2010+Dollars+and+Sense

=Fourth Grade Unit 2: Dollars and Sense= = =

ELA Standard: Reading Comprehension

 * 2.6 Distinguish between cause and effect and between fact and opinion in expository text.

Mathematics: Statistics, Data Analysis and Probability
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 * 1.1 Formulate survey questions; systematically collect and represent data on a number line; and coordinate graphs, tables, and charts

Critical questions to ask while teaching:

 * 1) Is that //really// a good buy?
 * 2) Do you have enough money for that?

What they will understand at the end of the unit:

 * 1) Evaluating what has the "best" price
 * 2) Analyzing data charts
 * 3) Buying on a budget

Vocabulary

 * __ELLs__**
 * 1) Dollars: The money we use in the United States (show visuals); paper money.
 * 2) Cents: Coin money in the United States (show visuals); Money values under one dollar.
 * 3) Sense: Smart, understanding, has basic knowledge.
 * 4) Income: Money that you make or earn.
 * 5) Expenses: Money that you have to spend, for things like rent, housing, groceries.
 * __SELs and others__**
 * 1) Currency: the money of a country. In the U.S. we use dollars.
 * 2) Salary: the money a person makes at a job is called salary.
 * 3) Graph: a visual representation of numbers. Sometimes it is in a circle (or pie), sometimes it is a line, sometimes bars.
 * 4) Chart: another visual representation of numbers. Usually in columns or rows.
 * 5) Infographic: a picture that gives information. Charts and graphs are infographics.
 * 6) Data: is just a fancy word for information. Usually, it means information in number form that you can gather together and analyze.

Skills

 * 1) Creating basic charts and graphs digitally
 * 2) How to calculate unit pricing
 * 3) Budgeting money

Materials to be used
BrainPop Comparing Prices BrainPop Budget Brain Pop Graphs Ideas about Money Arthur Rides the Bandwagon Lucky Money || rss url="http://www.diigo.com/rss/user/Mizmercer/4unit2" link="true" number="20" ||  ||
 * ===Videos=== || ===Links=== || ===Other Materials=== ||
 * BrainPop Money

Formative

 * End of unit survey on Google Docs

Summative

 * Blog entries

Learning Activities

 * Week One || review what we know about money ||  ||
 * Week Two || learn about unit pricing || What's more expensive?
 * Show photos of painters' tape
 * Ask them for their guesstimates
 * Show them how to calculate unit price
 * Write your findings on blog ||
 * Week Three || learn about salary and expenses || How much do you need to make?
 * What is a living wage? What is a minimum wage?
 * How much does it cost to live on your own?
 * Write about what you learned about salary and expenses ||
 * Week Four || learn about charts and graphs || Why are some things easier to understand when you have a picture?
 * Charts make it easier to see numbers
 * Graphs make numbers easier to understand
 * Make some graphs of your own ||
 * || learn about coordinate graphing || How do you graph coordinates on a grid?
 * What are the X and Y axis?
 * When you get numbers what comes first and last?
 * Why is this important?
 * How can you use it? ||
 * || revisit graphs || Reading graphs, what do you see?
 * Look at some of graphs
 * What did we learn? ||
 * || learn about marketing tricks ||  ||
 * || learn about budgets || How much do you need to make?
 * Review what we learned about local wages and expenses
 * Figure out a budget for yourself
 * See how far that money will go, by shopping online ||