1. The Question

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1. The Question

• Can I afford to buy a car?

Lesson designed by Kelley Parish, Oakland
University, November 2004
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2. The Task

• Having a budget is very important. You will need
  to work out a budget in this class. You will be
  given a job with a salary, a place to live with a
  rent to pay, and other expenses. You will learn
  to keep a checkbook and pay out your expenses and
  keep track of your income.

Think about how you will pay for your car!
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3. The Student Activity
What is your budget? Each month you need to
decide how to spend your money. Use this chart to
figure if your budget will allow you to have
money left over to pay for a car!
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4. Enrichment
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5. Assessment

• The students will keep a checkbook in the math
  class. They will also be given cards from time to
  time as they enter the class that will require
  them to deduct or add money to their accounts.
  They will have their accounts checked on a weekly
  basis by the teacher for accuracy.     

Students will be graded based on accuracy of
their math skills.
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6. Checkbook Rubric
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7. Look at More Car Costs

• Think about your budget and all of the expenses
  you have each month. You want a cool car. But you
  also will need a place to live and food to eat
  and lights and heat! Use the following websites
  to find some cars that you might be able to buy
  with your income.
• Use the classified ads to look up the cost of 5
  cars that you might like to buy and write down
  how how much each car costs! Use this website to
  also find out how much an apartment will cost you
  each month! Tell meis the apartment more than
  you thought each month? Is it cheaper to live
  with your parents or to live in an apartment?!
• http//www.freep.com
• Now for fun money practice.go to this website
  and be ready to play the money game in
  Moneyopolis!
  
• http//www.moneyopolis.com/new/home.asp

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8. Standards Benchmarks

• Math/Strand III/Content Standard 1/ Elementary
• Overview We live in a sea of information, in
  order not to drown in the data that inundate our
  lives every day, we must be able to process and
  transform data into useful knowledge. The ability
  to interpret data and to make predictions and
  decisions based on data is an essential basic
  skill for every individual.
• Benchmark 1
• Collect and explore data through counting,
  measuring and conducting surveys and
  experimenting.
  
• Language Arts/ Strand IV/Content Standard 8
• Overview Identify mechanics that strengthen
  understanding of and provide clear understanding
  of spoken and written texts.
  
• Benchmark 1
• Identify and use mechanics that enhance and
  clarify understanding. Examples include using
  conventional punctuation, capitalization, and
  spelling, as well as approximations of
  conventional spelling and restating key ideas in
  oral messages.
• Technology Benchmark
• 5-1. Students will use technology to locate,
  evaluate and collect information from a variety
  of sources.
  
• 6-2. Students will employ technology in the
  development of strategies for solving problems in
  the real world.
  

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9. Teacher Tips

• Have cards prepared from your own grocery
  receipts and utility bills. Hand them to the
  students when they come in on random days, as
  well as hand them cards with bonus money for
  positive behavior rewards.
• Have the student chart copied and ready for them
  before class time.
  
• Save newspapers to use for students who cant use
  the computer. (Who havent turned in their
  computer use forms)
  
• This project was set us as an independent project
  for non-readers. The Moneyopolis game is the
  differentiation mode I have selected for my
  students because of their low reading skills. You
  may wish to add other tasks for your students to
  do to add enrichment activities.

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10. Bibliography

• Citations for URLs
• Free Press Newspapers
• http//www.freep.com
• Enrichment Math Games
• http//www.funbrain.com
• Moneyopolis
• http//www.moneyopolis.com/new/home.asp
• Math Language Arts Benchmarks MiClimb
• http//wwwmiclimb.net
• Technology Benchmarks
• http//wwwiste.org
• Clip Art (free site)