K-2

Theme 1: Earning Income

**CCSS Correlation**-
 * MD1- Math- Organize, Represent and Interpret Data
 * RL1- Reading/Comprehension-.1 Ask and answer questions about key details in text
 * RL3-text to text, text to self, text to world connections

**Essential Understanding-** What is money? How do you earn money? What goods and services do community helpers provide?

**Curriculum Integration-** 1. Vocabulary- “Human Capital”, “income” for lesson 1 “ goods and services”, “entrepreneurs”, “resources” for lesson 2 “money-coins and paper” for lesson 3 2. Text to text connections, text to self-connections 3. Provide students with coins to sort and graph == **References-** Lesson 1- Bate, Lucy, __Little Rabbit’s Loose Tooth__, Lesson 2- Berenstain, Stan & Jan, __The Berenstain Bears and Mama’s New Job__, Brown, Marc- __Arthur’s Pet Business__, Halperin, Wendy Anderson- __Once Upon a Company__, Lesson 3- Berger, Melvin& Gilda, __Round and Round the Money Goes__, Maccarone, Grace, __Monster Money__ __[]__ ==

**Modification for ELL, SPED, etc.-**
== picture vocabulary cards, coin manipulatives, **Extension** – Art- Have students create business cards for their business in __Busy Town__ Music- various songs about earning money to familiar tunes (see teacher guide lesson 1-3 for examples) **Pre and Post Assessments** Administer Test 1 and Test 2 from “Financial Fitness for Life” program as a pre- and post-test to check for vocabulary understanding. Extension Activity- Have students choose a community helper and decide what work skills they have and what goods and services they produce.==

Theme 2: Saving


 * CCSS Correlation:**
 * K.MD Math: Classify objects and count the number of objects in each category.**
 * RL Literature: Compare and contrast experiences of familiar characters in stories.**


 * Essential Understanding**
 * How do you earn money?**
 * Students will understand that we earn money by working.**
 * What type of job could you do to earn the most money?**
 * You earn the most money by working as a doctor, engineer, lawyers or CEO of a company.**
 * Who is an entrepreneur?**
 * Is a special worker who develops a new product or a new way of producing goods and services?**


 * Curriculum Integration**
 * __The Berenstein Bears and mama’s new job,__**
 * __The Penny Pot__** **by Stewart J. Murphy**
 * __How Much Is a Million?__** **by David A shwartz.**
 * __Jobs people do__** **by Christopher Maynard**


 * References**


 * Modification for ELL, SPED, etc.**


 * Extension**


 * Pre and Post Assessments**

Theme 3: Spending
 * CCSS Correlation**


 * Essential Understanding**


 * Curriculum Integration**


 * References**


 * Modification for ELL, SPED, etc.**


 * Extension**


 * Pre and Post Assessments**

Theme 4: Credit
 * CCSS Correlation**


 * Essential Understanding**


 * Curriculum Integration**


 * References**


 * Modification for ELL, SPED, etc.**


 * Extension**


 * Pre and Post Assessments**

Theme 5: Money Management
 * CCSS Correlation**


 * Essential Understanding**


 * Curriculum Integration**


 * References**


 * Modification for ELL, SPED, etc.**


 * Extension**


 * Pre and Post Assessments**