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Financial literacy fits into many math units. When teaching exponential growth and decay, it is important to use examples that include retirement funds, paying off a car or home, or credit cards. It's important to make sure students understand compound interest and how changing the amount of a payment, or the interest rate can have a long range affect on a loan. It's also important to help students understand how starting a retirement/savings plan early can yield great benefits for them later in life.
I use a spreadsheet application to keep my own personal budget. I think budgeting is a great topic to use when teaching students how to use spreadsheets. We currently require an online financial literacy course at our high school. As an instructional coach, I think I can help teachers find ways to integrate the online curriculum with the face-to-face curriculum being taught in our classrooms.
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