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Second Grade - Mathematics
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Big Banks & Piggy Banks
Financial and Economic Concepts: Banking and Financial Services, including balancing a checkbook or bank account
Second Grade – Mathematics
Standard 1: Students will acquire number sense with whole numbers and fractions and perform operations with whole numbers.
Objective 3: Estimate, model, illustrate, describe, and solve problems involving two- and three- digit addition and subtraction.
When choosing a place to put their money, people consider how safe there money will be, how easy it is to access, and whether it will earn more money. Students explore how well different savings places achieve these objectives. Students learn that people who do not want to carry money with them or keep it at home often choose to put their money in a savings account at a bank or credit union. These financial institutions protect money from theft and other losses. These institutions also pay interest on money deposited.
The Adventures of Dollar Bill – animation to view and read on the computer explaining what happens to money put into a savings account. Also teaches the terms deposit, balance, and withdrawal.
Adventures with Interest Ray (pdf) – animation to view and read on the computer explaining what interest is, how people get it, and why the bank gives it to people.
Big Banks & Piggy Banks Assessment
Coin Motion
Financial and Economic Concepts: Banking and Financial Services, including balancing a checkbook or bank account Second Grade – Mathematics
Standard 1: Students will acquire number sense with whole numbers and fractions and perform operations with whole numbers.
Objective 3: Estimate, model, illustrate, describe, and solve problems involving two- and three- digit addition and subtraction.
Students will learn the value of coins while actively participating an a fun and engaging game. Class time: Two 20 – to – 30 minute sessions.
Complete Lesson Plan (pdf)
Coin Sheets (pdf)
Coin Numbers (pdf)
Coin Description Poster (pdf)
Deposit - Withdrawal Activity
Financial and Economic Concepts: Banking and Financial Services, including balancing a checkbook or bank accountSecond Grade – Mathematics
Standard 1: Students will acquire number sense with whole numbers and fractions and perform operations with whole numbers.
Objective 3: Estimate, model, illustrate, describe, and solve problems involving two- and three- digit addition and subtraction.
Write the words "deposit" and "withdrawal" on the board. Put a plus sign next to the word "deposit" and tell the students that when people put money in a savings account at a bank or credit union they are making a deposit. Next, put a negative sign beside the word "withdrawal" and explain that people make a withdrawal when they take money out of a savings account.
Divide the students into teams or small groups. Provide each group with a copy of the Savings Account Activity.
Have the students shuffle the cards and stack them face down on a flat surface. To play, students take turns drawing a card from a stack. The student who draws the card must identify the value of the card and note if it is a withdrawal or a deposit. The student then adds or subtracts the amount to or from his or her balance (start the activity by providing each group with a starting balance). The other members of the team should check the player's math. Have the students continue to take turns until they fill the last box on the sheet (or have a zero balance).
Withdraw & Deposit cards (pdf)
Savings Account Math Activity Worksheet (pdf)
Note: If the numbers given on the cards are too big for your students, make cards using coin amounts, or even dollar amounts.
Great Graphs
Financial and Economic Concepts: Banking and Financial Services, including balancing a checkbook or bank accountSecond Grade – Mathematics
Standard 1: Students will acquire number sense with whole numbers and fractions and perform operations with whole numbers.
Objective 3: Estimate, model, illustrate, describe, and solve problems involving two- and three- digit addition and subtraction.
Students will compare sets of coins and determine which group is greater than, less than, or equal to the other according to the number and value of each set. Students will
read and interpret a simple bar graph to answer questions.
Great Graphs Activities (pdf)
The Story of Jack and the Bank Stalk
Financial and Economic Concepts: Banking and Financial Services, including balancing a checkbook or bank account Second Grade – Mathematics
Standard 1: Students will acquire number sense with whole numbers and fractions and perform operations with whole numbers.
Objective 3: Estimate, model, illustrate, describe, and solve problems involving two- and three- digit addition and subtraction.
Fairy tales have always been used to give lessons about life. The story of Jack and the Bean Stalk is a good lesson about the importance of knowing about money and banks.
Students will:
- List the roles and functions of money.
- Apply the definition of money to various alternatives to money.
- Describe the role of banks.
Piggy Banking
Financial and Economic Concepts: Banking and Financial Services, including balancing a checkbook or bank account Second Grade – Mathematics
Standard 3: Students will understand simple geometry and measurement concepts as well as collect, represent, and draw conclusions from data.
Objective 2: Identify and use units of measure, iterate (repeat) that unit, and compare the number of iterations to the item being measured.
*Computer lab needed for this activity.
Click "Piggy Bank" to begin the activity.
Students drag toys and drop them on the shelf. They drag and drop fish food in the aquarium. After the chores are finished, the student gets paid $2.00. The student drags and drops his/her choice of coins into the piggy bank until it has the right amount.
Note: This activity only takes a few minutes so if getting into the computer lab is too difficult, have students take turns dragging and dropping from the teacher computer while shown on the projector.
