👩‍🏫 Teacher’s Guide

Objective
Students will understand simple ways children can earn money, how to match effort to reward, and how to calculate totals from small earnings.

Vocabulary
earn, chore, total, spend, save, goal

Teaching Notes

• Explain that people earn money by doing work.
• Give examples of age‑appropriate chores: picking up toys, watering plants.
• Model adding small earnings: $1 + $1 + $2.
• Discuss choices: spend now or save toward a goal.
• Let students role‑play a “chore shop” where they earn pretend money.

🧒 Student Worksheet

Concept and Helping Material

Earning means getting money by doing work.
A chore is a small job that helps at home or in the classroom.
When we earn money, we can choose to save it or spend it.

Hands-On Experiment or Activities

What You Need:
Play money, chore cards (e.g., $1 for sorting pencils, $2 for sweeping, $1 for watering plants)

What You Do:

1. Students choose a chore card.
2. Complete the chore.
3. Collect the matching amount of money.
4. Add their total earnings.
5. Compare: Who earned the most? Who saved their money?

Vocabulary and Definition

• — to get money by doing work
• — a small job
• — all amounts added together
• — keep money for later
• — use money to buy something

Words to Learn

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Questions to Answer

Story:
Leo wants to buy a small toy that costs $6.
He earns $2 on Monday by watering plants.
He earns $1 on Tuesday by sorting books.
On Wednesday, he earns $2 for cleaning the table.

1. How much does the toy cost?

2. How much does Leo earn on Monday?

3. How much does he earn on Tuesday?

4. How much does he earn on Wednesday?

5. What is Leo’s total earnings so far?

6. Does he have enough to buy the $6 toy?

7. How many more dollars does he need?

8. What could Leo do to earn more?

🧮 Finance Math Practice

1. You earn $1 for cleaning up toys. You do it twice. Total?

2. You earn $2 on Monday and $2 on Tuesday. Total?

3. You want a book that costs $5. You earned $3. Need more?

4. If you earn $1, $1, and $1, how much is that?

5. A sticker costs $2. You earned $4. How much left after buying it?

6. You earn $3 and save it. Next day you earn $2. Total savings?

7. You earn $1 each day for 4 days. Total?

8. A toy costs $7. You have $5 earned. Need?

9. You earn $2, then spend $1. What’s left?

10. You do 3 chores worth $1 each. Total earnings?

Reflection

• Why do people earn money?

• What is one chore you could do to earn money?