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Texas Standardized Curriculum Framework
Lesson plans for ESL, ABE, GED, Study Skills and Workforce

Lesson Title - Money Makes the World Go Round

Area/Skill - ESL
LCP - B
Correlation to Framework
Standard: 18.00, 19.00, 23.00, 25.00, 28.00
Correlation to Framework
Benchmark: 18.05, 19.04, 23.03, 25.01, 25.05, 25.06, 28.01, 28.02, 28.03

Materials/Supplies

Sales papers, credit cards, coupons, W4 forms, coins and paper money, Social Security cards, blank checks, utility bills, money order forms, clothing tags

Contributors & Organizations

  • Ruth Brown MLC
  • Jesse Handy MLC
  • Gay O’Neal COM
  • Rosette Dawson NHC

 

Objective

Student will be able to budget their money, read the bills, and request changes when necessary.

Vocabulary

dollar, dimes, coins, quarter, penny, numbers, nickel

Text Books

Photo Dictionary of American English

Oxford Picture Dictionary

Stand Out

Express Way

Activity/Procedures

(Group Activities)

  • Set up store with clerk and customer
  • Set up utility pay office
  • Set up money problems where student has to pay a bill and make change
  • Fill out blank check and money order
  • Clip out coupons
  • Learn to read a phone bill

Evaluation/Assessmen

Check for comprehension of counting money and making change Comprehension of paying bill.

Fill out check and or money order for paying bill.

Grammatical Focus

508 UsableNet Approved (v. 2.2)

 

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