Money Matters: What's It Worth?: Financial Literacy

What makes something a good value? Why is it important to use money wisely? How will creating a budget help you purchase a new bike? This engaging book will teach students financial literacy through the use of real-world examples while incorporating nonfiction reading to increase vocabulary and comprehension skills. The challenging practice problems, graphs, and sidebars provide many opportunities for students to practice their developing math skills, and apply what they've learned to their daily lives. Essential text features like a glossary, index, and table of contents will increase students' interest level and their interaction with the text. "Math Talk" poses problems for further thinking, requiring students to use their higher order thinking skills. Teaching math and reading has never been so seamlessly integrated-or so easy! | Understanding the value of money makes good financial "cents!" Learn financial literacy with this engaging math reader that integrates math and literacy skills, and uses practical, real-world examples to help students explore math in a meaningful way. | Torrey Maloof has worked in educational publishing for more than eight years. She specializes in products for the content areas of social studies, science, math, and technology. She is currently a freelance editor and author.