Too Many Chickens by Paulette Bourgeois
Little, Brown, and Company
32 pages
ISBN 0-316-10358-6

Summary: A simple classroom animal project turns Mrs. Kerr's class into a market full of goods. The students sell the goods and earn enough money to buy a small farm where all their class pets can live.

Concept: Goods and Services

Definition: A good is an object people want that they can touch or hold. A service is an action that a person does for someone else.

Comprehension Questions:
Describe the people in the story who provide a service. (principal - manages and leads the school; teacher - teaches lessons; custodian - cleans building; farmer - raises livestock)

Identify the "goods" sold by the students. (eggs from the chickens; angora hats from the rabbits; milk from the goat)

What did the students do with the money they earned by selling goods?
(purchased a small farm for the animals)

Other Concepts: natural resources, human resources, capital resources, producers, consumers