Career Clusters

There are 16 career clusters leading to various career pathways. Instructors can incorporate these clusters into curriculum design and instruction. Adult education services will include workforce preparation activities and training for specific occupations; this will allow students to achieve their educational and career goals. For a listing and description of these career clusters, please click on the link below.

Career Cluster Pathways

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Lesson Title	Banking Accounts
Unit Title	Money Matters
NRS Level	Level 3; Level 4;
Length of Lesson	90 minutes

Lesson Purpose

Students will be able to differentiate between banking accounts and calulate deductions and deposits.

Lesson Objectives

At the end of this lesson, students will be able to: “I can differentiate the difference between savings and checking accounts.” “I can calculate deductions and deposits on a check register.”

Assessing Mastery of the Objective(s) By the end of this lesson, the students will be able to calculate deductions and deposits on a check register as evidenced by Keeping Track of Your Money simulation with 80% accuracy.

Student Target

At the end of this lesson, students will be able to:

“I can differentiate the difference between savings and checking accounts.” “I can calculate deductions and deposits on a check register.”

CCR Focus Standards

Number and Ratios - Level C

4.NBT.4
Fluently add and subtract multi-digit whole numbers using the standard algorithm.

Supporting Standards

6.NS.5
Understand that positive and negative numbers are used together to describe quantities having opposite directions or values (e.g., temperature above/below zero, elevation above/below sea level, credits/debits, positive/negative electric charge); use positive and negative numbers to represent quantities in real-world contexts, explaining the meaning of 0 in each situation.

Standards for Mathematical Practice

MP.1
Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. (MP.1)
MP.6
Attend to precision. (MP.6)

KYAE Employability Standards

E.5
E.5 Utilize resources responsibly.
E.7
E.7 Accurately analyze information and respond appropriately.