Help me give my students a laptop to learn how to keep track of their financial literacy.
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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
As we approach a new school year, it is my goal that my students, many of which are students with diverse special needs, develop financial literacy skills. After discussing and teaching a unit on the importance of earning, investing, and saving, the students will have the opportunity to earn classroom money for things such as performing their class jobs, attending school daily, doing their homework, performing acts of kindness, and going above and beyond while meeting academic expectations. Using the requested laptop, they will have access to the classroom online bank and will be given time to deposit and withdraw play money earned from their accounts. We will then establish a classroom store stocked and supplied with previously funded snacks, treats, and school supplies. Every week, the students will take turns running the classroom store while their classmates shop with the money they have earned. The students will use the money saved to purchase/invest in items such as basic supplies, snacks, and treats. The students will build their knowledge of financial literacy and strengthen their math skills by using online bank accounts and engaging in a series of online mathematics lessons using the laptop. They will print out account information, activities, and presentation charts and graphs using the class printers and create a journal with financial data. Some of the students in my class have never been to a bank, nor have had the opportunity to see their parents have access to a bank account and have a budget set up.
It is my hope that by engaging in this financial literacy unit of study, my students will learn the importance of earning, investing, and saving money and learn to use the laptop to keep track of their checks and balances.
More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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