Classroom Economy & Banking Unit Yearlong BUNDLE for Grades 4-6

Immerse your 4th and 5th graders in a real life yearlong classroom economy where they build financial literacy by living it each day. Students will use decimal addition and subtraction skills as they earn classroom cash, spend, earn, and save money. They will learn how to write checks and fill out a check ledger, pay bills and fines, manage their checking and savings accounts, earn paychecks and really understand their choices of spending and saving. Student banker-leaders will operate your classroom bank and mange many routine classroom tasks, leaving YOU more time for other teaching duties. At the end of the year, they'll spend their hard earned cash during your classroom auction.

These 2 products are ALSO included, making this set an INCREDIBLE VALUE!

• Classroom Cash Color & BW (editable) $4 value
• Editable PDF Checks (color and BW) $5 value

Why You Should Teach Using a Classroom Economy

• You will teach and reinforce SO MANY math skills all year long
• Classroom management becomes easier as students take more ownership
• It connects learning to real life
• Student bankers manage the program with their peers, freeing you up to TEACH
• Students understand earning and saving money. It's a motivating program!
• Students learn to be responsible with spending and saving (great real life skill)

I created this banking unit and classroom economy and have refined it over the years to motivate my 4th/5th grade students and connect real life to learning. Your students will LOVE this project that puts them in control of their finances.

You'll Receive All of these Class Economy Printables & more:

• A month by month plan

• Notes, Hints and Tips for Using the Program for Teachers

• PowerPoint teaching slideshow

• Classroom Banker Test

• Classroom Bankers Wanted Sign

• Check writing lessons with checks, ledgers, 5 lessons

• Check writing & check ledger tests, 4 different tests

• Check Guarantee Cards (2 designs)

• Lesson: How to fill out a check (concept attainment lesson)

• Checkbook Checks (editable)

• Checking Deposit Slips

• Savings Account Book Materials (cover, blank transaction recording pages, deposit slips, withdrawal slips, and cash envelope sticker masters)

• Classroom Cash - 6 themes, $1, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500, $1000.

• Comparing checking and savings accounts Lesson: Venn Diagram worksheet

• Classroom Rent billing slips

• Numbers Written in Words Reference Sheet

• "Hooray Your desk is Clean" Coupons

• Homework Check-Off Grade book Page

• Classroom Fines Chart

• Sample Fines Chart

• Sample Fines Chart

• How to Add Graphics and Change Word Files

• How to Use Editable PDFs - hint sheet for teachers

There are 200+ pages of editable files, PDF, MS Word, PowerPoint in a compressed zipped file. Click to see the preview to see everything included!

I predict this program will become the backbone of your classroom management each year and students absolutely LOVE it! The set includes EVERYTHING you need!

Note about editable PDFS: With editable PDFs, the formatting stays in place, and you can type right into the PDF form fields and print beautiful, real looking checks for your students. If you teach an online class or are going paperless, you can save this file for each of your students and they can practice writing checks without all the paper.

Programs Needed: Adobe Reader (to open PDFs), MS Word (editable), MS PowerPoint, unzip program to access all files.

DISTANCE LEARNING NOTE: While this is not a Google Classroom product, you have permission to use this product as a digital product with your students PROVIDED YOU USE THE MATERIALS BEHIND A SECURED OR PASSWORD PROTECTED SITE and materials are NOT posted directly to the Internet for others to view.