Thank you.  this could help!  Dem Cowles
--- Mary Jane Jerde <mjjerdems at yahoo.com> wrote:


> Hi,

> 

> This may be a pretty basic idea, but it worked very

> well. 

> 

> In a refugee program run in the afternoon, we set up

> a coffee shop for break. The intermediate class was

> responsible to run it and chose the price, I think

> it was a quarter. Every day they had to write in the

> starting balance for each coin denomination and the

> total and tally the new balances at the end to come

> up with the income. We finally added purchase cards

> with one or two dollars total on it. The

> responsibility for purchases were also up to them,

> with an instructor verifying the receipts and cash

> taken out. An instructor also checked the daily

> tally. Two people had to sign for the balances. The

> students did a great job with it, eventually

> accruing enough to purchase a microwave, which they

> graciously shared with the morning classes.

> 

> Alas, in K-12 there's an ingrained aversion to any

> real money being used this way. It is such a great

> learning experience. 

> 

> Mary Jane Jerde

> ESL Instructor

> 

> Charlotte Learning Center <charlit at pure.net> wrote: 

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>       Lawana,

>   Hi, my name is Mora Doherty and I am the

> coordinator for the Charlotte County Adult Learning

> Center in Virginia. I teach beginning reading and

> now ESOL. I am also in charge of raising funds. I

> have not used the idea you have presented. But,

> since fundraising is an ongoing issue for our

> center, I am thinking why not let the students

> become more involved in working on the fundraisers

> for us, and tie it in to the lessons like you have

> suggested? 

>   Mora 

>    

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>   From: familyliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov

> [mailto:familyliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf

> Of Gail Price

>  Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 11:04 AM

>  To: The  Family Literacy Discussion List

>  Subject: [FamilyLiteracy 1088] Fundraisers as

> teaching tools

>   

>    

>   The following message is posted on behalf of

> Lawana Wilson (Lawana at vol.com

>    

>    

>   My name is Lawana Wilson. I have been working with

> the adult education population for several years in

> Madison County Kentucky. Doing a fundraiser can be a

> great teaching tool.  The students can pick a name

> for their business.  They can do this by having an

> essay contest, a skill needed for the GED. They can

> also write essays to decide what fair thing to do

> with the money. The students may have an event for

> their family or have a bigger graduation.  In math

> class the students can do charts and graphs of their

> progress and profit, etc.  I have been a Family

> Literacy Coordinator and could see this tie to

> Family Literacy as well.  

>    

>    

>   Have other subscribers tried fundraisers as a

> means of instruction? What have been your results?

> Do you have other ideas to add to Lawana’s?

>    

>    

>    

>   Gail J. Price

>   Multimedia Specialist

>   National  Center for Family Literacy

>   325 W. Main Street,   Suite 300

>   Louisville,  KY 40202

>   gprice at famlit.org

>   502 584-1133, ext. 112

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