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Curriculum Overview Page| 927 Green Curriculum: SESSION FOUR
SESSION 4: Financial Planning for Janella (Part Three) OBJECTIVE
Learn important concepts relevant to saving and investing, including “risk vs. reward” and the power of compound interest. Explore some of the best ways to save and invest.
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Take Weekly Attendance Take weekly attendance via Survey Monkey as students enter the classroom. Welcome the students and make sure any new volunteers introduce themselves. (2 minutes)
Review Learning Objectives And Key Terms Briefly go over the learning objectives and key terms in the student workbook. Have the students read these out loud. For the key terms that are difficult to understand, explain these in more detail to students and provide examples if possible. (5 minutes)
Pull up Yahoo! Finance If accessible, use classroom technology to pull up Yahoo! Finance and display on a screen. If not, print this out ahead of time showing AMZN, NFLX, CLX, and IBB or have students pull up their Yahoo! Finance portfolios on their phones. Review the portfolio performance (AMZN, CLX, NFLX, and IBB) over the past week. (5 minutes)
KEY TERMS FOR SESSION 4 • Investment Risk Tolerance • Mutual Fund • Venture Capital • Inflation • Interest • Compound Interest
Before you begin, please be sure you have the following: Have the classroom’s wifi network name and password on the board before class begins Survey Monkey attendance link can be found at: surveymonkey.com/
Continue Working On Janella’s Budget Have students meet in their groups to revisit Janella’s budget. Turn and Talk: Ask them to consider if they met all of Janella’s goals, and whether or not they helped her save and/or invest. (5-7 minutes)
What is Risk Tolerance, and Why Is It important? Direct the groups to the article “What Is Risk Tolerance, and Why Is It Important?” and review the Napkin Finance “Risk vs. Reward” (10-15 minutes)
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