Background Notes:

Activity One:

• before starting this activity make sure that you tell your student that this is a game
• you may start this activity by saying: "If you lost your purse would you be able to identify everything that is in it?"
• tell her you will also make a list of the contents of your purse
• tell her that you will share your list and that if either of you have any items which are personal you do not have to share those
• stress the importance of knowing what important identification, documents and credit cards you carry so that appropriate steps can be taken if a purse is lost or stolen
• you may also wish to discuss calling the police to report a stolen purse and also whom to notify about stolen identification

Activity Two:

• reviewing vocabulary will provide a basis for Activities Five and Six

Activity Three:

• when discussing chequing and savings accounts, remember to talk about interest rates, types of interest, interest payments, fees, and the purpose of each

Activity Four:

• discuss the purpose of having a personal account and a joint account
• remember to tell you student that you can have more than one type of account