictures and Picture Puzzles
Scholars use a T-chart and puzzle pieces to practice saying and recognizing the medial sound in a series of words. Peers take turns choosing a puzzle piece, saying its name and medial sound, then placing it on their side of the chart.
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Stock Reports
Students spend $10,000 by picking up to 3 stocks in which to invest. They monitor their progress for three weeks, and chart results in a spreadsheet template.
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Researching Stocks on New York Stock Exchange
Sixth graders research to find background information and stock history over the last year about a company listed on the NYSE. They evaluate whether or not they should "invest" in that company. They write a persuasive essay outlining...
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Savings and Stocks
Work together to brainstorm answers to different questions related to the savings of American people. Draw a bar graph representing stocks. Practice using new economic terms as well.
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Who Was César Chávez?
Scholars complete a KWL chart to indicate what they know about Cesar Chavez and then research what they want to know about this farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activist. To complete the lesson, scholars research modern civil...
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Analyzing Early American Figures: Analyzing History
Who were they? High school freshmen brush up on their research skills by investigating an important person in American history. They select a name, fill out a KWHL chart, and research why their person is important. Scholars then complete...
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Invest in What You Know
Students complete a series of tasks that help them learn about the stock market. In this stock market lesson plan, students identify companies they are familiar with and learn about stock symbols. Students study the makeup of...
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PLANNING A DIVERSIFIED INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO
Twelfth graders research stocks and how to read and interpret financial data. They choose 5 companies to invest in and track their performance over 10 weeks. They create a spreadsheet which shows the results.
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Dow And Jones: Wizards of Wall Street
Pupils view a documentary on Mr. Dow and Mr. Jones. The Dow-Jones Industrial Average is the most commonly used economic indicator in American finance. After viewing, students discuss what they saw and complete a timeline to chart stock...
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The Stock Market-Tracking and Picking Stocks
Students interpret the stock market. They pick preferable stocks based on price to earnings ratios listed in the quotes. They practice using fractions and decimals to calculate the cost of selling and buying various stocks using...
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Enterprise Worksheet 1
In these stock exchange worksheet, students use the Celebdaq to complete the chart about celebrity stock, shares, and dividends
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Naming: Putting it all Together
In this naming compounds worksheet, students are given a flow chart guiding them to name chemical compounds. They are given several different compounds to name including binary covalent and binary ionic compounds.
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16 Fall Themed Math and Literacy Centers for Kindergarteners
Look no further because your fall literacy and math centers are here. Cards allow learners to practice counting, writing, tracing, finding missing numbers and letters, skip count, and match letters to their sounds.
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Energy Conservation Games
Middle school physicsl science explorers play a game using dominoes that you have photocopied onto cardstock. Through the game, they familiarize themselves with the conservation of energy and the transformatin from one form to another....
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The Emancipation Proclamation: Expanding The Goals Of The Civil War
Should Juneteenth be recognized as a national holiday? To prepare to take a stance on this question, young historians first analyze the Emancipation Proclamation and compare it to Lincoln's first Inaugural Address. Scholars then read an...
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Tallies Tell It All
Students explore data collection through the use of tally marks. After a demonstration of the use of tally marks students complete various inquires where they create a chart documenting the number of times a desired result happens. They...
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How are Things Lining Up
In this consumer math learning exercise, students use the web to research and select a stock to buy. Students track and graph the stock’s activity over a two week period. The one page learning exercise contains a blank graph and four...
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Game of Life
By playing this game, learners discover what happens to a fish stock when large amounts disappear.
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Frank Sadorus Collection: Photographic Family Tree Activity
Young scholars collect and place photographs of their parents, grandparents, etc., in a family tree-like chart or positioned by generation. They find out more about the occupations and lives of their ancestors.
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Banking
Young scholars correctly write a check and fill out a bank deposit slip. They understand the concept of balancing a checkbook by balancing a bank statement with a check register. Students play with the stock market to understand it a...