Give students important life skills by teaching them about money and financial concepts and how to apply math to the world around them
This dynamic teaching resource provides reproducible cut-out math manipulatives, reference sheets, and visual aids to support students as they explore real-world lessons and hands-on activities related to paying bills, earning money at a job, saving for retirement, making investments, buying and using insurance, and more.
Recipient of a Mom's Choice Gold Award, Financial Literacy Lessons and Activities books provide a valuable tool for educators and parents to instill an awareness of money and finance in kids.
Financial Literacy Lessons and Activities for Grades 6 - 8 is based on national and state standards and enriches any math curriculum in the classroom and home.
What's Inside
Financial Literacy Lessons and Activities Grades 6 - 8 is based on current national and state standards, and each of the 10 units includes:
Teacher overview with a suggested teaching plan, discussion questions, and vocabulary Real-world story that introduces each unit's theme in the context of real life Cross-curricular activities including vocabulary, reading comprehension, and social studies Math application that presents scenarios using money-based word problems Hands-on activities such as partner and whole-class games and role playing that bring the concepts to lifeValuable teaching tools include these reproducible worksheets:
Cut-out math manipulatives such as play money Reference sheets and visual aids for decimals, percentages, graphs, and fractions Glossary of vocabulary words144 reproducible pages. Includes answer key.
About Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
Igniting young minds to help every child learn and succeed Evan-Moor creates engaging and meaningful learning resources for children in grades PreK - 8. Trusted by parents and teachers for over 45 years, Evan-Moor's award-winning resources are thoughtfully developed to nurture children's hearts and minds to help them reach their full potential.