TEKS & Objectives

7.13 Personal financial literacy. The student applies mathematical process standards to develop an economic way of thinking and problem solving useful in one’s life as a knowledgeable consumer and investor. The student is expected to:

7.13.B identify the components of a personal budget, including income; planned savings for college, retirement, and emergencies; taxes; and fixed and variable expenses, and calculate what percentage each category comprises of the total budget

7.1.A apply mathematics to problems arising in everyday life, society, and the workplace

We will enter deposits and withdrawals into a check ledger, while maintaining a running and final balance.

I will develop a signature for checks and other documents, using elements of cursive. 

1. Complete warmup.

2. Watch videos.

Don’t be overwhelmed by this one. Just pay attention to the vocabulary words she uses. We’ll go over this together on a simpler register with a calculator.

3. Understanding Checking Accounts: Keeping a Ledger

• In this activity, some checks are written to you, “Sammy Student,” and some are written by you to others.
• Sort the checks according to whether they represent a deposit or a withdrawal.
• Keep track on the account balance sheet, also called a check ledger.

• 6 Checks
• Check ledger

4. Practice writing checks.

Click on thumbnails for PDFs

• Blank check blue
• Blank check bw

4. Practice your signature in cursive.

• Writing checks and signing official documents requires signing your name in a way that identifies you.
• TEACHER INSTRUCTIONS/PREP AHEAD:
  • Click the thumbnail below to create a custom cursive practice sheet.
  • Scroll down the page, type student name into the text box, and then click “Create Worksheet.”
  • On the next page, click the PDF icon to download custom page.

6. “Multi-Subject Mixed Life Skills Review”

7. Practice at Brainzy.

….Number Pair Staircase

….Typing Words: Six-Letter Words…

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…..Look for the assignment with today’s date.

Find access codes here.

Classroom Resources

• 6 Checks
• Check ledger
• Blank check blue
• Blank check bw

Extras

• My finances wordsearch
• Entrepreneurship wordsearch
• Career and job wordsearch
• Career Packet (coloring pages and activities)