A few weeks ago, we started to learn about producers and consumers. I thought that I would do a blog post about who they are and what they do.
Here is an example of a producer:
A producer is a person that makes and sells goods. In the photograph above, it shows what producers do. Sometimes producers are people that makes goods and services, or a producer is a person who sells goods and services. The difference is that some make goods and services and some sell goods and services. In the photo above, the producer is selling his goods to the consumer.
The following is an example of a consumer:
A consumer is a person that buys goods or services. If you ever go into a store to buy something, you are a consumer. For example, whenever you go with one of your parents to the super market to buy dinner, you are a consumer buying the producer's goods or services.
I made up a little story about a producer and a consumer at Bear's Beauty Boutique:
Once upon a time, there was a bear named Barclay who needed some supplies from Bear's Beauty Boutique so he could freshen up before his concert. Barclay strolled down to the center of town to get his supplies.
When he got there a very friendly lady named Berry came out from behind her booth and said, "My name is Berry. Can I help you with anything?" Barclay said, "Yes please, thank you.", and he asked her to show him where the Berry-Bear Shampoo was. As she guided him to the correct aisle he stopped for a second to look at the Berry Bath Bubbles. He grabbed them and hurried to catch up with Berry.
When they arrived at the correct aisle, she gave him the shampoo and asked him if he needed anything else. He said ,"No, thank you" and asked her if she could ring him up. At the check out counter he stumbled upon the Blasting Breath Mints and he quickly put them on the conveyor belt before Berry completed his transaction. The Blasting Breath mints cost $0.99, the Berry Bath Bubbles cost $2.99, and the Berry-Bear Shampoo cost $5.99.
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$0.99
+2.99
+5.99
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$9.97
In all, his total bill came to $9.97. Barclay gave Berry $10.00 and Berry gave him $0.03 back in change. She then said, "Have a nice day!" and with that, Barclay walked back home to get ready for his BIG night!
How did you like my story?
What did you learn?
What have you been learning in your class?
Would you rather be a producer or a consumer in this story? Why?
Because of my career, I am a consumer not a producer. I take my role as a consumer seriously and try to buy products that have minimal packaging. I used to think that my actions had no effect but at my age, I see how the cumulative effect of repeated actions over time is very significant.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful project and questions!
Ingrid @mmeveilleux
Grace, this is very good, I like the bear a lot and I think I learned that you have learned about producers and consumers! Way to go!! I would like to be the producer. I raise sheep and my wife and I spin the wool into yarn that we can knit with. So we produce something as well as consume the wool of our sheep. I like the producer part better. Thank you for your post.
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Grace,
ReplyDeleteYou did an amazing job putting all of this together! You are in incredible writer. I think you could teach a whole class about producers and consumers!
From your post I learned that producers make and sell things while consumers are the ones who buy things. It'd be tough to choose which one I would rather be. It'd be nice to be the producer because then you can make a profit. However, I think everyone loves to be able to buy things!
Keep up the great work!
Your friend,
Mr. Avery
I really like your story! I learned that YOU can tell a great story! What a neat idea. I think I will use this idea in my classroom!
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