The classroom economy is designed in an experiential way to ensure that it supplements rather than interferes with a classroom's core curriculum. It allows students to learn valuable life skills and make progress on topics that are integral to the curriculum. This page is designed to help you make connections between common lessons and the experience of the classroom economy.

Our connections are based on the Common Core State Standards.

Mathematics:
Count to 100 by ones and tens.

Students are required to count the dollars they earn, as well as the number they intend to use to purchase items at the school store.

Represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers, mental images, drawings, sound, acting out situations, verbal explanations, expressions, or equations.

Students explore addition and subtraction when purchasing items at the school store using the dollars they earn.