Five+Day+Unit+Plan

By: Shailene Reilly By: Victoria Schandel By: Elisabeth Gordon By: Lauren More' By: Victoria Schandel and Lauren More'

Post your action plan here rather than on the home page. Create an attractive home page for your unit plan wiki presentation. LTS 11-15-10

**Day 1: Introduction/Value of Money** :Poem (Smart by Shel Silverstein) Clip of Shel Silverstein reading the poem (incorporating technology) :Cut out of a piggy bank (folder) Where student keeps all work and projects. The students will color the pig and decorate their folders to make it their own. How to make pig::: Use die cut in CMC, Use projector to enlarge it and trace it to make the pig to put on the folders, pass 2 out to each student. **Day 2: History of Money** :Handout assorted pictures of money and its evolution throughout history :Also handout a timeline:: Have students place the pictures in what they think is the correct time period is that the money was used :Discuss and explain which money was used in which time period :Once reviewed, have students glue pictures onto timeline >OR to integrate technology have students create timeline on kidspiration **Day 3: Ways of Making/Saving Money** :Timecard **Day 4: Learning Checks** :Show an actual checkbook... explain to students what checkbooks are used for and when checks are used. :Activity... using smartboard... upload a big view of a check, model the way to write on a check and where each aspect of a check is written.. :Give each student a page of checks and give them practice problems to practice writing checks and using a checkbook. **Day 5:** Activity/Store OR Classroom rummage sale

list characteristics of money distinguish between currencies buying and selling