Mrs. Ness and Miss Jacob’s fourth grade class at Coal City Intermediate School just had their second mini-mall of the year. Mini-mall is an opportunity for students to become entrepreneurs in the classroom.
Students can make a homemade product, market it, and sell it to the class for Bo-Ness bucks on mini-mall day. There are four classroom mini-malls per year. Following the buying/selling segment, there is a classroom auction. During the auction, students can purchase passes for various privileges, such as pizza with the teacher, lunch with a friend, show and tell, and teacher’s chair for the day.
“Students did an excellent job bringing their creativity into class while functioning within a mini-economy,” said Mrs. Ness.