Important Dates
March 28th – Easter party at 10:15am
March 29th & April 1st – School holidays
April 4th – Spring Pictures
April 9th – Third Grade STAAR Reading
April 23rd – Third Grade STAAR Math
TEKS: MATH
3.9A Explain the connection between human capital/labor and income.
3.9B Describe the relationship between the availability or scarcity of resources and how that impacts cost.
3.9C Identify the costs and benefits of planned and unplanned spending decisions.
3.9D Explain that credit is used when wants or needs exceed the ability to pay and that it is the borrower’s responsibility to pay it back to the lender, usually with interest.
3.9E List reasons to save and explain the benefits of a savings plan, including for college.
3.9F Identify decisions involving income, spending, saving, credit, and charitable giving.
STUDENT-FRIENDLY LEARNING OBJECTIVES
I can explain the connections between work and income, education and income, and effort and income.
I can explain the connections between the number of people working together and production and income.
I can explain how human capital can benefit the employer and the company.
I can describe how availability or scarcity of a resource can impact its cost.
I can identify how planned expenses affect people.
I can identify how unplanned expenses affect people.
I can explain why and how credit is used.
I can list reasons to save money.
I can explain the benefits of saving and making a plan to save money.
I can explain how saving affects people.
I can determine when financial decisions involve income.
I can determine when financial decisions involve spending.
I can determine when financial decisions involve saving.
I can determine when financial decisions involve credit.
I can determine when financial decisions involve charitable giving.
TEKS: SCIENCE
3.9C – describe environmental changes such as floods and droughts where some organisms thrive and others perish or move to new locations.
STUDENT-FRIENDLY LEARNING OBJECTIVES
How do environmental changes affect organisms within an ecosystem?