Five pages about paying with a check. Page 1 explains that a check tells your bank to pay someone from your checking account, then shows a filled-in check with ten numbered parts: students write each part's name from a word bank. Page 2 is about writing amounts in words: match six amounts to their words (with look-alike pairs such as $16.40 and $60.14), then write six amounts the way they go on a check, like Forty-seven and 25/100. Page 3 has three blank checks, each with a short story that says the date, who to pay, how much and what for: students fill in every line and sign. Page 4 asks questions about one check, then shows four checks with one mistake each (no date, no payee, no signature, or numbers and words that do not match): circle it and write what is wrong. Page 5 is a check register: write each check and deposit from a list and keep the running balance, then total the checks and deposits and decide whether there is enough money for one more check.
Show a real voided check (or a large drawing of one) before page 1 and point out each part. For page 2, read amounts aloud and have students write them in words on mini whiteboards. Before page 4, ask why a bank would refuse a check without a signature. Page 5 works well as a class bank: give each student a starting balance and "pay" for classroom jobs or supplies with checks for a week.
If you still have a checkbook, let your child look at a check and find its parts. Write a pretend check together for something you buy this week and talk about why the amount is written twice. If you keep a register or use a banking app, show how each payment changes the balance.
This pack supports the following Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:
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A 5-page check-writing pack for 3rd and 4th grade. Name the ten parts of a check, from the date and the payee to the routing and account numbers along the bottom. Match amounts to the words written on a check, then write amounts like $47.25 as Forty-seven and 25/100. Fill in three blank checks from short stories, read a check and answer questions about it, and find the mistake on four checks. Keep a check register: write each check and deposit and the running balance. Every page comes in color and in black and white. Answer keys included.
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