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Financial Literacy is a must for students to be smart consumers and understand how economics affects their lives. When the topic is money, suddenly students find math interesting and relevant.
This e-book includes:
- 36 reproducible interactive activity pages centered around 6 topics on a theme of Financial Literacy.
- Complete skill building puzzles.
- High interest reading selections and activities in math, problem solving, reading comprehension, vocabulary development and writing applications.
- Fully illustrated, student engaging content.
Contents:
1. MONEY – IT’S A TRADE OFF
Kid Scoop makes cents of money. Explore the history of money and its function in society. Puzzles and games will help students practice their money math skills.
2. SETTING GOALS
Setting goals is a life skill that helps people manage their time and money and allows people to break big goals into smaller, more realistic ones. We introduce the concept of setting goals and provide activities that teach goal setting and tracking.
3. BUDGETING
Our friend Fritter has caught the Spend More Than Ya Got bug. It’s a dangerous bug that happens a lot around the holidays. But Thrifty has the solution – a budget.
4. SAVINGS
Has your student ever wanted to buy something that cost more than the money they had? There’s lots of math practice on these pages that also teach how to save money for a special purpose.
5. WANTS AND NEEDS
A key concept in developing financial literacy is the ability to distinguish between wants and needs. Math activities will help students reinforce these concepts and strategies.
6. COMPARISON SHOPPING
Help your students become expert comparison shoppers. Monty Markup’s Let’s Get the Best Deal has contestants comparing three ways to buy products. Students fill in their answers to show which they think is the best deal.
36 page PDF
