
Imagining Our Spending Choices
Grade 1 Social Studies Learning About Money

Learning Goal
I can share my ideas about spending money I can name two ways to use $20 I can listen to my classmates' ideas

Warm-Up: What Would You Do?
Look at this $20! Talk with your partner Use sentence frames: I would spend money on ___ I would save my money to buy ___

Sharing Our Ideas
Listen to your classmates Key words we might hear: Save Buy Spend Smart choices

BrainPOP Jr Video Time
Watch and listen carefully Look for two ways to use money Follow along with your transcript Think about spending and saving

Partner Talk After Video
Turn to your partner again What did you learn? Can you name two ways to use money? Use these sentence frames: I learned that ___ Two ways to use money are ___ and ___

Wrap-Up & Success Check
Did we meet our goal? Can you share ideas about spending money? Can you name two ways to use $20? Great job learning together! Extension: Create a $20 budget with pictures!