Eagle Bucks Store Supports Reading & Math Skills!
The Shop is open! The Eagle Bucks store was open for business last week as each of the third grade classes took turns being able to shop for trinkets with the “money” they earned from reading!
“They earn one cent for every minute they read per quarter,” said third grade teacher Heather Olson. “This is the store where they can spend the money. It is also part of a math lesson on adding and subtracting decimals.
PCA parents donate small trinkets such as Rubix cubes, pens and pencils, and squishy stress relievers for the students to purchase, and then help to run the store.
Students come up a handful at a time with their clipboards and pencils in hand. Each student is given a “check” for how much money they have earned from their reading. They are also given a sheet of paper where they put their total amount at the top and as they choose the items they wish to purchase, deduct that amount from their total until they have no more money left or don’t wish to spend any more (as balances can be rolled over into the next quarter).
"The Eagle Bucks store motivates students to read during their free time,” Olson explained. “They get excited about making purchases each quarter at the store…and also practice important math skills about money in the process."
