Bank At School is an activity guide for grades 4 - 5. It is a joint project between the office of Illinois State Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka and Illinois 4-H. The Bank at School activity guide uses games, simulations, projects and other experiences to help youth practice and develop life skills. The life skills emphasized in this series are: learning to learn, wise use of resources, decision-making, planning and organizing, setting goals, and keeping records. There are ten different activities included in the activity guide.
Instructional Materials:
Instructional materials include a teacher's guide and the Bank at School manual.
Illinois State Goals & Learning Standards:
01A. Apply word analysis and vocabulary skills to comprehend selections.
01B. Apply reading strategies to improve understanding and fluency.
03A. Use correct grammar, spelling, puctuation, capitalization and structure.
03B. Compose well-organized and coherent writing for specific purposes and audiences.
04A. Listen effectively in formal and informal situations.
04B. Speak effectively using language appropriate to the situation and audience.
05A. Locate, organize, and use information from various sources to answer questions, solve problems and communicate ideas.
05B. Analyze and evaluate information acquired from various sources.
05C. Apply acquired information, concepts and ideas to communicate in a variety of formats.
06A. Demonstrate knowledge and use of numbers and their representations in a broad range of theoretical and practical settings.
06B. Investigate, represent and solve problems using number facts, operations and their properties, algorithms and relationships.
06C. Compute and estimate using mental mathematics, paper-and-pencil methods, calculators and computers.
06D. Solve problems using comparison of quantities, ratios, proportions and percents.
07A. Measure and compare quantities using appropriate units, instruments and methods.
15A. Understand how different economic systems operate in the exchange, production, distribution and consumption of goods and services
15B. Understand that scarcity necessitates choices by consumers
15C. Understand that scarcity necessitates choices by producers
15D. Understand trade as an exchange of goods or services.
