Description
Playground budget project, budgeting math project, financial literacy activities, real-world math, price comparison worksheets, money math, and playground design activity come together in this fun and engaging Grade 2–3 resource.
Students will compare prices from two stores, find the cheaper option, calculate money saved, and make smart shopping choices while staying within a budget. Then, they will use their creativity to plan and design their own playground.
This resource is a great way to practice real-world math skills in a meaningful and hands-on format. Students build confidence with price comparison, addition, budgeting, and decision-making while working through a project they can connect to.
This pack is great for whole-group lessons, small groups, math centers, enrichment, early finishers, or project-based learning.
Here’s what’s included:
- Cover page
- Playground Price Lists pages
- whole-dollar version
- prices ending in .50 version
- Compare Prices & Save Money worksheets
- whole-dollar version
- .50 version
- Plan Your Playground Shopping budget worksheets
- color version
- black-and-white version
- Design Your Playground pages
- color version
- black-and-white version
- Playground Pieces cut-and-paste pages
- color pages
- black-and-white pages
- Bonus divider/info pages
- Answer key pages
This resource also includes differentiated versions to support a variety of learners, including a whole-dollar version, a prices-ending-in-.50 version, black-and-white pages, and answer key support where appropriate.
A great choice for teachers looking for a hands-on math project that blends budgeting, financial literacy, problem solving, and creativity.
Design a Playground on a Budget |Project-Based Math Financial Literacy Grade 2-3
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Description
Playground budget project, budgeting math project, financial literacy activities, real-world math, price comparison worksheets, money math, and playground design activity come together in this fun and engaging Grade 2–3 resource.
Students will compare prices from two stores, find the cheaper option, calculate money saved, and make smart shopping choices while staying within a budget. Then, they will use their creativity to plan and design their own playground.
This resource is a great way to practice real-world math skills in a meaningful and hands-on format. Students build confidence with price comparison, addition, budgeting, and decision-making while working through a project they can connect to.
This pack is great for whole-group lessons, small groups, math centers, enrichment, early finishers, or project-based learning.
Here’s what’s included:
- Cover page
- Playground Price Lists pages
- whole-dollar version
- prices ending in .50 version
- Compare Prices & Save Money worksheets
- whole-dollar version
- .50 version
- Plan Your Playground Shopping budget worksheets
- color version
- black-and-white version
- Design Your Playground pages
- color version
- black-and-white version
- Playground Pieces cut-and-paste pages
- color pages
- black-and-white pages
- Bonus divider/info pages
- Answer key pages
This resource also includes differentiated versions to support a variety of learners, including a whole-dollar version, a prices-ending-in-.50 version, black-and-white pages, and answer key support where appropriate.
A great choice for teachers looking for a hands-on math project that blends budgeting, financial literacy, problem solving, and creativity.
