Idaho Social Studies 1.SS.3.3

Social Studies1st GradeEconomics

The Standard

Identify ways to save money for future needs and wants.

Idaho Content Standards: K-12 Social Studies

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students name something they may need or want later. They explain how setting money aside now can help them pay for it.
What Mastery Looks Like: Given five play coins, a pencil they need today for two coins, and a toy they want later for six, a student buys the pencil and saves three coins. They know they need three more coins for the toy.
Common Misconceptions: Some students think saving means spending first and keeping only leftover money. Others think they can buy a six-coin toy as soon as they have put three coins in a jar.
How to Assess It: Give students five drawn coins. Ask: “A pencil you need today costs two coins. A toy you want next week costs six. Draw which coins you spend and which you save.”

Lesson moves

Give pairs five play coins, a two-coin pencil card, and a six-coin toy card; have them sort coins into spending and savings cups.
Ask, “You saved three coins for a toy. What happens to your plan if you spend one coin on a sticker?”
Play Save or Spend with picture cards showing an item, its price, and when it is needed; students place play coins on labeled mats.
Use a store flyer to pick a school item needed later and a toy wanted later, then label a paper savings jar for one.

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