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Description
Back to School Money Task – A Movement-Based Activity to Teach Australian Money Concepts
Kick off the school year with a fun and interactive Back to School Money Task that gets your students up and moving! With fewer people carrying cash these days, students need more hands-on practice to truly understand how money works in everyday life. This differentiated resource helps you teach money concepts in a meaningful, active way.
Why Choose This Task?
You’ll guide your students through real-world money scenarios while they move around the classroom, improving both their financial literacy and engagement. Use this task to reinforce counting money, adding totals, calculating change, and even exploring multiplication in real-world contexts.
What’s Included:
This pack features three differentiated Read the Room tasks, designed so all three sets can run simultaneously. Each group searches for cards in their assigned colour.
💗 Pink Set – Moving from Addition to Multiplication
Designed for students who can confidently add money amounts, this set encourages them to start thinking multiplicatively.
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Students record their thinking and answers, then check their work using the included answer sheet.
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Challenge them to extend their learning by spotting patterns or using repeated addition strategies.
🧡 Orange Set – Multi-Step Problem Solving
This level suits students ready for multiplication and multi-step money problems.
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After calculating totals, students work out the change needed from a given amount.
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The double-sided recording sheet gives plenty of space for working out and showing thinking.
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Use the provided answer sheet for self-checking or teacher feedback.
💚 Green Set – Open-Ended Thinking with Flexible Solutions
Perfect for group or team challenges, this set encourages flexible problem-solving with multiple correct answers.
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Adjust totals based on class size, group size, or extension goals.
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Let students multiply totals across multiple grades or classes for a bigger challenge.
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The double-sided recording sheet supports deeper thinking and longer working-out processes.
How to Use It:
Print the sets, post them around your room, and assign each student to a colour-coded group. Students move around, solve real-world money problems, and check their answers independently or with peers. The task fits beautifully into maths rotations, start-of-year assessments, or review lessons.
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Use this resource in one classroom only. If you need it for multiple classrooms, purchase additional licenses. Do not copy, share, or distribute this product without written permission from the author.
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