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$7.50 Once a Week

From Schoolhouse Rock! · 1994

$7.50 Once a Week
3 min3rd4th5th6thMathSocial Studies
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Summary

A song about earning a weekly allowance and deciding how to spend, save, and share it - budgeting on a small scale.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

A song about earning a weekly allowance and deciding how to spend, save, and share it - budgeting on a small scale..

  1. What are three things you can do with money you earn?
  2. Why is saving some money a good idea?
  3. How would you split a weekly allowance?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: allowance, budget, save.

Try it: Plan how you'd divide $7.50 into spending, saving, and sharing.