Remember when you were in second grade and going to the post office or a local bakery was considered an acceptable field trip?
You can structure this in so many different ways but I really think that you should try to use both of them in one day. First take it all in and check out the products that you may have never seen before.
It is fun to check things out but lets start thinking about how this can be used academically. One idea is that you can compare prices at each market. The idea behind this is students could go to one market first to find and become familiar with items and then see how much better they can find items in the second store. They then can tabulate prices and make a decision of which market would make more sense. This would incoporate math skills and also get students familiar with new products that you can connect to a study of Chinese foodways.
A second idea could ease the numbers of your class and you could have a scavenger hunt in each market but split the numbers of students up so that you do not overwhelm one store. As always you will want to prep students so that they know how to act in an active supermarket so that they do not disturb other shoppers or offend shoppers through their behavior. You may want to come to each store and give them a heads up that you are coming but if your numbers are pretty low then you could just show up. Definitely go beforehand to get a sense of what things you would want your students to find.
Contact Info:
Kam Sam
300 North Washington St.
Rockville, MD 20850
301-315-9558
Maxim Supermarket
460 Hungerford Dr
Rockville, MD 20850
(301) 279-0110
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