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April 2003 Vol.4 Issue 4
Suggested
lesson plan for "Learning
not to be just a big spender"
Readability: Sixth
grade reading level
Possible hard
words: Proper names: Mark Griggs, Marvin Elementary School,
Pam Lueker, Rhonda Donaldson, Krista Daniel, Kaysone Kiopone,
Laurel Reese, Nikolas Fischer, Xavier Gomez, Tapley Rasch
Other words: precious, chores, allowance, construction, bartering,
considerable
BEFORE READING:
Have the young reader call the words from the possible hard
words list. Help out where needed. Other than the proper names,
the article should be fairly easy. Ask the young reader to
read the article aloud to you and be ready to discuss it afterward.
DURING READING:
Supply any troublesome words fairly quickly in order to keep
the reading fluent.
AFTER READING:
Use questions such as the following to check understanding
and stimulate discussion.
- Who are those
encouraging kids to save rather than spend their money?
- How do most
of the fourth graders earn money?
- What is "bartering"?
- What do you
do with money you earn or that is given to you?
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