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Learn About Money: Lemonade Stand

Thanks Karen from B.C. Canada for this TLE:

CONTENT/THEME: Learn About Money – Earn Money and Help Others (Lemonade Stand)
Audience: Grade 1 and 2

Introduce and brainstorm ideas at carpet for a Lemonade Stand

 

PROVIDE FOR INCLUSION: Name Game – Adapted

To help students learn names of denominations of money. Each student holds a coin or paper bill and that is their new name. They can use alliteration adjectives to add to their name: Dynamic Dollar, Lavish Loonie, Priceless Penny, Delicate Dime… etc.

 

IDENTIFY THE OBJECTIVES:
Content Objective: To apply money concepts by planning a school lemonade stand (making, selling, buying and coin collecting.)

 

Collaborative Skills:
Thinking Constructively
Participating fully

Celebrate achievement

No Put-Downs

Listening

Respecting

IDENTIFY THE STRATEGY(IES):
Review the agreements

  • Attentive listening
  • Appreciation / No put-downs
  • Right to Participate
  • Respect

 

Day 1

  1. Guide students to brainstorm parts of the lemonade stand process including groups required for a successful Lemonade Stand at school (4 groups – making team, selling team, buying team, coin collecting team)
  2. Write ideas on chart paper or white board
  3. Once the groups required are determined through the brainstorm session – have students take a coloured chip determining to which team they will belong. (red – making; green – selling; yellow – buying; orange – coin collecting)

 

ASK REFLECTION QUESTIONS BASED ON THE OBJECTIVES:
Let’s reflect on our learning today. (either at the carpet or back at individual desks)

 

Content:
What groups did we decide we needed to create a successful Lemonade Stand?

 

Collaborative:
How well did we listen to each other?

What made it easy to listen to others? What made it difficult?

How well did we share our ideas?

 

Personal:
What is your “I can…” statement for this session today?
What are you most looking forward to on Day 2 in your group planning?

PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR APPRECIATION:
At the desks
It’s time to appreciate our efforts today:

Thank you (name) for …
I really appreciated when …
I liked when (name) mentioned … because

 

 

Adapted from www.MisforMoney.ca and the book series M is For Money by Teresa Cascioli 2015

 

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