Third Grade Learning
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Full JA Programs Online
EDUCATORS AND PARENTS CAN NOW PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH COMPLETE JA PROGRAMS ONLINE! ACCESS VIDEOS AND ACTIVITIES FOR GRADES K-5 SO STUDENTS DON’T HAVE TO MISS OUT ON VALUABLE LESSONS RELATED TO WORK READINESS, FINANCIAL LITERACY, AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
Third Grade Lesson Plans
During this unique time in our community, we are doing our part to help ensure students continue their JA education at home and help parents make the most out of at-home learning.
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DAY 1: BUYING DECISIONS
LESSON 1 – MONEY SMART FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, MODULE 1: BUYING DECISIONS
Understanding the difference between needs and wants helps children learn to prioritize how they use their money so they can spend it wisely.
- Category: Financial Literacy
- Type: Parent-led lesson with additional games and recommended reading
- Time: 30 minutes
LESSON 2 – JA CHOOSING A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
Help customers find the financial institution that meets their saving and spending needs.
- Category: Financial Literacy
- Type: Printable parent-led activity
- Time: 10 minutes
LESSON 3 – MAKING CENTS: FINANCIAL LITERACY FOR YOUNG LEARNERS – SAVING OVER TIME, AND SPEND, SAVE, SHARE VIDEOS
Two short, 45-second videos that help children learn about smart money choices they can make every day to be savvy shoppers and savers.
- Category: Financial Literacy
- Type: Videos
- Time: 5 minutes
LESSON 4 – JA MONEY TRACKER AND BINGO
*WATCH INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO HERE
Young students learn how to keep track of the money you have in a bank. Watch the video on using the Money Tracker and then play the BINGO game.
- Category: Financial Literacy
- Type: Download and print game with instructional video
- Time: 30 minutes
DAY 2: SAVVY SHOPPERS
LESSON 1 – MONEY SMART FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, MODULE 2: SETTING GOALS
By setting goals and evaluating the purpose of advertising, children can make better saving and spending decisions.
- Category: Financial Literacy
- Type: Parent-led lesson with additional games and recommended reading
- Time: 30 minutes
LESSON 2 – JA HISTORY OF PRICES
Young students discover how people’s needs and desires affect the pricing of goods and services.
- Category: Financial Literacy
- Type: Parent-led activity with online research and printable guide
- Time: 20 minutes
LESSON 3 – JA JOHN’S SHOPPING DAY
Do you like to shop? Help John choose what to buy and track what he is spending.
- Category: Financial Literacy
- Type: Activity
- Time: 15 minutes
DAY 3: SPENDING CHOICES – DEBIT VS. CREDIT
LESSON 1 – MONEY SMART FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, MODULE 5: PAYMENT OPTIONS
Having conversations about payment options helps children understand that credit and debit are not an endless supply of free money, but are linked to our actual savings accounts or short-term loans that must be paid back.
- Category: Financial Literacy
- Type: Parent-led lesson with additional games and recommended reading
- Time: 30 minutes
LESSON 2 – MAKING CENTS: FINANCIAL LITERACY FOR YOUNG LEARNERS – DEBIT VS. CREDIT AND CREDIT SCORES VIDEOS
Two short videos for young students that introduce saving for a goal and how check payments work.
- Category: Financial Literacy
- Type: Videos
- Time: 5 minutes
LESSON 3 – JA COMPARE AND CONTRAST PAYMENT METHODS
Young students compare the different ways people can pay for their wants and needs.
- Category: Financial Literacy
- Type: Parent-led activity with printable worksheet
- Time: 15 minutes
LESSON 4 – JA THE DEBIT CARD TRANSACTION
How does a debit card work? Follow these steps to learn how a bank gets your money to the store.
- Category: Financial Literacy
- Type: Parent-led printable activity
- Time: 15 minutes
DAY 4: CAREERS YOU CAN DO!
LESSON 1 – MONEY SMART FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, MODULE 8: EXPLORING CAREERS AND INCOME
Exploring personal interests, potential careers and the education needed to reach personal goals gets children thinking about their futures and practicing goal setting.
- Category: Career Exploration and Work Readiness
- Type: Parent-led lesson with additional games and recommended reading
- Time: 30 minutes
LESSON 2 – JA MY INTERESTS
Children complete a fun list of skills and hobbies to discover how their interests can lead to ideas for future careers.
- Category: Career Exploration and Work Readiness
- Type: Downloadable activity worksheet
- Time: 15 minutes
LESSON 3 – CAREER EXPLORATION
Explore different career videos to see what careers you can do!
- Category: Career Exploration and Work Readiness
- Type: Videos
- Time: 15 minutes
LESSON 4 – LEARNING ECONOMICS WITH MINECRAFT
Students build a home in Minecraft while learning abut the different resources businesses use every day.
- Category: Financial Literacy
- Type: Parent-led online course with resources and access to online game
- Time: 45 minutes
DAY 5: STEM CAREER QUEST
LESSON 1 – JA STEMBOT
Learn about STEM careers and practice STEM skills while solving puzzles and playing games.
- Category: Career Exploration and Work Readiness
- Type: Online interactive game
- Time: 30 minutes
LESSON 2 – JA BE AN ENGINEER: BUILD A ROBOT
Engineers build items that help to do tasks every day. Become a mechanical engineer for a day and create a robot-helper to solve a problem or task!
