Our next topic in the Consumer Math Blog Series is about how to teach Rent. Read more about why and how you can teach Rent using my Rent Lesson Unit (click here to get your copy).

Our next topic in the Consumer Math Blog Series is about how to teach Tipping. Read more about why and how you can teach how to Tip using my Tip Lesson Unit (click here to get your copy).

Our next topic in the Consumer Math Blog Series is about how to teach Sales Tax. Read more about why and how you can teach Sales Tax using my Sales Tax Lesson Unit (click here to get your copy).

Sales Tax Lesson Unit

Purpose of Teaching Sales Tax

Our next topic of the Consumer Math Blog Series is about how to teach Discounts. Read more about why and how you can teach Discounts using my Discount Lesson Unit (click here to get your copy).

Our fifth topic of the Consumer Math Blog Series is about how to teach Income Tax. Read more about why and how you can teach Income Tax using my Income Tax Lesson Unit (click here to get your copy).

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Our third topic of the Consumer Math Blog Series is about how to teach about checking accounts. Read more about why and how you can teach about checking accounts using my Checking Account Lesson Unit (click here to get your copy).

Our second topic of the Consumer Math Blog Series is about how to budget. Read more about why and how you can teach Budgets using my Budget Lesson Unit (click here to get your copy).

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Purpose of Teaching Budgeting

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Our very first topic of the Consumer Math Blog Series is about how to teach Income. You can't spend any money until you've got it! Read more about why and how you can teach Income using my Income Lesson Unit (click here to get your copy).

Purpose of Teaching Income

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Let me take you back to a time before the Consumer Math curriculum existed. I was assigned to teach a ‘brand new’ class back in the day called Math 2 (yes, very specific) and was given little to no guidance on what to cover. I knew the class was going to be the next offering in the...

The Listen and Learn resource idea stemmed from a need; a need for a short, easy to understand information segment with a side of listening comprehension. I needed to engage my non-readers and low-level readers in the consumer math high school level curriculum I was teaching in a meaningful way....

When I think of applied learning projects there is a quote that comes to mind:

‘Tell me and I’ll forget, teach me and I’ll remember, involve me and I’ll learn.’ -Benjamin Franklin

To me, this quote says- ‘If I can apply the skill, then I have...

I completed the Basic Skills Assessment (read my blog post about that resource) this past August with my students and after reviewing the results, I realized that my students were weak in executing basic money math and functional math skills. Many struggled with reading an analog clock,...

If you recently purchased a Reading Passage with questions from my TeachersPayTeachers store or own a lesson unit or bundle and want to find new and creative ways to use this type of resource, then this blog post is for YOU! Check out 10 different ways to use the reading passage, True False...

I recently added task cards to my consumer math lessons (find them HERE and HERE) because they are so versatile! Now sure how to use task cards in the classroom? I’ve listed 10 different ways you can use them in your classroom, so that your lessons never become boring!

How to Use...