Money+Sense

Tuesday Oct 27
//**Lesson**//: finish "Bargain Hunting" Metro Trip sales

**//Try it://** Go on your favourite retail store's website - are they offering any sales? If so, what is the 'incentive' (i.e. BOGO? A percent off? Hold the tax? etc.) Find one item that the sale applies to that you might want to buy. Calculate how much the item is with the sale taken into account. How much money would you save versus if the item was not on sale??

Monday Oct 26
//**Minds-On:**// What are some sales that you have heard of? How do stores encourage people to buy things? TPS! //** Lesson: **//

Friday Oct 23


Teacher conference with students about quizzes.

Thursday Oct 22
HST Quiz Good luck at Brant Counties Cross Country Runners!

Wednesday Oct 21
Complete and take up HST Review questions. Quiz and math journal tomorrow!

Tuesday Oct 20
Continue Metro trip receipt calculations and take up Calculate students' cost for the snacks they bought at Metro

Monday Oct 19
//**Minds-On:**// What did you learn from our Metro trip, did you enjoy it and if so, what was the best part?? //**Lesson:**// Students Calculate HST, total and Change from our Metro receipt




 * HST Test this week - Wednesday or Thursday!

Thursday Oct 15
Shopping trip to Metro!!

Wednesday Oct 14
//**Minds-On:**// What is your favourite food to buy at the grocery store? How much do you think it costs? //**Lesson:**// Create shopping lists for tomorrow's trip to Metro - estimate prices for each item //**Remember:**// *Tomorrow we will meet outside of Miss Cresswell's classroom right at the end of period 1 - so be sure to have all of your belongings - jacket etc. to go shopping! We will be back in time for lunch. Miss S will have the money to buy our items for our shopping list. If you wish to buy some snacks for yourself, you may, a maximum of 2 items!

Friday Oct 9
//**Minds-On:**// Review calculating HST //**Lesson:**// Students continue "Shop 'till you drop" activity and explain process to classmates //**Home work:**// Gobble gobble gobble! Have a great long weekend! Happy Thanksgiving!

Thursday Oct 8
Shop 'till you drop! - students get own "Zehrs Receipt" - add up total cost of your groceries...but BE CAREFUL - some items will be taxed 13% HST and some won't!!
 * Good luck at Spring Water XC runners! **



Tuesday Oct 6
English Trip to Stratford - most students absent

Monday Oct 5
a) How much (what percent) tax do we pay on adult clothing?
 * // Minds-On: //**

b) How much (what percent) tax do we pay on snack foods?

c) How much (what percent) tax do we pay on restaurant meals that cost more than $4.00? **//Lesson://** Finish and Take up HST sales tax questions

Thursday Oct 1
//** Minds-On: **// students report their findings! Dan - kefir, Jake - condensed milk, Laura - evaporated milk, Kyle - butter milk & Miss S report prices she checked at grocery store yesterday //**Lesson:**// //** Try it!: **// Go to the government of Ontario website: [] a) How much (what percent) tax do we pay on adult clothing? b) How much (what percent) tax do we pay on snack foods? c) How much (what percent) tax do we pay on restaurant meals that cost more than $4.00?

Wednesday Sept 30
//** Lesson: **// //**Try it!**// Predict, find out, report: Find the last 2 quizzes or assignments you did (in any class) and find out what percent you got on them!

Tuesday Sept 29
//**Minds-On:**// The percent taste test!?? As my daughter would say "MOOOOOOO!" //** Lesson: **// //**Try it!**// Find out, report: Find a recipe that uses milk as one of the main ingredients. Save it and bring it into class tomorrow to share! Does it specify the type of milk to use? Do you think the recipe would be effected if you used a certain %MF?

Monday Sept 28
//**Minds-On:**// List as many every day situations where we use (or you hear the term) "percent" - student with the most responses gets a prize!! **Bonus** "mind bending" question: (Hint: think FRENCH //mes amis//!) what does the word "cent" mean...so "per" "cent"??? //**Lesson:**// //**Try it!:**// predict, find out, report: so what's up with dairy percents? What percent milk do you prefer? What percent milk do they have in res?

