Product Description
These Dollar Up money task cards are a practical way to teach purchasing skills—even for students who aren’t ready to make change. Perfect for life skills classrooms, this set uses the Dollar Up strategy to help students build confidence in real-world money situations through simple, multiple-choice activities.
Available in PDF, Google Slides, and PowerPoint formats, these cards work well for both in-person and distance learning. The 40 task cards are already differentiated: the first half focuses on identifying items that can be bought for $1 to $9, while the second half challenges students to choose the most expensive item they can afford with a given amount.
Who Are These Designed For?
These task cards are great for any age of students who struggle to make change but have 1-1 correspondence. They are specifically designed for middle and high school students but would be appropriate for some elementary-aged students as well.
How I Use Them:
- These task cards are perfect for teaching next dollar skills and for students to practice their skills.
- They also are a great choice for independent work systems.
- Students can circle their answers or using a bingo marker or clothespin
- Give the students just the types of problems that they are able to practice
What’s Included (all task cards also in Google Slides and PowerPoint)
- 40 multiple-choice task cards for using the next dollar up strategy.
- 1 set of cards (1-20) the students determine which of 3 prices they could buy with the dollars they have. In this set, the answer is always the lowest number. I
- Second set of cards (21-40) the students choose the most expensive prices they can buy with the bills they have. So in this set there could be more than 1 answer of what they can buy, but they have to choose the most they could buy.
Cards 1-20: What can I buy?—lowest price answer
- Cards 1-8: $1 to $5 with $1 bills
- Cards 9-16: $6 to $9 with $1 bills
- Cards 17-20: $6 to $9 with combinations of $5 and $1 bills
Cards 21-40: What’s the most expensive thing I can buy?—more complex
- Cards 21-28: $1 to $5 with $1 bills
- Cards 29-36: $6 to $9 with $1 bills
- Cards 37-40: $6 to $9 with combinations of $5 and $1 bills
Answer Key and Answer Sheet included
This product is copyrighted to Christine Reeve-Autism Classroom Resources and purchase results in a license for one teacher to use on his or her caseload or classroom. To share with other teachers, please purchase an extra license.
