Course
Financial Literacy, Budgeting, and Unit Price
A Grade 6 enrichment course that connects budgeting, saving, needs vs wants, unit price, and money data interpretation.
Financial Literacy, Budgeting, and Unit Price
Course overview
This course helps Grade 6 students use math to make better money decisions. Students build a budget, compare needs and wants, and use unit price and simple data tables to choose the better buy.
What students will learn
- Build a simple budget with income, expenses, and savings.
- Explain the difference between needs and wants.
- Describe opportunity cost as the tradeoff in a choice.
- Calculate and compare unit price.
- Read simple money tables and graphs to support a buying decision.
Lessons
- Budgeting and Saving for Goals - Learn how a budget helps students plan money and save for future goals.
- Needs vs Wants and Smart Spending - Learn how to sort spending choices and think about opportunity cost.
- Unit Price and Simple Money Data - Learn how to compare better buys with unit price, tables, and graphs.
Parent guide
Move through the lessons in order and keep the examples concrete. Grocery flyers, snack labels, allowance plans, and small household choices all make strong practice material.
Completion
A student finishes this course when they can make a simple budget, explain needs versus wants, calculate a unit price, and read a small money table or graph to make a buying choice.