The Financial Fitness for Life series is an award-winning curriculum that is correlated to standards in language arts, mathematics, economics and personal finance. Each lesson includes background information, preparation materials, student activities and assessments.

          The Steps to Financial Fitness curriculum for grades 3-5 has 15 activity-based lessons where students make strategic decisions about earning an income, saving and spending money, using credit and budgeting. Sample activities include:

☼     Analyzing why the pay for various jobs is different

☼     Differentiating between fact and opinion in advertisements

☼     Role playing the buying of goods and services with different methods of payment

☼     Analyzing a fable to determine the opportunity cost of not saving

Activities are available for assignment to be completed at home with parents, using the Parent Guide for Financial Fitness.

The workshop is free and participants get a Teacher’s Guide, a Student Workbook, a Parent Guide, and a CD-Rom. NO ECONOMICS BACKGROUND IS REQUIRED.

Workshop is two sessions: Oct. 12 & 19, 4:00-5:30

Teaching/Learning Academy

Non-Memphis City School teachers can register by first calling 320-3416 to get in the TLA system. Then call 323-1174 (automated registration) and sign up for # 697528. MCS teachers are already in the system and can call 323-1174 directly. Call Dr. Julie Heath, 678-5927 or jheath@memphis.edu with questions.

Workshop made possible by a grant from Bank of America