Learning about money and finances
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SURPRISE! Here I am, your math teacher at our _________ school, named after the famous person known as ___________. I’m sitting here in our classroom and you can see that I have our school mascot, the amazing _________, sitting in my lap.
TODAY we will be learning more about money. In the United States, the average student your age receives a weekly allowance of $_________. Most kids dash right out and buy __________s. The second most purchased item is ________. Third on the list is __________. Chores, such as washing the _______s, is usually involved in getting allowance.
WAIT! Maybe you don’t get an allowance. Do you pick up pennies from sidewalks? Most kids who have _________ eyesight can find as many as _________ pennies in one month’s time. This is enough to buy one ________. Cash is one thing, but…
LEPRECHAUNS: These smart and very _________ little elves control all the world’s gold. They used to live only in Ireland, but after eating fast food from _________, they have increased in numbers and they live all over the world. They are very good at hiding gold.
WHERE? At the end of every rainbow, there is a pot of gold. A _________ leprechaun stands guard over the gold. The Irish know all about these ________ little guys. It is now coming to light that leprechauns are joining up with gnomes.
WHY? Gnomes stand around in backyard gardens, and leprechauns never knew why leprechauns were guarding gold, anyway. They think that the ________ gnomes could be tricked into guarding the gold so that the leprechauns could have vacations to places like _________, where they could have fun.
IS GOLD IMPORTANT TO KIDS? Yes, it’s a ________ math thing, and you need to know that one ounce of gold is worth $__________. If you had enough gold, you could maybe buy a ________.
HOW DO KIDS GET GOLD? You can pan for gold in a river. People do it.
YOUR LAST MATH QUIZ RESULTS: Okay, kids… On your last math quiz, you were asked common-sense questions. First, you were asked which animal would probably cost the most to feed. You had a choice of a dog, a cat, and a horse. Most of you answered “DOG.” Why? You kids said that horses can eat grass and cats can eat mice and birds, and dogs only eat dog food and you buy it at ________ where dog food costs $ _______ for a _______ pound bag. That answer is really interesting and also ________.
SCHOOL IS AWESOME! See you soon, we all hope!