Grade 3-5, K-2
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On-Demand Webinar

Earl & Starla Get New Hats: The Webinar

Time: 60 mins,
Updated: November 26 2025,
Presenter: Angie Battle
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Objective

By the end of this webinar, teachers will be able to:

  • Identify and explain how producers and consumers interact using Earl & Starla Get New Hats as a literacy anchor text.
  • Integrate economics standards with ELA through engaging activities that highlight decision-making, trade, and consumer choices.

Standards

State Standards

Concepts

Interdependence, Trade, Exchange, and Markets

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Description

This webinar session uses the children’s book Earl & Starla Get New Hats to bring economic concepts to life in K–5 classrooms. Together, we’ll explore trade and interdependence through literacy connections, interactive experiences, and discussion prompts teachers can use immediately with students. What we’ll cover: • Using picture books to introduce producers, consumers, and trade • Modeling classroom-ready activities that require little prep • Strategies to integrate literacy and economics seamlessly.

 

Subjects:
Economics

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