Classroom Economy

Classroom Jobs Teach Students About Economics This best practice was developed to meet the second grade economic standards. It begins by teaching the content and introducing vocabulary words: needs, wants, producers, consumers, goods, services, opportunity cost, save, spend, and donate. After the majority of the content has been addressed the students begin the interview and […]

Making the Reading and Writing Connection

After School Program Helps Students with Reading and Writing Wes-Del Elementary Comp Camp was begun several years ago by Shirley Thacker.  Comp Camp is held in the spring, fall, and in the summer as an after school program.  Mrs. Thacker is a certified presenter with the Indiana Writing Project and has presented her information in Washington […]

Community Support at Wes-Del Elementary

Partnering with Community Organizations Shafer and Smith have partnered with numerous community organizations in an effort to meet the continuing needs of their students. They believe that through this partnership, their students will not only be supported academically, but will have both physical and emotional needs met as well. Submitted by: Tracy Shafer and Rachel […]