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Tiered Activity Plan
Money and Economics

Moving from global economics into personal decision making about money is a big step in understanding personal finance, on a budget, to determine how to manage wants vs. needs. These lessons are full of life skills development and everyday decision making. Foundational skills in money and addition and subtraction will be revisited generalized to apply to students as consumers and possibly producers and entrepreneurs. What are the costs and benefits of this financial choice?… students tell us.

What’s Included

  • Weekly Vocabulary & Shared Reading Sets
  • Instructional Outline to Help Guide 4 weeks of Lessons
  • 9 Boardmaker Files for Visual Supports

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Ohio Learning Standards

English Language Arts

RL.3.6 , RI.3.4 , SL.3.3 , L.3.4 , RI.4.4 , SL.4.1 , L.4.4

Mathematics

3.OA.9 , 3.NBT.1 , 3.NBT.2 , 3.NBT.3 , 3.NF.1 , 3.NF.3 , 3.MD.1 , 3.MD.3 , 4.OA.3 , 4.OA.5 , 4.NBT.2 , 4.NBT.3 , 4.NBT.4 , 4.NBT.5 , 4.NF.6 , 4.NF.7 , 4.MD.2 , 5.NBT.1 , 5.NBT.3 , 5.NBT.4 , 5.NBT.7 , 5.MD.2

Science

Social Studies

SS.3.10 , SS.3.15 , SS.3.16 , SS.3.17 , SS.3.18 , SS.3.19 , SS.3.20 , SS.4.20 , SS.4.21 , SS.4.22 , SS.5.13 , SS.5.14 , SS.5.15 , SS.5.16 , SS.5.17 , SS.5.18

Instructional Outline

  • Week One - Understanding Money
  • Week Two - Calculating Cost and Making Payments
  • Week Three - To Market to Market
  • Week Four - Managing Your Budget