Resource Type: Spending
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Exploring price changes
Students review scenarios involving an imaginary toy store to explore how supply and demand affect prices that people pay. Topic Spend (Buying things) Subject English or language arts, Math Grade Level Elementary school (4-5), Middle school (6-8) Duration 45-60 minutes Back to All Activities Updated Jun 09, 2022 Big idea Prices are determined by supply…
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Playing a money counting game
Students practice counting money by playing a game where they take turns earning money and paying someone for a job. Topic Earn (Becoming an entrepreneur, Getting paid, Making money), Spend (Paying bills) Subject Math, Social studies or history Grade Level Elementary school (2-3) Duration 45-60 minutes Back to All Activities Updated Aug 04, 2022 Big…
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Flying into spending and saving
Students fly a paper airplane they’ve created to targets that represent amounts of money saved or spent and track their results. Topic Save and invest (Saving for long-term goals, Saving for short-term goals), Spend (Buying things) Subject Fine arts and performing arts, Math, Science, Social studies or history Grade Level Elementary school (2-3), Elementary school…
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Exploring ways we use money
Students listen to scenarios about using money, move to one corner of the room or another to identify what people in the scenario were doing (saving, spending, earning, borrowing), and discuss the example. Topic Earn (Making money), Save and invest (Saving for long-term goals, Saving for short-term goals), Spend (Buying things, Giving to others), Borrow…
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Coloring your savings
Students color pictures of dollar bills to show how much they’d need to save to buy different items. Topic Save and invest (Saving for short-term goals), Spend (Buying things) Subject Fine arts and performing arts, Math Grade Level Elementary school (K-1) Duration 15-20 minutes Back to All Activities Updated Aug 04, 2022 Big idea Saving…
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Understanding our money choices
Students discuss and reflect on how they think and feel about money and how the people in their lives help shape those thoughts and feelings. Topic Save and invest (Choosing how to save), Spend (Buying things) Subject English or language arts, Social studies or history Grade Level Elementary school (4-5) Duration 45-60 minutes Back to…
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Learning about giving with Money Monsters
Students listen to a story about giving money and then apply their learning using paper puppets. Topic Spend (Buying things, Giving to others) Subject English or language arts, Fine arts and performing arts, Social studies or history Grade Level Elementary school (K-1), Elementary school (2-3) Duration 45-60 minutes Back to All Activities Updated Aug 25,…
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Making smart money trades
Students listen to a story about making money trades and determine whether the values of different groups of coins and paper money are equal or unequal. Topic Protect (Managing risk), Spend (Buying things) Subject English or language arts, Math Grade Level Elementary school (2-3) Duration 45-60 minutes Back to All Activities Updated Aug 11, 2022…
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Building savings habits
Students discuss useful savings habits and then write captions for a comic strip about saving money. Topic Save and invest (Choosing how to save), Spend (Buying things) Subject English or language arts, Fine arts and performing arts Grade Level Elementary school (4-5) Duration 45-60 minutes Back to All Activities Updated Aug 11, 2022 Big idea…
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Bringing your own bag
Students read a short story and consider the benefits of making cost-effective choices. Topic Protect (Managing risk), Spend (Buying things) Subject English or language arts, Math, Science, Social studies or history Grade Level Elementary school (4-5) Duration 45-60 minutes Back to All Activities Updated Aug 11, 2022 Big idea A thing’s value may be measured…