week 4, Sept 23 - 27

Day 1

Account info

Day 4

Career Prep

week 3, Sept 16-19

Day 1

• Warm up - Why should I start investing at an early age?
• worksheet - Reading a Prospectus. - Grab one of the prospecti that I have printed out.  Working with a partner, 
• video - chapter 2, part 4 (8:20)

Day 2

• worksheet - Investments compared
• video - chapter 2 part 5 (12:32), and part 6 (14:25)

Day 3

• Blogger training with Mrs. Rose!  (in computer lab)

Day 4

• vocabulary practice (move around, and wordle)
• chapter 2 study guide

Day 5

• Chapter 2 case studies
• Reflection -
• If your grandparents offered you a savings bond as a gift, what would you tell them?  Are there better alternatives?
• You have $5,000 to invest.  Using what we learned in this chapter, how are you going to invest it?  Remember to keep it simple, and to diversify!
• What questions do we have for a financial planner?

week 2, sept 9 - 13

Students will understand the importance of savings.

Students will understand their investment options.

Day 1

• Chapter 1 study guide
• chapter 1 case studies

Day 2

• warm -up: What do you know about investing?
• complete chapter 1 work if needed
• complete chapter 2, before you begin (page 22)
• start chapter 2 movies

Day 3

• review day 1 and day 2 material
• chapter r, part 1 video (2:00)

Day 4

• chapter 2, part 1
• chapter 2, part 2

Day 5

• COMPUTER LAB
• Investment Scavenger Hunt