Mrs. Jolley's Newsletter
Financial Literacy
2015-2016 School Year
I am looking forward to teaching your student this school year. I believe in tying in instruction to my student's backgrounds and prior knowledge. They will each take a learner style assessment so we can work together to ensure they have a successful year. We will be using a lot of technology and various FREEvwebsites/apps throughout the year.
Bitstrips.com - creating comic strips
Bitstrips is a fun, creative way for students to show what they have learned by creating a panel storyboard comic strip. They have the options to create a character, the background and the text, to name just a few. We will be using this website to create budgeting goal scenario's.
Diigo - online notetaker
We will be using Diigo as we read Dave Ramsey's budgeting book online this semester. With this website, students can highlight text, bookmark pages and even add sticky notes to pages. A great electronic note taker students will love!
99Chats - online chat rooms
99Chats will serve as our class chat room. I will post financial topics based on what we are studying and students will have to reply. Once students have all made their initial post, the chat room will serve as a place where we will answer each other's questions and offer feedback.