The Kid's Bussiness Book

1. Why did kids set up bussiness? They start their bussiness because they want to earn extra money with thier allowance to save or to spend.

2. In the case studies, why did the kids start particular bussiness? They made their bussinessess because they wanted to have fun while working. 

3. What are the important things you should consider when you plan to start a bussiness? I think I should consider the expense when I start because if you do not have much money to spend then you can not really start. You can not even advertise if you do not have to to start out with.

4. What are some risks that kids faced running their bussinesses? One risk is fraud. They could copy a bussiness idea and get caught and lose the bussiness. 

5. What are some of the productive resources needed to run the various bussinesses? There are advertisement in newspapers and going around telling people about the bussiness. There can also be people working for you and they can have people they know and tell more and more people. They can also can have flyers and bussiness cards.

6.What is a profit? A profit is what you have left after you subtract your expense from the income.

7. What happens when an entrepeneur does not make a profit? When an entrepeneur does make money they will either go out of bussiness or lower pricesto make people come or, he or she can make prices higher so when people by they could still make a profit.

New York Philharmonic Orchestra

1. Is this site interesting to kids? Yes I think this site is very interesting to kids because it has games that kids are interested in and it is kinda cartooney.
2. What do you like about this site? I like the games because they are fun.
3. What don't you like about this site? I do not like that when you play games you can get hooked on the games that you may not learn a thing about the actuall site.
4. Does this site motivate you in any way about our upcoming field trip? Yes it does because it show that you can play an instrument and still have fun instead of making it all serious.

Minnnesota Orchestra

1. I this site interesting to kids? To me this site is not very interesting to kids because when kids read the articals they may not know what some words mean.
2. What do you like about the site? I like that the orchestra has a fundraiser.
3. What don't you like bout this site? I do not like that the website does not really get your attention and if does not get your attention you may not wantto learn about the website.
4. Does this site motivate you in any way about your up coming field trip? No this site does not motivate me. It does not motivate me because the site seems so serious and i like to have fun.

Think & Respond

1.What does Mari learn by taking part in and winning this contest? Mari learns that she can acomplish task even though they are very hard.
2.How does Mari feel about herself at the begining and at the end of the story? In the begining Mari does not feel good about herself and seeing all the other projects and seeing how their parents helped. At the end Mari feels very confident. She feels good because she won the award.
3. What is the author's message about being dependent on other people? How do you know? I think the author is saying being dependent can help you show on what you know. I know that because Mari's mom did not help. All she did was take Mari to the beach.
4. How do y0u think teachers's should judge students'? I think the judges should judge the students by what they learned and how creative the project was.
5. Which reading strategies did you use for this story? I used the compare and contrast reading stratigy because Mari was comparing her project to the others.