Curriculum Alignment: Prince Edward Island

Part of the Canadian Provincial Curriculum Alignment series.

A three-book Canadian financial-literacy workbook series by Michael McCracken: Book 1 — The Money Starter Pack (foundations, suggested Grades 6–9), Book 2 — The Grind (paycheques, taxes, credit, investing; Grades 9–12), Book 3 — Endgame (advanced planning; senior grades/adult). Print workbooks, 8.5×11, greyscale, with write-in activities throughout. Grade 10 mathematics (MAT421A) carries the financial unit under the shared Atlantic framework; applied-pathway courses extend it in Grades 11–12.

PEI delivers financial content through the Grade 10 mathematics program (MAT421A) and the applied mathematics pathway, built on the same Atlantic (CAMET) framework as Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

How The Money Skill Tree maps to the Prince Edward Island curriculum

Provincial/territorial anchor	Coverage in The Money Skill Tree (Canadian Edition)
MAT421A (Gr 10) — financial mathematics unit — unit pricing and currency exchange; income; budgets	B1 Ch 3 (unit-price comparisons per 100 g/100 mL), Ch 2 (“The Exchange Counter” currency conversion with fees and spreads); B2 Ch 1–2 (wages, salary, commission, piecework, tips, contracts; all statutory deductions); B1 Ch 9 (budgeting)
Applied mathematics pathway (Gr 11–12) — credit, loans, housing and vehicle costs	B2 Ch 5 (credit building and loan-rate mathematics); B1 Ch 10 (cost of borrowing); B3 Ch 1 (home purchase, mortgages, rent vs. buy); B1 Ch 8 (vehicle depreciation)
Career education / workplace readiness	B1 Ch 4 (first ventures, fair-pricing formula, safety protocols); B3 Ch 3 (job offers and negotiation)

B1 = Book 1 (The Money Starter Pack) · B2 = Book 2 (The Grind) · B3 = Book 3 (Endgame) · “Ch” = chapter.

Instructional features

Every chapter closes with a hands-on Skill Quest and Elite Quest (write-in activities with worked examples), Guild Chat discussion prompts (adaptable to pair-share or guest-speaker formats), a SOLO reflection prompt, and a self-assessment Summary Checklist. All dollar figures, tax rates, and contribution limits reflect 2026 published values, with in-text reminders to verify current rates at canada.ca.

Scope

PEI course guides are periodically renumbered — verify current codes at adoption. Because the underlying outcomes mirror Nova Scotia’s Financial Mathematics module, the NS one-pager’s outcome-level mapping (FM01–FM04) applies here nearly one-to-one.