Money Madness: Fun Learning with Financial Literacy!
My students need lots of colored paper, mechanical pencils, and plastic coins to practice balancing a checkbook and managing money.
FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Supler's classroom raised $222
This project is fully funded
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.
My Students
Driving through the neighborhood of my school every morning, I see sights unfamiliar to my world growing up: broken down cars, graffiti-covered abandoned buildings, broken windows, children in the cold without coats, and title loan shops.
My precious children are a group of kids who really enjoy learning.
They come to school ready to learn every day in spite of difficult circumstances. It isn't easy to learn when your family lacks those precious resources that we take for granted, such as a full tummy after three consistent mealtimes, dependable transportation, a safe home, electricity, and running water. It breaks my heart when my students show up to school complaining about being hungry or struggling to do homework in the dark when the electricity was turned off. However, they are so enthusiastic about being at school every day. These sweet students do not let these issues get in the way of their education! While our school does our best to make sure that the kids get those resources they need at home through different programs, it is also my goal to teach them skills to help them manage their money in the future. I do not want to see them struggling with these same problems throughout their entire lives.
My Project
It is my goal to work with money every day in the classroom to help our kids truly understand how to budget. My students will work on different projects throughout the year using various career/salary choices and they'll have to decide how much to spend on bills and other entertaining activities while making sure there is enough left at the end of the month. Because a checkbook ledger is not an attractive learning tool for a child, I plan to print them on brightly colored sheets of paper with cute clip art to help the kids want to complete the project. Mechanical pencils are one of the biggest motivators that I have found in my classroom this year, so the kids will use those pencils for balancing their checkbooks. The different colored paper can also help them organize different bills in their minds, such as red for a house payment, yellow for a car payment, green for electricity, and blue for groceries.
In order to end the cycle of poverty that our kids are exposed to, we need to take action in even the elementary grades to make sure that the children understand another way besides what they experience in their homes.
Your generous donation will help my students to build a better understanding of how to make money work for them. These are skills that will serve them for the rest of their lives!
Nearly all 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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