Yum-onomics:
Cupcake Economics—Babymouse & Fancy
Nancy Teach Fancy Economics Words
Presented by: Deborah Kozdras: USF Stavros Center
dkozdras@usf.edu Website: http://yumonomics.com
http://www.parcconline.org/parcc-content-frameworks
Key Points In English Language Arts
Reading
• Staircase of complexity (texts are multiple
and multimedia)
• Reading classic & contemporary literature &
informational texts (of different genres).
• Critical types of content: classic myths and
stories, foundational texts, classic literature,
primary source documents.
Key Points In English Language Arts
Writing
• Write logical arguments based on substantive
evidence (fact/opinion).
• Research- Both short focused projects and
longer term in depth research
• Annotated samples for arguments,
informational/expository, and narrative
writing.
Key Points In English Language Arts
Speaking & Listening/Viewing
• Students gain, evaluate, and present
increasingly complex information, ideas, and
evidence through listening and speaking as
well as through media.
• Focus on academic discussion: one-on-one,
small-group, and whole-class. Formal
presentation is important. But student
collaboration is essential (answer questions,
build understanding, solve problems).
Key Points In English Language Arts
Language
• Grow vocabulary (direct instruction,
conversation, reading). Determine and expand
word meanings (academic vocabulary &
discipline specific vocabulary).
• Real life experiences in 21st century careers.
Speak and communicate using formal English and
through a variety of media.
• Vocabulary and conventions extend across all
other literacies.
Key Points In English Language Arts
Media and Technology
• Just as media and technology are integrated in
school and life in the 21st century, skills related
to media use–both critical analysis (text
consumer) & production of media (text
producer)–are integrated throughout the
standards
Text Consumer to Text Producer
Preview
buy
sell
goods
scarcity
Pick-out (concepts)
Put-in (new ideas)
Produce (Create)
Fancy Nancy ReadAloud/ThinkAloud
Before Reading: Preview
During Reading Pick out: Think Aloud/Read Aloud questions and
prompts. Close reading of text.
After Reading: Put In: Other texts
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http://www.harpercollins.com/browseinside/index.aspx?isbn13=9780061882685
see inside the book
http://www.fancynancyworld.com/ everything Fancy Nancy
http://www.fancynancyworld.com/#/kids/fungames/ kids’ games
http://www.fancynancyworld.com/#/educators/ educator resources
http://www.thinkpinkalicious.com/games/cupcake pinkalicious cupcake game
http://togetherville.com/games-for-kids/cupcake-frenzy
Babymouse: ReadAloud/ThinkAloud
Before Reading Preview
During Reading Pick out: Think Aloud/Read Aloud questions and
prompts.
After Reading: Put In: Other texts
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http://www.readingrockets.org/articles/books/39637/
http://cupcakestakethecake.blogspot.com/2010/09/4-babymouse-cupcakerecipes-online.html
http://www.readwritethink.org/parent-afterschool-resources/podcastepisodes/babymouse-extravaganza-30555.html book chat with authors
http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/teachers_guides/9780375832321.pdf
babymouse teacher’s guide
http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/babymouse/homepage.htm
http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/advertisingtricks/createyourownad_flash.html create
your own ad PBS site
Econ. Standards Activities:
Kindergarten
K:SS.K.E. 1.1. Describe different kinds of jobs that people do and
the tools or equipment used.
Before Reading: Quick draw—jobs and tools to make cupcakes.
View video (Writing, speaking, listening, viewing).
During Reading: Thumbs-up (pick-out) when they see a job or
tool as you read the story.
After Reading: Put In their ideas about the jobs and tools
needed to make and sell cupcakes. Make a shared digital
story with one job/tool per page. PowerPoint + sound
After Reading: Make pictures of all of the jobs and tools from the
story. Place them inside a paper bag. Decorate the bag with
words and images. As you take out images, discuss how they
were used in story.
Research: They create (produce) their own text (recipe, digital
story, story, compare/contrast, poster, etc.)
Brown Bag Ideas
1)
Make pictures of all of the jobs and tools from the story. Place them
inside the bag. Decorate the bag with words and images. As you take
out images, discuss how they were used in story.
