Money concepts unit - remedial
Background Information
One of the objectives for the CTE Intro - Business course is that students demonstrate how to make and count back change. I have consistently had special education and 504 students who struggle with money concepts and have found myself leaning heavily on the special education teachers to help them. 
The unit I use with the general population starts with some very basic concepts but then becomes increasingly complex as they go through the application. It is self-paced and self-correcting, so the students can and do work independently. I just found that I needed something more basic to help those students who struggle with money numbers to understand the money concepts better. This lesson will be used with these students only, while the other students work on their cashiering unit. 
Learner characteristics
7th Grade students in a mostly middle-class area
Students have experience with the Internet
Students have IEPs or 504s with math accommodations
Students have particular difficulties with money numbers
Learning context
Computer lab
Objective
Students will gain and practice basic money concepts as they relate to cashiering.
Timeline
Lesson will take place over three 45 minute class periods.
lesson preparation
1.	Enter students’ information into the eNLVM web site.
2.	Notify Special Ed teachers about the upcoming Cashiering Unit so that they can assist students during Study Skills class. 
3.	Provide students with paper worksheet to record eNLVM  and FunBrain web sites.
procedure
•	Review values for bills and coins with students. Provide calculators for those whose accommodations require it. 
	
•	Assist students to log in to eNLVM site.  

•	Have students start with Make a Dollar.
o	Students will drag the appropriate coins into the box to make $1
o	The check button will indicate if they got it correct. 
•	Help them with the first problem. 
•	Have them write their results on the worksheet.
•	Students should complete 10 problems correctly before they move on to the next activity.

•	Have students move on to Pay Exact Amount.
o	Students will drag the appropriate bills and coins into the box to equal the amount indicated at the top of the box
o	The check button will indicate if they got it correct. 
•	Help them with the first problem. 
•	Have them write their results on the worksheet.
•	Students will complete 10 problems correctly.

•	Have students move on to Count the Money.
o	Students will count the money and enter the amount in the box.
o	The check button will indicate if they got it correct. 
•	Help them with the first problem. 
•	Have them write their results on the worksheet.
•	Students will complete 10 problems correctly.		

•	Have students log in to www.funbrain.com/funbrain/cashreg 
•	Have students begin by selecting the Easy level and then click on the American flag
o	Students will begin making change for amounts under a dollar. 
o	They will record information on their worksheet at the end of each level (10 problems) 
o	After completing the Easy level, they will move on to the Medium level, and then the Hard and the Super Brain Levels
		
•	If any of these Special Needs students finish the FunBrain activities, they can begin the Cashiering activities that the other students are working on.