Explore a real-word math problem with your class. Strengthen their problem-solving strategies by coming up with an answer to a money question. They work in groups to determine the answer. Also, they share with the class the various...

Financial literacy is generally focused on personal spending and saving, but consider an opportunity to talk to your pupils about how charitable giving can also factor into money management and how it can enhance life for both...

Mr. Wormwood, one of the characters in Roald Dahl's Matilda, is not the most trustworthy of characters. Have student groups take on the roles of car salespeople and play a game to see who can make the most profit by selling...

Students create a monthly budget. For this finances lesson, students learn the terms budget, income and expenses. Students create a monthly spending plan and keep track of what they make and spend for the next 30 days. When complete,...

Students collect pennies to donate to charity and calculate the number of pennies.  In this penny counting lesson, students group pennies in tens and count how many dollars and cents they have.  Students read a book about...

Fifth graders identify specific words in a sentence to solve the correct operation and write equations. In this writing equations lesson, 5th graders follow the teacher through several word problems on an overhead projector and isolate...