Banking and Money
ATM Literacy
Hands-on learning is EVERYTHING!
I promise you will not regret it if you take the time to build a classroom bank machine from a cardboard box. Three teachers in my school have made use of it, and I continue to use it semester after semester.
Here are some TD Bank ATM screens that you can print for your classroom ATM.*
Our first week-long module was built around depositing a cheque and some cash. We took pictures in the classroom and wrote a book. Each student copied the words into her blank book while the master was projected on the board. This is the activity pack I created to accompany that book. Bonus worksheets: Word Shapes Puzzle; Word Search Puzzle
The real-world task for the following week's module was to withdraw $80 cash. Here is the teacher's version of our book; advanced students filled in a blank version while very new students got a version with only a few words missing. In this way everyone can finish together.
Here is the activity pack I created for that week.
Bonus worksheets: ATM Withdrawal Flyswatter Game Board; ATM Withdrawal Word Shapes
*The DEPOSIT screens are now out of date since TD has envelope-free deposits, but you can edit or omit that part of the unit.
The Best of the Reader series - Keeping Safe book includes a chapter Safety Tips at the ATM
For lab day or in-class computer use:
GFC Learn Free has an ATM simulator (American).
Here is a Canadian ATM simulator.
Here is a debit / Interac (TM) simulator.
Here is an ATM blog post I made for my students. Feel free to play games using our word list.
GFC Learn Free has an ATM simulator (American).
Here is a Canadian ATM simulator.
Here is a debit / Interac (TM) simulator.
Here is an ATM blog post I made for my students. Feel free to play games using our word list.
Fatima Goes to the Bank
Fatima Goes to the Bank is a literacy level story illustrated with black and white line drawings by the Halifax Immigrant Learning Centre as part of their Changing Lanes series. I can no longer find these books online, so I'm glad I downloaded them while they were available. I hope they don't mind my sharing here!
My class has a lot of fun with the role plays. We use a lot of realia and props, such as a debit terminal I made from a candy box.
Fatima Simplified Book (This teacher's copy can be edited for students by taking out the red text, which creates a cloze for students to fill in.)
Fatima Activity Pack
Fatima Word Shapes
Fatima Word Search Puzzle
Fatima Flashcards 1, Flashcards 2
Fatima blog post with Spelling City word list.
Money
When teaching Canadian money, I use our school's set of fake bills and coins. A good reference sheet can be found in the PBLA Language Companion. I also use:
- Print the Names of the Coins
- Counting Money from theTeachersCorner.net
- Money True False Quiz
- Money BINGO game
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When I teach CLB 1L-2L students about money and shopping, I include information on which grocery store items are subject to tax and which are not. So not all items they choose from the flyer will require calculation of tax. I teach them how to multiply a price by .13 to get the tax using the calculator tool on their phone or using one of the dollar store calculators in our school set.
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Here is the money blog post I made for the literacy learners for lab day. We also used Money Master, a WONDERFUL interactive coin counting website, in class before lab day.
