Welcome, Educators! Thank you for joining us for the 2021 Economics Arkansas REAL Conference! RELEVANT | ENGAGING | ACTIVITY-BASED | LEARNING
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This conference will take place virtually via Zoom. You MUST have a Zoom account in order to participate. Once registered, you’ll be able to add sessions to your personal conference schedule. This schedule, along with the Zoom links for each session, will be emailed to you each morning of the conference.
PLEASE NOTE: Teachers under contract for the 2021-22 academic year will receive professional development credit, a $10 eGift Card for each session completed, and classroom resources. Teachers not under contract are only eligible to receive professional development credit.
Yes, he is blue, he is groovy, and he is cool. Primary students love that blue cat named Pete and they will enjoy learning ELA, Math, Science and Economic standards through trade books that focus on his adventures. This is a unit that includes teacher created worksheets and assessments that can be instantly uploaded into Google Classroom for traditional, hybrid, or virtual students to complete. A copy can be made and easily differentiated for students and/or grade levels. Some of the books used are: "Pete the Cat and the Perfect Pizza Party;" "Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes" "Pete the Cat Secret Agent;" "Pete the Cat Out of this World;" "Pete the Cat Cool Cat Boogie;" "Pete the Cat - A Pet for Pete;" "Pete the Cat and the Tip Top Treehouse;" "Pete the Cat Robo Pet;" "Pete the Cat's Grocery Bake Sale;" and "Pete the Cat at the Super Market." A multitude of economic concepts are taught and an added bonus is the inclusion of Engineering and STEM activities. Students will not look at another Pete the Cat book without discerning the economics they see within its cover. Isn't that GROOVY?
