Students use their emerging writing skills to write shopping lists. They work within a budget, use problem-solving skills to create lists, and buy their favorite treats at the class store.

Students will analyze monthly household expenses, explain the benefits of using a budget, and create a sample budget.

While completing a digital worksheet, students will describe the purpose of a budget, classify expenses as needs and wants, and explain the difference between gross pay and net pay.

Financial planning helps you use your money to get the most out of life. It is important to realize that every purchase involves cost. To be truly satisfied with a purchase depends on analyzing its costs and benefits.

Franklin works with Laverne to create a budget for a job painting a room, in this video segment from TV 411.

Students make sense of dollars and cents when they study the importance of saving and budgeting in this lesson.

The CyberSquad reviews their budget for the second day of their film shoot in this video from Cyberchase.

In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad compares their budget with their actual spending from day three of their film shoot.

In this Cyberchase video segment, the CyberSquad figures out how to incorporate a new scene into their film while staying within their budget.

Students learn the difference between short-term and long-term savings goals and apply their knowledge in an exercise-oriented game. 

In this video segment from Cyberchase, Harry must adjust his dinner budget after his cousin, Harry, unexpectedly decides to join him on his date