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April
2002 Vol.3 Issue 4
Suggested
lesson plan for "Stock
market game helps kids learn to invest"
Readability:
Sixth grade reading level
Possible hard
words: Proper names: Ladue Middle School, Bill Kistner, Missouri
Council of Economic Education, University of Missouri-Kansas
City, Nicolas Nunn-Faron, Alice Nishiwaki, Benjamin Young,
Apogee, Liz Eiger, Jordan Graham, Krispie Kreme Doughnuts
Other words: risky, investments, opposite, participated, enrichment,
portfolio, contemplated, percentages, commission
BEFORE READING:
Have the young reader read the list of possible hard words.
Help out if he or she is unable to call the phrase or word.
If no more than three terms cause difficulty, suggest the
young reader read the article silently. If four to six terms
cause a problem, ask the young reader to read the article
aloud to you. If seven or more items are missed, you offer
to read the article aloud to the child. In all cases, indicate
that questions will be asked afterward.
DURING READING:
For the one reading silently, offer to help out with words
when asked. For the one reading aloud, supply troublesome
words fairly quickly to keep the reading fluent. If you read
aloud, model expressive, fluent oral reading.
AFTER READING:
Questions to use after reading might include the following.
- What keeps
the kids from losing money?
- How does the
way Bill Kistner's team invests differ from Nicholas Nunn-Faron's
team's investment strategy?
- Why did Liz
Eiger's team and Jordan Grahams's teams invest in Krispie
Kreme Doughnuts?
- How does investing
help kids better like to study math?
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