What do your pupils want to save up their money for? Based around the book The Pickle Patch Bathtub, this lesson covers opportunity cost, saving, and spending. Learners participate in a discussion and practice making their own savings goals.

Concepts

opportunity cost, saving money

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Use this during a unit on money
• Have kids update the class on the status of their savings goals at regular intervals

Classroom Considerations

• You will need to purchase or borrow a copy of The Pickle Patch Bathtub by Frances Kennedy
• The presentations included with this resource are made for interactive whiteboards; these are not essential for the plan to succeed

Pros

• Comes with additional worksheets
• Answers to discussion questions are included next to the questions
• Cross-curricular plan combines language arts, math, and economics

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.3.1 RL.3.3 RL.4.1 RL.4.3 RL.5.2 W.3.3.a W.4.2.a W.4.3.a W.4.3.c W.4.4 W.5.2.a W.5.4