First grade students are learning about basic economics as we study goods and services.  We will be discussing how goods and services are produced, distributed, consumed, and exchanged.  First graders will be expected to know that goods are things that are made or grown, and that many goods are made from natural resources. Students will learn that service is work that someone does for someone else. Working as a class and individually, first graders will be completing Venn Diagrams to show examples of  businesses that provide goods, services, or both.

In learning about goods and services, we will also be discussing consumers and producers.  A consumer is someone who buys goods or services and a producer is someone who makes or grows goods, or offers services. Finally, we will be examining supply and demand.  We will learn how a supply is an amount of something available to consumers and the demand is how much a consumer wants somethings.  We will discuss many examples, role playing various situations.