Friday Sept 25
Take up quiz Students present on Thursday teach the rest of the class about Budget board game and play

Thursday Sept 24
Good Luck Cross Country Runners! - many students away at meet Budget Board Game meet with students about quizzes

Wednesday Sept 23
//**Minds-On:**// 4 rounds of grocery flier price is right - using actual prices as review for rounding out the penny and rounding to nearest whole dollar. //**Lesson:**//

Tuesday Sept 22
//**Lesson:**// - rounding quiz on Wednesday! //**Try it:**// Create 6 rounding questions to quiz a partner with. Be sure to indicate what type of rounding is expected for each question AND make sure that YOU could solve each question too!

Monday Sept 21
//**Minds-On:**// Penny rounding round off! Review Penny Rounding //**Lesson:**// - why in the world would we do this!? //**Try it:**// Tonight in res. count how much money (cash) you have or find out how much you have for canteen - EXACT amount. Now round this number to the nearest whole dollar. How much do you have approximately? Did you have any pennies - probably not! If you do have some, count them too and round your exact amount to "get rid of" the pennies.

Thursday Sept 17
//**Minds-On:**// So what are the other coins made out of?? **//Lesson://** Write note on rounding the penny based on yesterday's video 1, 2 goes down to 0 Example: $0.91 becomes $0.90 3, 4 goes up to 5 Example: $0.94 becomes $0.95 6, 7 goes down to 5 Example: $0.96 becomes $0.95 8, 9 goes up to 0 Example: $0.99 becomes $1.00 - penny is only rounded out when doing a cash purchase, not with credit or debit or cheque
 * //Try it:// ** predict, find out, report - any time you go to a store this weekend, make a mental note of if you or the person you go with uses cash or a card to buy the item(s). What was the total cost of the purchase(s)? Was the penny rounded out?

Wednesday Sept 16
//**Minds-On:**// Rounding Round off! game **//Lesson://** Complete Rounding Note and questions from yesterday CNN Phasing out the Penny Video - class create note based on main points media type="youtube" key="IDt0LGcM3FM" width="560" height="315" Poor Penny! Do you care? Discuss copper's properties. Examine a piece of pure copper. Check out the price of copper
 * //Try it:// ** predict, find out, report- So if a penny was once pure copper, then became an alloy of other metals, what is a dime made out of? What is a nickel made out of?

Tuesday Sept 15
//**Minds on:**// answer last night's challenge ... prize?! //**Lesson:**// Continue with Money - Coins Two Ways activity What does the word "rounding" mean? When do you ever need to round? //**Try it:**// Rounding round off challenge! in class

Monday Sept 14
//**Minds on:**// Share homework: what is your family's weekly grocery budget? Take up Q5-9 of "money intro" **//Lesson://** and Figure out Loss - Why do you think this poem is called "Smart"? What do you think about the line Shel Silverstein wrote about "Old Blind Bates"? Is it offensive? Why or why not? Money, Money, MOOONNEEEYY! activity **//Try it://** predict, find out, report - Do you have a "piggy bank"? (I do! Mine's a "doggie bank") Start one tonight in res.- at the end of each day or week, put your leftover change in it - let's see how quickly it adds up. If you put in 1 dime at the end of every day, for one whole year, how much would you have? Figure it out!! Hint: how many days are in a year?

Friday Sept. 11:
**//Minds on://** share students' "homework" discoveries - If i had a thousand dollars Grocery flier Price is Right!, **//Lesson://** How much does it cost? **//Try it://** predict, find out, report- what is your family"s weekly grocery budget? what are 3 items usually on the list? approximately how much do they cost? If possible, go grocery shopping!

Thursday Sept. 10:
**//Minds on://** My dream purchase! **//Lesson://** using the "magic cups" **//Try it://** predict, find out, report- H ow much does a thousand dollars $1000 really get you these days? If you had a thousand dollars and had to buy one, 'big-ticket' item, what would it be? Use the internet (or, if you are out at a store where you could buy this item, check it out in person) and find out if you were close to the "actual retail price"!