One complete lesson for every grade band, K–12. Each comes with a teacher plan, student pages ready to copy, an answer key and a letter home to families. Print it and teach it this week.
Pick your grade. Print it. Teach it.
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Find your grade01 — The lessons
Each lesson downloads three ways: the whole pack, just the student pages for the copier, or just the family letter.
Grades K–2
I can tell someone what money is and one way people get it.
Students find out what money is and where it comes from, then sort six short stories about the Crew into Earn, Spend, Save and Give.
Inside: Teacher plan · story cards · Earn/Spend/Save/Give cards · drawing sheets · exit tickets · answer key · family letter
Lesson 1 of 40 in the Grades K–2 year of Financial Foundations™.
Grades 3–5
I can name at least three different ways people earn income and explain how each one works.
Six ways people earn income, twelve real earners to sort, and a third income stream to design for Miller.
Inside: Teacher plan · income type cards · 12 task cards · handout · exit tickets · answer key · family letter
Lesson 1 of 50 in the Grades 3–5 year of Financial Foundations™.
Grades 6–8
I can explain what a money system is, why currency has value, and how my money decisions connect to the larger economy.
The barter problem on a desert island, why a paper dollar has value, and one dollar followed through eight stops in a neighborhood economy.
Inside: Teacher plan · Island Problem · Follow the Dollar cards · recording sheet · debate cards · exit tickets · answer key · family letter
Lesson 1 of 60 in the Grades 6–8 year of Financial Foundations™.
Grades 9–12
I can identify the four career archetypes, explain how each one generates income differently, and classify real careers using this framework.
Employee, entrepreneur, investor, hybrid: sixteen real income situations to sort and the numbers on two very different career plans.
Inside: Teacher plan · archetype reference · guided notes · 16 sort cards · case study · exit ticket · scoring guide · family letter
Lesson 1 of 116 in the Grades 9–12 year of Financial Foundations™.
02 — Before you teach
Our free guide, How to Teach Financial Literacy: seven principles, what to teach at each age, how to lead the discussion and how to tell whether it worked. Eight printable pages.
03 — Write your own
The same format as our lessons, ready for one of yours: learning target, materials, the five-step lesson flow, differentiation, reflection and a take-home question. Type into the Word version or print it and write by hand. A filled-in example comes with it.
Lessons you write with it are yours.
04 — Before you ask
Short answers. Anything missing? Email info@wealthwisekids.org.
