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GOLD INSTRUCTOR SESSION x GOLD INSTRUCTOR • PRE-SESSION 3
Assessment Questions Related to Session 3
What is market capitalization?
A) Market Cap is the price of each share of stock.
B) Market Cap is the price of each share of stock times the total number of shares in the company.
C) Market Cap is the lowest price a competitor would pay to buy out the company.
D) I don’t know PS3.3PS3.3
Welcome & Allow Students to Get Settled: (5 minutes)
• Students enter classroom and get settled in their seats • Grab snacks for the session • Make sure students have their student curriculum books • Make sure they have pen, pencil or marker • Whole group: Lead volunteer provides a brief introduction to who the team is and introduces any new volunteers.
Attendance: (3 minutes)
IMPORTANT! Volunteers or Student CEO(s) take attendance. This
qualifies students for alumnae benefits.
The attendance will be taken via a Survey Monkey link. The link has been emailed to your Lead Volunteer and Student CEOs.
Students share out loud:
Name, grade and leader they look up to.
Remind students of the agreed upon norms from session #1 and session #2.
Read aloud the 1st three norms and instruct students to write in the two, whole-group decided norms.
Review Norms: (3 minutes)
Briefly discuss the agreed upon norms and address what these norms might look like in action during the session today.

Agenda: (3 minutes)
Talk through the guiding question and agenda as a whole group.
Students should be aware of what they will be learning about today and what they can expect from the session.
Guiding Question: How might companies’ assets, liabilities, market share and market cap impact investors’ financial decisions?
Stock Market Review: (13 minutes)
Review Last Week’s Key Terms:
Mutual Fund and ETF
Please note that for some students this may be the 1st time learning about the stock market, while for others they may be familiar with the general concept of stocks.
Be cautious as you introduce stocks to pause to check student understanding.
Quick Check: Have the RTSWS cohort share 3 things they have learned so far about the stock market.
Throughout the course of the fall sessions, we are continuing to track Apple (AAPL).
Have Yahoo! Finance pulled up on the overhead screen or projected on the board. If able, students can also pull up Yahoo! Finance on their own devices. • https://finance.yahoo.com/
Session #1 has student instructions for creating their own Yahoo! Finance accounts to create a portfolio of stocks they want to monitor.
With Yahoo! Finance pulled up, review and record as a whole group the…
• Company name • Ticker (Key term) • Today’s price & date • Take note of how the prices have changed since last session. What are some of the reasons the price might have gone up or down? • How much the company is up or down since market open • The 1 month movement of the stock • Point out the “Sustainability” tab
Show students how on Yahoo! Finance under “Chart,” you can view the history of a company stock by different date ranges.
Discuss out loud what should go on the x-axis (time frame) and what should go on the y-axis (stock price).
