Lesson 1

March 13,

Our unit was on Economics for first graders. This first lesson was focused on chores and responsibility. The content area of this lesson was chosen to be first because it introduces our students to the main idea of our unit, responsibility.
We really were interested cross curricular connections so we decided to use the book "Alexander, Who Used To Be Rich Last Sunday". This book demonstrates a young boy who recklessly spends his money and the few attempts he makes to earn it back. I really liked this book because it was on the level of the students (small amount of money for allowance, items bought, punishments, "jobs",etc.) and it had a lot of humorous language. Our students responded very well throughout the lesson (lots of questions, comments, and work completed). The co-teaching went very well this lesson, our transitions (read aloud, questions, evaluation-chore example) were smooth and every student was involved/received attention throughout the lesson.