Description
Build background knowledge about a Bank – Primary while students practice reading and writing. Videos, images, and response tasks support the lesson.
- Grades: 1
- Format: Google Slides + Seesaw
Printable activities included! Extend learning with:
- Travel passport, adventure map, and picture tracker
- Postcard, drawing and writing logs, and memory pages
- Adventure book, reflection page, and exploration certificate
Designed for young learners with drawing spaces and simple sentence starters. Pick and choose the printable activities that fit your students and lesson. There’s no need to complete them all! Teacher directions are included.
Learning Objective
Students learn all about money and work in a bank.
What’s Included
- What is a Bank?
- Important Words: Save, Withdraw, Deposit
- Let’s Explore: Banks, Bankers, Money
- Let’s Explore Banks
- Kinds of Banks
- Kinds of Bank Accounts
- What is a Banker?
- What do Bankers do?
- The Berenstain Bears’ Trouble with Money
- What is Money?
- Exploring Money!
- Identifying Coins!
- Labeling Coins!
- Identifying Dollars!
- Labeling Dollars!
- My Trip to the Bank!
- Answer key
Ways to Use
Whole-class exploration, small groups, centers, or cross-curricular enrichment. Support nonreaders with teacher modeling; first-grade independence depends on reading level.
Preparation
Preview the content and links, check device and internet access, and assign your preferred version. YouTube access is required for linked videos.
Standards & Skills
Reading comprehension, written responses, and interpreting multimedia sources.





Angela R. –
Great resource we used this before we did a PBL so students would see where money comes from and how banks work.
Melissa P. –
We all enjoyed using this resource. It was easy to implement and engaging for the students. Easy to use for direct teaching, review, or independent work. Can also be used by a sub when needed. Thank you for making a quality product.
Emily Karwisch –
My students loved this! So fun! Thanks for creating!
Luv2Educate –
I used this as an introduction to our financial literacy unit with my children. The videos were just the right length and provided a clear understanding of money and banking basics.
Olivia E. –
This is a great resource for students. I use in my transition program.
Kristin M. –
This is absolutely fantastic. It will be such a support in the classroom.
Love Live Learn –
Love the integration of passages, videos, and interactive pieces to keep my students engaged!
Sarah Kaminski –
This was great for my classroom of mixed learners. Thank you!
Fun and Fantastic in Fifth –
Wonderful way to expose students to career possibilities!!
Rebecca S. –
My students loved this resource, thank you!
Lisa R. –
Very nice resource