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Help first grade students learn about money with real-world math activities, hands-on projects, and reproducible play money. Students explore real-life choices about using money, buying groceries, collecting allowances, paying at a restaurant, and more. Read more below
EMC: 3121
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EMC Number: 3121

Page Count: 144

EAN: 9781645142652

Give first grade 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 using money, buying groceries, collecting allowances, paying at a restaurant, raising money to help others, and more.

Financial Literacy Lessons and Activities has received two prestigious awards: the Excellence in Financial Literacy Education (EIFLE) Award and the Mom’s Choice Gold Award which honors excellence in family-friendly products.

Financial Literacy Lessons and Activities for Grade 1 is based on national and state standards and enriches any math curriculum in the classroom or home.

What’s Inside

Financial Literacy Lessons and Activities Grade 1 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 life

Valuable teaching tools include these reproducible worksheets:

  • Cut-out math manipulatives such as play money
  • Reference sheets and visual aids such as number charts and balance sheets
  • Glossary of vocabulary words

144 reproducible pages. Includes answer key.

This is a reproducible resource (photocopying of lessons is permitted) for single classroom or individual home use only.

Free Activities:  Try lessons from this book! Get the free Financial Literacy Lessons & Activities sampler.

Additional Resources
Name Description
Series Financial Literacy Lessons and Activities
Grade Grade 1
Format Book

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