Financial Literacy Review Guide for 6th Grade
A review guide with a glossary of 12 core personal finance terms, including opportunity cost, goal types, spending categories, and cash flow. It includes a real-world example for each term, a matching game, scenario questions, and an expense tracker, so students can practice applying the vocabulary to everyday money decisions.
“Review guide for the following financial literacy termsOpportunity Cost short-term goal intermediate goal long-term goal delayed gratification instant gratification fixed expenses variable expenses periodic expenses pay yourself first (PYF) emergency fund cash flow”
Teacher Guide & Tips
- Use the glossary as a pre-reading or warm-up activity, having students read each definition and example aloud before moving to the matching game and scenarios.
- Discussion question: Think of a recent purchase you made. What was its opportunity cost, and what did you give up by choosing it?
- Scaffold for struggling readers: Pair them with a partner to work through the table, and have them write one sentence in their own words for each term before attempting the scenarios.
- Extension for advanced students: Ask them to build a sample monthly budget that separates fixed, variable, and periodic expenses and explain how pay yourself first would change it.
- Estimated time: About 45 to 60 minutes for the glossary and matching game, plus additional time for the scenarios and expense tracker.
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Try Diffit for free“Review guide for the following financial literacy termsOpportunity Cost short-term goal intermediate goal long-term goal delayed gratification instant gratification fixed expenses variable expenses periodic expenses pay yourself first (PYF) emergency fund cash flow”
Teacher Guide & Tips
- Use the glossary as a pre-reading or warm-up activity, having students read each definition and example aloud before moving to the matching game and scenarios.
- Discussion question: Think of a recent purchase you made. What was its opportunity cost, and what did you give up by choosing it?
- Scaffold for struggling readers: Pair them with a partner to work through the table, and have them write one sentence in their own words for each term before attempting the scenarios.
- Extension for advanced students: Ask them to build a sample monthly budget that separates fixed, variable, and periodic expenses and explain how pay yourself first would change it.
- Estimated time: About 45 to 60 minutes for the glossary and matching game, plus additional time for the scenarios and expense tracker.
Financial Literacy Review Guide for 6th Grade
A review guide with a glossary of 12 core personal finance terms, including opportunity cost, goal types, spending categories, and cash flow. It includes a real-world example for each term, a matching game, scenario questions, and an expense tracker, so students can practice applying the vocabulary to everyday money decisions.
What is Diffit?
Teachers use Diffit to get quality materials for their unique classrooms. Adjust difficulty, add scaffolds, or change the topic to get started.
Try Diffit for free