Standard 3: Saving

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Number: SS.4.FL.3
Title: Saving
Type: Standard
Subject: Social Studies
Grade: 4
Strand: Financial Literacy (Adopted in 2023)

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SS.4.FL.3.AP.1
Recognize ways that income is used.
SS.4.FL.3.AP.2
Recognize that saving money involves choices
SS.4.FL.3.AP.3
Identify places where people can save money.
SS.4.FL.3.AP.4
Identify the relationship between saving money and future purchases.
SS.4.FL.3.AP.5
Recognize the advantages of saving money in a bank.

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Lesson Plan

Which Bank is Consumer Friendly?:

This MEA is a student's exploration of banking. In the first task, they will create a model that will rank banks from most consumer friendly to least consumer friendly. In the second task, they will need to modify their models to address additional banks and additional criteria. Students can then test their models while researching real banks and determining their level of consumer friendliness.

Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. Click here to learn more about MEAs and how they can transform your classroom.

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