The Go-Around Dollar - Unit 4 - Week 6 - 5 days

Oct 16, 2026

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Unit 4/Week 6 lesson plan centers on “The Go-Around Dollar,” a text combining realistic fiction and expository information. Students track a dollar’s journey through dialogue and supporting illustrations while learning factual background on U.S. money production, printing, circulation, and government regulations. Teacher guidance includes close reading, vocabulary use, and text-dependent questions addressing production locations, circulation meaning, legal-tender wording, star notes, counterfeit protection, and the Great Seal.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLifestyle

FormatDOCX

Pages13

Reading Time20 min

AccessFree to download

Unit 4/Week 6

The Go-Around Dollar

Big Ideas and Key Understandings

Synopsis

Teacher Instructions

Before Teaching

During Teaching

Text Dependent Questions

Answers

Unit 4/Week 6 Title: The Go-Around Dollar Suggested Time: 5 days (45 minutes per day) Common Core ELA Standards: RI.3.1, RI.3.2, RI.3.3, RI.3.4, RI.3.7, RI.3.8; RF.3.3, RF.3.4; W.3.3, W.3.4; SL.3.1, SL.3.2, SL.3.6; L.3.1, L.3.2, L.3.4 Teacher Instructions Refer to the Introduction for further details. Before Teaching Read the Big Ideas and Key Understandings and the Synopsis. Please do not read this to the students. This is a description for teachers, about the big ideas and key understanding that students should take away after completing this task. Big Ideas and Key Understandings The United States government has strict regulations for the production and circulation of money, which supports its use in various exchanges in our society. Synopsis “The Go-Around Dollar” is a selection that combines two genres: realistic fiction and expository text. It provides an entertaining look, through the use of dialogue and picture support, at the journey of a dollar as it passes through the hands of various characters. In addition, the expository text provides the background to the story with informational references to the actual production of money in the United States from printing to circulation. Read entire main selection text, keeping in mind the Big Ideas and Key Understandings. Re-read the main selection text while noting the stopping points for the Text Dependent Questions and teaching Vocabulary. During Teaching Students read the entire main selection text independently. Teacher reads the main selection text aloud with students following along. (Depending on how complex the text is and the amount of support needed by students, the teacher may choose to reverse the order of steps 1 and 2.) Students and teacher re-read the text while stopping to respond to and discuss the questions and returning to the text. A variety of methods can be used to structure the reading and discussion (i.e.: whole class discussion, think-pair-share, independent written response, group work, etc.) Text Dependent Questions Text Dependent Questions Answers Reread page 72. According to the text on this page, where is our nation’s paper money produced? Our paper money is produced at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, D.C. The Bureau is part of the United States Treasury Department. On pages 72-73 the author uses time-order words and illustrations to provide the factual information about the steps necessary to have “[d]ollars go into circulation.” Reread pages 72-73. Now, with a partner write 3 sentences to summarize this process in your own words. Make sure to include time-order words to help the reader understand the steps. First, all money goes through a first and second printing process at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, D.C. Then, the bills are checked by people and machines to make sure they are perfect. Finally, the sheets are cut into stacks and sent to one of the twelve Federal Reserve Banks in different parts of the United States. Reread page 73. By using context clues, define the word circulation. What role do Federal Reserve Banks play in the circulation of money? Circulation means the movement of dollars around to different people and places all over America. The Federal Reserve Banks are responsible for sending dollars to banks in cities, small towns, and neighborhoods. What rules does the government have on how a bill is shown and the picture of people drawn on the bill? (Pgs. 73-74) The United States government has very specific laws about how it is shown. It must be in black and white and either larger or smaller in size of a real dollar. Only portraits of people no longer alive can be on American money. Reread page 75. Beginning on this page, the author adds dialogue as a literary device. How does it help the reader understand the factual information found at the bottom of the pages? The author uses dialogue in the narrative text structure to provide a real-life example of how a dollar changes hand

FAQs

Where is U.S. paper money produced?

Paper money is produced at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, D.C., which is part of the United States Treasury Department.

What does “circulation” mean, and what do Federal Reserve Banks do?

Circulation is the movement of dollars around to different people and places throughout America. Federal Reserve Banks send dollars to banks in cities, small towns, and neighborhoods.

How does the government regulate bills and pictures on American money?

U.S. government laws require bills to be shown in black and white and either larger or smaller than a real dollar. Only portraits of people no longer alive can be on American money.

Oct 16, 2026

Uploaded by Rizky