Make puppets to retell parts of the story. Students do a retell of the
story based on econ-cepts.
Brown bag with characters and props from book for retell. Decorate the
bag with images and words from the story. The bag is used to illustrate
the main concepts:
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3)
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Wants: what did characters want in the story?
Goods/services: what were examples of goods/services?
Money: What did the different characters use as currency/money? Make some items
and money. Price items.
Econ. Standards Activities: Grade 1
Grade: 1 SS.1.E.1.6. Distinguish people as buyers, sellers, and
producers of goods and services.
• Before Reading Predict: Vocab 3P-Guided Discussion using
vocabulary/word-wall cards.
Predict
Buyers
Sellers
Consumers
Producers
Goods
Services
Pick-Out
Put-In
Standards Activities: Grade 1
During Reading Pick-out: Each student has a set of the word cards you
wish to use. Ask them to hold up a card when they hear a concept
(Pick-out) in the story.
After Reading: Students can get in small groups and create their own
videos about the goods and services in the story. They can re-read
parts of the story and discuss the goods and services.
• Put-In – What are the ingredients (goods) necessary to make
cupcakes (use recipes or video)? What are the services the
characters provided in producing and selling cupcakes?
• Put-In new text: Fancy Nancy Recipe & There Was a Fancy Girl
• Produce: Students create their own recipes/videos discussing the
goods and services necessary to produce cupcakes and sell them at
a fundraiser. (advertisements, games, etc.)
Recipes: Instructional Texts
Paper Plate Pop-Up
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3.
Fold plate taco-style and cut tab
as in image.
Draw the character. Glue her on
the pop-up tab.
Choose economic concepts to
illustrate or write.
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Decisions and consequences
Goods and services she used.
Resources needed for cupcakes.
Things you would need to make
your food of choice. (image of self.
Take photos and make into pop-up
puppets!)
Standards Activities: Grade 2
SS.2.E.1.1 People make choices because of limited resources.
Before Reading Predict: Discuss the concepts: choices, scarcity,
goods, services, and resources. When someone is cooking and
has limited (scarce) resources, what choices can they make?
During Reading: Students record (pick out) the scarce resources in
the stories. In both stories, the characters made choices to sell
cupcakes because the library had scarce resources (books).
What choices did they make?
After Reading Put In: Create a Decision Apron about what choices
you could make if you had scarce resources. Then make a
decision paper-plate activity.
Produce: Choose from ReadWriteThink.org interactives…
ReadWriteThink.org
Other Cool Cupcake Texts!
Teacher domain NSF video on making cupcakes
http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/vtl07.math.number.fra.cupcakemix/
Hello Cupcake Anatomy of a Cupcake
• http://hellocupcakeonline.com/anatomy.html
If You Give a Cat a Cupcake: Decorate your own
• http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/Kids/GamesAndContests/Printables.aspx
Pinkalicious: Pinkalicious game with cupcake sprinkles
• http://thinkpinkalicious.com/games/cupcake
Elmo http://pbskids.org/sesame/games/elmocupcakes.html#/elmo
Cupcake History Texts
• Food timeline
http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodcakes.html#cupcakes
• Slideshare cupcakes story history
http://www.slideshare.net/guesta44159a/the-historyof-cupcakes
• cupcake history
http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/spring07/ayers/history.ht
ml
http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/spring07/ayers/sources.h
tml
• nice timeline
http://www.allculinaryschools.com/culinarycareers/article/the-rise-of-cupcakes
Other Texts
How To Make Cupcakes
From How Stuff Works
http://videos.howstuffworks.com/tlc
/41320-dc-cupcakes-threeminute-ganache-video.htm
http://videos.howstuffworks.com/tlc
/45128-dc-cupcakes-operationcupcake-video.htm
http://videos.howstuffworks.com/fo
od-and-recipes/cupcake-videosplaylist.htm#video-43451
Creating Advertisements
Public Service Announcements
Lesson Plan
http://www.readwritethink.
org/classroomresources/lessonplans/mytube-changingworld-with-1069.html
PBS website
http://pbskids.org/dontbuyi
t/advertisingtricks/