The same short slip prints three times, one to a page, so run off the first page for the class. Each 2nd grade slip poses one money problem: you have $5 and a new toy costs $8, so do you spend now or save more, and why. A second line asks for one way people earn money to save, and a row of five faces lets students rate the lesson. The slip checks C3 Framework indicators D2.Eco.10.K-2 and D2.Eco.6.K-2. No answer key is included, since the reasons are open.
D2.Eco.10.K-2
“Explain why people save.”
Question 1, where the $3 gap between $5 and $8 makes saving the only way to get the toy.
D2.Eco.6.K-2
“Explain how people earn income.”
Question 2, which asks for one way people earn money.
Students read "You have $5. A new toy costs $8.", circle Spend now or Save more, and write why.
Students write one way that people can earn money to save.
A row of five faces, from angry to very happy, for a quick self-rating of the lesson.
End of lesson
Print one page per student and hand these out in the last four minutes of a spending and saving lesson. Anyone who circles Spend now has missed that $5 cannot buy an $8 toy.
Next-day grouping
Sort the slips into three piles: Save more with a clear reason, Save more with no reason, and Spend now. The last pile is your small group the next morning.
Mood check
Skim the faces before the answers. A row of frowns next to correct replies tells you the content landed but the pace did not.
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