This volume in the readers theatre series offers innovative approaches that let teachers introduce basic concepts of finance and wealth-building into the elementary school classroom.
What's the best way to add lessons on money management and building wealth to grade school math? By making it real―and making it fun! Fun With Finance: Math + Literacy = Success helps teachers bring the world of finance into the elementary school classroom in a way that engages and captivates students.
Fun With Finance focuses on a range of topics, from currency and the global economy, to business entities, savings, credit, real estate investments, the markets, budgeting, and goal planning. Each chapter offers grade-appropriate lessons, with a readers theatre script, glossary, cross-curricular activities, a list of Web sites―even a board game!―to make learning a genuinely successful enterprise. Lessons and activities are fully cross-referenced to curriculum standards to make sure they meet school requirements.
• One complete board game for each chapter, including play boards, cards, and money
• Includes reproducible tables for math-related activities and illustrated chapters explaining tables, pie charts, bar charts and line graphs
• Supplemental chapters on tables, charts, and graphs; tips for successful readers theatre, matching lessons to curriculum standards, and suggested reading
• Readers theatre script for every chapter