- Category: Career Exploration and Work Readiness
- Type: Printable parent-led activity
- Time: 15 minutes
LESSON 3 – JA ROBO SELLERS VIDEO FLYER
Fly your ship through the universe collecting and selling robot parts to start your own robot business. (Game link in worksheet)
- Category: Entrepreneurship
- Type: Downloadable instruction sheet and resources to use with online video game
- Time: 30 minutes
LESSON 4 – JA $AVE: IT IS NEVER TOO EARLY TO DECIDE ON A COLLEGE
Let’s explore how to choose a college.
- Category: Financial Literacy
- Type: Parent-led resource with activities
- Time: 15 minutes
Activities English
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MONEY MANAGEMENT & FINANCIAL LITERACY
JA Current Economic Climate: JA All in It Together (Activity) – Parent or teacher-led: What steps kids can take to assist their family in
spending and saving
JA Excellence Through Ethics: Having Money When You Need It (Reading and Activity) – Parent or teacher-led: Examine the ethics of spending money on needs and wants
JA History of Prices (Reading and Activity) – Find out how people’s needs and desires affect the pricing of goods
JA Risk and Insurance (Interactive Game) – Learn all about risk taking and insurance
JA $ave: Vacation Time – Let’s Get Away! – Explore where you would go and how you would pay for vacation
JA The Legendary Lemonade Stand: Cost of Doing Business (Activity) – Aiden opens a lemonade stand to earn the money he needs and learns about owning a business
Hands On Banking (Free Online Courses) – Where does money come from and how do you earn it and use it? Let’s find out!
How to teach children the basics of budgeting (Activity) – Parent or teacher-led: Learn the basics of spending, saving and sharing
Learning Economics with Minecraft (Free Online Course) – Students build a home in Minecraft while learning about productive resources
Making Cents: Financial Literacy for Young Learners (Videos) – Select and watch two 45-second videos: Saving Over Time and Credit vs. Debit Cards
Printable Activities for Kids – Fun activities to learn about money, math and more!
Teaching kids about money at home (Reading) – Parent tips on how to discuss money with your kids
CAREER EXPLORATION & WORK READINESS
JA Career Quest Flier – Learn about yourself and careers that suit your interests and abilities
JA Global Connections – Have you ever been told you are “all over the map”? Learn about international careers and places!
JA My Interests – Complete this checklist to discover how your interests could become business ideas
JA $ave: It is Never Too Early to Decide on a College – Let’s explore how to choose a college
JA STEMBOT (Interactive Game) – Learn about STEM careers and practice STEM skills while solving puzzles and playing games
Career Exploration (Videos, Games, Activities) – Explore different careers by completing games and puzzles
ENTREPRENEUR INSPIRATION
JA Excellence Through Ethics: Ethical Customer Service and Being an Ethical Customer (Reading and Activity) – Parent or teacher-led:
Examine advertising scenarios to determine if they are ethical
Ja Robo Sellers Video Flyer (Game) – Fly your ship through the universe collecting and selling robot parts to start your own robot business
JA Science Means Business – Read about four inventors who turned their ideas into successful businesses
5 Ways to Teach Your Kids How to Be Great Entrepreneurs (Reading) – Share these 5 ways to begin introducing your kids to entrepreneurism at home
The Color of Resources Game (Online Course and Game) – Enjoy the journey of how crayons are made and learn about natural, capital and human resources
Activities Español
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MONEY MANAGEMENT & FINANCIAL LITERACY
JA BINGO: Rastreador de Dinero + Tarjetas de BINGO (Español) – ¿Cómo llevas la cuenta del dinero que tienes en un banco? ¡Mira el video y juega al bingo para aprender!
CAREER EXPLORATION & WORK READINESS
JA Folleto de Búsqueda de Carrera (Español) – Aprende sobre ti mismo y las carreras que se adaptan a tus intereses y habilidades
JA Aprendizaje Extendido: JA Sé un Ingeniero (Español) – Estudiantes construyen un avión de papel y aprenden sobre el peso, el empuje y el impacto de elevación
JA Conexiones Globales (Español) – ¿Alguna vez te han dicho que estás “por todo el mapa”? Aprende sobre algunas carreras y lugares internacionales
JA Mis Intereses (Español) – ¿En que estas interesado? Termina esta lista de verificación para descubrir cómo tus intereses podrían convertirse en ideas de negocios
JA ¿Quién soy yo? (Español) – Recibe tres pistas y adivina qué trabajo coincide con las pistas en el juego de adivinanzas, “¿Quién soy yo?”
¿Lo quieres ó lo necesitas? (Español) – Dirigido por padres o maestros: explore la diferencia entre deseos y necesidades
ENTREPRENEUR INSPIRATION
JA Mis Rasgos Emprendedores (Español) – ¿Cuáles rasgos tienes en comúncon los emprendedores? y los tienes?
JA El Negocio de la Ciencia (Español) – ¿Te gusta inventar cosas? Lea acerca de cuatro inventores que convirtieron sus ideas en negocios exitosos
JA Hand in Hand Resources
The JA Hand in Hand video series allows students to learn foundational financial literacy concepts and videos support learning for all students through American Sign Language, closed captioning, and audio.