Florida SS.4.FL.3.4

Social Studies4th GradeSaving

The Standard

Identify savings goals people set as incentives to save. One savings goal might be to buy goods and services in the future.

Florida Next Generation Sunshine State Standards for Social Studies

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students name a specific purchase or experience that can motivate someone to save money. They explain how setting a clear goal can help a person delay spending now.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can identify a realistic savings goal and explain why it motivates saving. The student can connect regular saving with reaching that goal later.
Common Misconceptions: Students may confuse saving goals with the amount saved each week. They may also think a goal must be a physical item, rather than a service or experience.
How to Assess It: Exit ticket: Maya wants a $24 game and saves $4 each week. Name her savings goal and explain how it may help her avoid spending the $4.

Lesson moves

Give pairs play money and price cards, then have them choose a goal and sort money into spend-now and save-later envelopes.
Have students write three sentences explaining what would motivate them to save instead of spending today.
Play Goal Match: students match picture cards showing wants with price cards and choose a weekly savings amount for each goal.
Use a store flyer to choose an item, record its price, and calculate how many weeks saving five dollars would take.

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