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Allowances and Spending Plans Lesson PlanAllowances and Spending Plans Lesson Plan
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3rd - 6th
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Allowances and Spending Plans

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Help youngsters understand how to manage small amounts of money by discussing an allowance and the difference between spending, saving, and giving.  

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

spending habits, spending money, saving money, allowance, personal finance, financial literacy, budgeting

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • For a further cross-curricular experience, incorporate math concepts you are currently reviewing in your class into the allowance allocation activity

Classroom Considerations

  • You will need to complete a free registration on the publisher's website in order to access the worksheets

Pros

  • Nice supplemental worksheets for designing spending plans
  • Valuable topic for this age group

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RI.3.4 RI.4.4 RI.5.4 MP4

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