Bear's Beauty Boutique

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

______

$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?

Quality Comments

Today, I wanted to teach everyone how to leave a quality comment.  

Photo by Mrs. Yollis.

The first step in leaving a quality comment is to make a connection. For example, the post said that I had a little guinea pig, and you might say I have a guinea pig, too named Tiny. Here is the comment by Grayson, my classmate, who made a connection with me:

(Click on comment to enlarge.)

Also, it is very good to leave a question in your comment to have the person you are talking to be interested, so they want to comment back to you. Grayson left a question in his comment.

Then when a blogger comments to you you should comment back to them. So, that is just what I did!

Finally, you do not want to publish until you are sure that every word is spelled correctly, and you want to make sure that you have used proper grammar. I can tell that Grayson checked his comment before he published because every sentence had proper grammar. Most importantly, all of his words were spelled correctly.

I think that Grayson is a great commenter, and his comment deserves a...

three pointer!

Have you ever had a conversation with a friend, a family member, or someone you do not even know?

What is your favorite step in quality commenting?