Unit+1+Dollars+and+Sense

=Key Question: =   When is money important, and when does it affect our lives? = = =Expanding Concepts: = = =
 * When would hard work be the way to strike?
 * How would we get what we need?
 * How can we use money wisely?
 * How does money work?
 * How do we learn the value of money?

= = = Web Resources: = [|US Mint For Kids] - Plans, guides and ideas for teachers and students. [|PBS Kids Money] - Money topics for students to learn and explore. [|Treasury Department] - Great site for learning about money including games and activities for kids. [|Brain Pop - Money] - Money

=[|Reading A-Z:] = We're in Business - Level R Money in the USA - level T Money Trouble Readers Theater - Level P

=[|Discovery Streaming:] = __How Our Economy Works__ - Explores the difference between basic needs and wants, as well as goods and services. __Sam and the Lucky Money__ - **Sam** meets a stranger who helps him make **the** perfect decision on how to spend his **lucky** **money**. __Money: Kids and Cash__ - Travel around the world to explore trade, the history of money, and the notions of value and price. __If You Made a Million__ - B**a**sed on the cl**a**ssic children's book by D**a**vid M. Schw**a**rtz. Le**a**rn **a**bout the v**a**rious forms of money **a**nd how it c**a**n be used to buy things, p**a**y off debt, **a**nd build interest.

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Picture Books:
__The Day I Swapped My Dad For 2 Goldfish__ - Neil Gaiman __Pig and Crow__ - Kay Chorao __Go Around Dollar__ - Barbara Johnson Adams

Chapter Books:
__Lunch Money__ - Andrew Clements __Get Rich Club__ - Dan Gutman __Owen Foote, Money Man__ - Stephanie Greene

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">[|Library Media Collections:] = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(53, 53, 192)"> = __Earning Money My Own Way__ - Jane Cregg (Level J Kit) __The Money Tree__ - Sarah Stewart (Level L Kit) __A Chair For My Mother__ - Vera Williams (Level M Kit) __Aldo Ice Cream__ - Johanna Hurwitz (Level O Kit) __Max Malone Makes a Million__ - Charlotte Herman (Level N) __Leahs Pony__ - Elizabeth Friedrick (Level O Kit)

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=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(53, 53, 192)">Inquiry Project: Learning About Money = Students investigate different ways that people earn the money they need to live. Based on their research, students prepare a list of useful Web sites and print materials.

(Language Arts Standard 1: Students engage in the research process.) This process includes:
 * Formulating questions
 * Gather and organize information
 * Synthesize your findings
 * Publish and present your findings.

[|GFPS Research Investigation Technology Integration Resources]