Activity+4.++Money+Lesson

Money Activity


1. Open a new notebook page 2. Click on the text tool and type the instructions for your page. 3. Highlight the text and select a font of your choice 4. From the shapes button, choose a shape to be the background for your item. 5. Use the arrow tool to select the object and then click on the Properties tab on the right hand side of the page and select a fill color for your shape. 6. From the drop down arrow of the shape, select Locking > Lock in Place or Command L. 7. In the Image Gallery, look in any of the folders for something to “buy.” 8. Click on the arrow tool, click on the object and use the white circle to size the object and then lock in place as you did with the shape. 9. Use the text tool to type a monetary amount for your item. 10. From the shapes button, select and draw a rectangle. 11. Use the arrow tool to select the rectangle and then use the Properties tab to fill it in with a solid color. 12. Use the drop down arrow from the rectangle shape and select Clone or Command D to make a copy of it. Drag the clone to the other side and then fill this object with a different color. Use the drop down arrow from each rectangle to lock each in place as you did before. 13. Go to the Image Gallery > Gallery Essentials > Mathematics > General Resources > Currency > USA and click on Pictures 14. Drag some dollars and/or coins to the bottom of your notebook page and use the white circle to size each currency object. 15. Use the arrow tool to make a large box around ALL of your currency items. 16. Select the drop down arrow for any ONE currency object and select Infinite Cloner. 17. The infinite cloner allows you to lock the currency object in place and drag copies of the object on your screen. 18. Create a folder for Math in My Content. 19. Save this file by clicking on the wrench from the Gallery tab and select Add Current File to My Content. 20. Double click the filename for the file and change it to Money.