4.2.4+Lesson+1

= LESSON PLAN = created by:

__Core Objective/Standard__:
Standard 4: Students will describe the economic choices to meet their basic economic needs. Objective 2: Recognize that people need to make choices to meet their needs.

__Student learning objective__:
Students will understand the importance of saving money in order to buy goods in the future.

__Materials needed__:
__A Chair for my Mother__ by Vera B. Williams

__Teacher (To) directions/actions/instructions__:
Read the story __A Chair for my Mother.__

__Teachers/Students (With) actions__:
Discuss how the family saves money to earn a chair for their mother. Watch Reading Rainbow: A Chair for my Mother (UEN.org in the emedia section)

__Students (By) actions/activities students will do during lesson__:
Have the students write about something that they would like to save their money for.

__Assessment-these may be written, verbal, observations, etc__:
Their writing sample