Texas TEKS 2.6.B
The Standard
explain the choices people can make about earning, spending, and saving money.
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students describe how a person can get money through work. They decide whether to use money now or keep it for later and explain why.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Given a simple money scenario, students name reasonable choices and tell what could happen with each one. They understand that one dollar cannot be used twice.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think money only comes from parents, banks, or machines. They may think saving means never buying anything or that the same money can be spent and saved.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: “Mia earns $8 walking a dog. What could she buy, what could she keep for later, and why?”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs $10 in play money and picture cards. They choose what to buy now, what to save for, and explain why.
Write three sentences: How could you earn $5, what would you buy, and what would you keep for a later goal?
Play Choice Corners. Read a money scenario, then students move to Earn, Spend, or Save and defend their choice.
Use a grocery ad to plan how to spend $12 while keeping at least $3 for a later goal.
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Related Standards
- 3.5.B
create a simple budget that allocates money for spending and saving.
- 1.8.C
identify examples of choices families make when buying goods and services.
- 3.5
Economics. The student understands the purposes of earning, spending, saving, and donating money. The student is expected to:
- 3.5.A
identify ways of earning, spending, saving, and donating money; and
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