Meeting of FBLA officers ---- Tuesday, 12/1/09, immediately after school.

FBLA meeting---Thursday, 12/3/09, immediately after school.

All orders for FBLA hoodies are due.

Monday, November 30, 2009

Personal Finance (all periods but 2nd and 6th): We began discussing Insurance. The students took notes so that they could begin to identify ways to manage risk and to describe how insurance is used to protect against financial loss. We will continue our discussion tomorrow.

Introduction to Business (2nd period): We completed viewing the movie "Confessions of a Shopaholic" which we began before the Thanksgiving break. This movie humorously takes a look at consumer debt and spending. Students were to ponder the concept of "delaying gratification" as they viewed the DVD.

Friday, November 20, 2009

Personal Finance (1st, 3rd - 7th): Today in class, we began a unit on insurance and ways to manage life's risks. The following are daily and homework assignments (if not completed in class): Read pp. 70-84 in your work book. Respond to "What Do You Think?", p. 80; Exercise 6A, p. 81; 6C and 6D, page 84. There will be a homework check on these assignments when we meet again. Also, Assignment 6-1, which requires a little more time and creativity, will be worked on in class on Tuesday and will be due Wednesday, end of class. Yesterday, students took a test on Unit 5.

Introduction to Business (2nd): Today, we went over the study guide for Chapter 5 and answered any questions that students had pertaining to the chapter. The test has been moved to Wednesday. Yesterday, students worked on the study guide in class---this was graded as a homework check.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Personal Finance (1st, 3rd - 7th): Students worked on study guide for Unit 5. Tomorrow, we will work on our stock portfolio project and review for the quiz on Thursday.

Introduction to Business (2nd): Students finished the career research mini-project. New assignment to be completed at home tonight if not finished in class: Communicating Business Concepts (p. 120, 1-9), and on page 121, 10 - 23 (vocabulary).

Monday, November 16, 2009

WELCOME BACK AFTER A SOGGY FRIDAY (NO SCHOOL)

Personal Finance (1st, 3rd-7th): Today we researched articles dealing with spy ware, phishing, Internet fraud, identity theft, and scamming (last few pages of Unit 5). Students were to find two articles, read them, and summarize them in one paragraph each. They were to put the website where the article was found below their summary. This is a daily grade. The article should be more of a "current event" type article---not an article from wikipedia defining these terms. On Tuesday, the 17th, we will wrap up this chapter and students will work on a study guide. There will be a Test on Unit 5 on Thursday of this week. On Wednesday, we will work on our stock market portfolio.

Introduction to Business (2nd): Students continued to work on their career mini-project. It is due at the end of the period. We are using the following website: www.bls.gov/oco. We will continue working in chapter five---Business and Our Economy. I anticipate a quiz on this chapter on Monday, the 23rd.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Personal Finance (1st, 3rd-7th): Today in class, we continued to work on balancing a checkbook register. We also discussed case studies involving consumer fraud and deception. Assignment: Exercise 5-D and 5-I in your workbook. Homework check tomorrow!



Introduction to Business (2nd): We began Chapter 5 which focuses on business and employment in the United States' economy. Students worked in groups on the worksheet "Jobs...Jobs...Jobs". We will begin a mini-project tomorrow using www.bls.gov/oco to do some career research. Tonight, think about a job you'd be interested in having. This will count as a project grade for the 2nd nine weeks. Also, you should continue to work on your major project for the 2nd nine weeks: THE ECONOMIC SYSTEMS OF COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD