Welcome to the Third Grade

1. Welcome to the Third Grade Classroom City Let your imagination soar!

2. Goals of the Classroom City • Two week project. • Enable students to experience the world of day to day economy. • Experience the election process. • Experience the running of city government. • Working together as a community. • Use higher level thinking skills to solve real life problems.

3. Election of City Officers

4. *Opening Day* Mayors will give speeches and present keys to the city to a second grade class. Parents are invited to this event!

5. Creating Our Cities Use the handout to construct the building. The board should be attractive and have the name of the business on it. If the students holds a city office, that office should also be on the front of the building. Be creative!

6. Ribbon Cutting - Opening Day

7. Products or Services Selling real items for play money. Don’t go overboard spending money. Students have to have enough to sell each day. Help them at night keeping up with anything that they will need for the next day. We will take grades for social studies from this city simulation. Tips for Classroom City

8. Postmaster librarian sanitation engineer police chief fire marshal rental (pencils, equipment, calculators, etc.) banker newspaper Paper airplanes flowers cards art work frame shop school supplies beads (Mardi Gras is good for this) bookmarks snack shop Examples of Products and Services

9. Our City at Work

12. This is a “Family” project! We do not expect your child to do this alone. Please help him/her create a building where he/she can be proud to conduct his/her business. Thank You! Third Grade Teachers