Grade 3-5
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Activity

My Savings Goal

Time: 15 mins,
Updated: September 15 2021,
Author: Council for Economic Education
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Objective

Students will be able to:

  • Explain how to set a savings goal and earn money to reach it.

Standards

National Standards in Economics

National Standards in Financial Literacy

State Standards

Concepts

Saving

In this personal finance activity, students will identify a savings goal and steps to achieve it.

Resources

Procedure

This is an individual activity where students will identify an amount of money they want to save and prepare a plan to reach it. To complete this activity, students need to follow the directions below:

  1. Answers the questions in a Quizizz activity, worksheet, or Ready Assessments Activity
Subjects:
Personal Finance,Economics,Mathematics

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