Grade 03

September 4, 2025
Money math

Financial literacy resources for elementary students.

Content type(s): Educational toolkits Subject(s): Economics, Financial literacy, Math Grade level(s): Early childhood / Kindergarten, Grade 01, Grade 02, Grade 03, Grade 04, Grade 05, Grade 06, Grade 07 / Secondary 1, Grade 08 / Secondary 2
August 12, 2025
Teach financial literacy with us

This webinar recording showcases our free financial literacy math resources for grades K to 6. These lessons talk about money, math, payment methods, budgets, entrepreneurship and more. Resources are linked to all provincial and territorial curricula in math and financial literacy.

Content type(s): Multimedia Subject(s): Financial literacy, Math Grade level(s): Early childhood / Kindergarten, Grade 01, Grade 02, Grade 03, Grade 04, Grade 05, Grade 06
August 5, 2025
Good as gold? A simple explanation of the gold standard

By: Graham Iddon

In an ideal gold standard monetary system, every piece of paper currency represents an amount of gold held by an authority. But in practice, the gold standard system’s rules were extremely and repeatedly bent in the face of economic realities.

Content type(s): Blog posts Subject(s): Business, Economics, Financial literacy, History Grade level(s): Grade 03, Grade 10 / Secondary 4, Grades 11 and 12 / Secondary 5
August 29, 2023
Teach financial literacy with the Bank of Canada Museum: resources for grades 1 to 5

The Bank of Canada Museum has free elementary school resources that make learning math and financial literacy fun! This webinar walks teachers through online resources that are linked to all provincial and territorial curricula in math and financial literacy.

Content type(s): Multimedia Subject(s): Financial literacy, Math, Social studies Grade level(s): Grade 01, Grade 02, Grade 03, Grade 04, Grade 05
December 5, 2022
Surprise, It's Money!

Onsite program: See and touch an amazing array of objects that have served as money at one time or another.

Content type(s): School programs Subject(s): Financial literacy, History, Social studies Grade level(s): Grade 03, Grade 04, Grade 05, Grade 06, Grade 07 / Secondary 1, Grade 08 / Secondary 2
October 28, 2022
Growing your savings

Help your child learn about setting financial goals. Use a plant diagram to visually track their progress to save up for a special item.

Content type(s): Activities and games Subject(s): Financial literacy, Health, Math Grade level(s): Early childhood / Kindergarten, Grade 01, Grade 02, Grade 03, Grade 04, Grade 05
April 4, 2022
Talk to your kids about money

By: Heather Montgomery

Introduce important financial skills to your children, and help them plan for their futures with free resources from the Bank of Canada Museum and others.

Content type(s): Blog posts Subject(s): Financial literacy Grade level(s): Early childhood / Kindergarten, Grade 01, Grade 02, Grade 03, Grade 04, Grade 05, Grade 06, Grade 07 / Secondary 1, Grade 08 / Secondary 2, Grade 09 / Secondary 3, Grade 10 / Secondary 4, Grades 11 and 12 / Secondary 5
February 25, 2022
Representing money in many ways: Addition, fractions and equivalents

Practise adding and making change. Worksheets introduce decimals and fractions using Canadian money.

Content type(s): Lesson plans Subject(s): Financial literacy, Math Grade level(s): Grade 03
June 15, 2021
Pirate treasure

Have fun making pirate coins based on historical examples from our collection and create your very own treasure chest.

Content type(s): Activities and games Subject(s): Arts, History, Social studies Grade level(s): Early childhood / Kindergarten, Grade 01, Grade 02, Grade 03
May 5, 2021
All About Money

Virtual program: Get your students talking about money with this lively and interactive virtual classroom presentation.

Content type(s): School programs Subject(s): Financial literacy, Health, Social studies Grade level(s): Grade 01, Grade 02, Grade 03, Grade 04, Grade 05, Grade 06