Lesson Extension Activities
January Week 1: End of Year Highlights
Objective
Students will demonstrate financial literacy, critical thinking, and decision-making by planning a New Year’s Eve party within a set budget. Given a fictional amount of money, students will apply math, budgeting, and communication skills to make thoughtful spending choices. Students will work collaboratively to design a fun, realistic, and cost-effective New Year’s Eve celebration to welcome the new year. They will decide how to allocate their budget among food, decorations, and entertainment while ensuring their plan stays within the spending limit.
Duration: ~15 minutes*
*will vary depending on your students' level of need.
Digitability Curriculum Concepts: Financial Literacy, Communication, Social Skills
Directions for this Extension Activity:
In this activity, students will analyze and reflect on their most recent pay stub to better understand their earnings, deductions, and tax contributions. Students will identify and define key pay stub terms while reviewing their year-to-date earnings. They will calculate the difference between gross pay and net pay to see how deductions impact take-home income. Finally, students will respond to questions connecting their income to budgeting, financial goals, and real-life money management decisions.
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