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Paying Taxes for Chores Lesson

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students examine the concept of paying taxes with a chores theme.
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Calculating Sales Tax

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Observe and demonstrate how to calculate state sales taxes. Learners create a sales tax chart by calculating the sales tax amount and tax inclusive retail price for school store items, then calculate the subtotals, sales tax amounts, and...
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What Did It Cost 100 Years Ago?

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students compare prices of good across the century in order to introduce the topic of inflation. They undertand the concepts of inflation and Consumer Price Index (CPI), use online calculators to figure the approximate cost of goods...
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Is the Price Right?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners listen to the book, Arthur's Funny Money, then play The Price is Right game to estimate and to chart the price of items to the nearest $1.00 and $10.00. They check their estimates by counting out the actual amount in play money.
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Comparison Shopping

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students practice developing budgets. In this financial awareness lesson, students read The Monster Money Book and list ways the characters saved money in the story. Students plan a budget and demonstrate how to look for bargains when...
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Regroup Hundreds

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this regrouping hundreds activity, students learn to use math models or draw pictures to help them solve the subtraction problems. Students also learn to regroup numbers in the hundreds place for the subtraction problems.
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Shopping for Skills

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders spend varying amounts of money and shop without over spending. They complete a worksheet based on grocery store flyer ads and the amount of money they are budgeted. They create their own questions about the grocery flyer...
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Book Title: You Can’t Buy a Dinosaur with a Dime

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore the concepts of multiple digit addition and subtraction. In this addition and subtraction lesson, students read the book You Can’t Buy a Dinosaur with a Dime and then discuss methods for solving a particular math...
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Equal Groups

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this dividing by two word problem worksheet, students use pictures and mental math to problem solve. Students solve six problems.
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Halloween

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students solve Halloween word problems to work on their math skills. In this Halloween lesson plans, students solve problems involving candy, costumes, money, kids, and more.
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Adding and Subtracting Decimals

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice adding and subtracting numbers with decimals. In this decimals lesson plan, students use grid paper and money to learn how to add and subtract decimals.
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Saving Strawberry Farm

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore U.S. History by analyzing the Great Depression. For this economic instability lesson, students read fictitious accounts of a farm dealing with the loss of a Strawberry Farm and discuss the reasons behind the loss....
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Use Negative Numbers

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this problem solving worksheet, students read and solve 6 story problems pertaining to borrowing and paying back money. Students use instead simple subtraction and addition. No answers will be negative numbers.
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Comparing and Ordering Greater Numbers

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students compare and order greater numbers. In this place value lesson plan, students use a place-value chart to identify which set of numbers has the greatest value.
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Mr. Goldman's Good Idea

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Shopping carts are a modern convenience that many people take for granted. Make sure your pupils do not fall into that category by completing the activities in this plan. There are ideas included for language arts, social studies, math,...
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It's About Time!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students examine concept of time, and explore difference between analog and digital clocks; students make art project to represent time and create a time-story problem and solution.
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Shell Sort; Serving up Seafood

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students complete various small group activities to classify items and determine the types of combinations that can be made with these items. In the second lesson, students create menus for a restaurant to help them gain money sense and...
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Cookie Mining

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Young scholars simulate coal mining with chocolate chip cookies and toothpicks. They investigate the costs associated with mining coal.
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By The Pound

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students develop mathematical skills using measurement in the form of weight. They also perform calculations to find cost and strengthen estimation skills while comparing the actual price. The context for the lesson is in the industry of...
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I Have a Magic Pot

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Pupils will explore numbers rules. They will create a picture of their rule and exchange their paper with a classmate. The classmate works to figure out the rule. They then share with each other how they found the rule. Questions are...
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LESS THAN ZERO

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Upper graders study how to extend a vertical number line to include negative numbers; order numbers on the number line; and find the distance between numbers on a number line. They will begin with a game using dice to explore...
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Allowance Time

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners complete a worksheet in which they determine ways of using coins to make the value of $1.00.
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Quarters and Equal Amounts

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this counting coins worksheet, students learn to count with quarters to find the equal amounts. Students solve six counting coin money problems.
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Model Addition to 50

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this adding to 50 instructional activity, students use math models to help them add the numbers in the word problems. Students practice adding to 50.

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