First Class Teacher Toolkit
Money Nobody Taught You
A thank-you from Paul
Your school is the first in Texas to try Money Nobody Taught You. Your founding price is my way of saying thank you for taking that first step with me. If your students' results are good, I'd be grateful if you'd tell other teachers and principals about it.
For the teacher running the first free class: everything for your class and your students. Your data stays with you.
For your principal
Preview what your principal will see.
About the series: mntyedu.vercel.app · for principals · for school boards
Your school’s access code is in your welcome message.
Teacher guides, letters and the Class Scorer open right here with no code (the student workbook and full books need your school’s code): tap View to read, Print to print. They are view-only on this page (no download buttons). The full books need your school’s access code; without it you get a preview of each book. After you enter the code, each book has Download buttons (PDF and EPUB). Each code works on one computer: enter it on the classroom computer you will use.
What this is
- A 15-book money-skills chapter series for teens. One real money rule per book. All 15 books are ready now.
- For teen readers. The Teen Edition stars a crew of teenagers at a Texas repair shop.
- What the class does: the teacher reads aloud about 10 minutes a day; students use a printable workbook.
- How results are measured: the same 10-question quiz before and after, plus a one-page Principal Report.
Target Outcomes
Goals we’re working toward, not guaranteed results.
| Outcome | Indicator | How it’s measured |
|---|---|---|
| Financial Knowledge Gain | Pre/post quiz score growth | Class Scorer |
| Topic Mastery | Scores by topic: saving, credit, debt, interest, inflation, banking, scams | Class Scorer |
| Family Engagement | Students discuss money at home. Money lessons that go home reach further than the classroom can. | Optional parent feedback |
| Financial Confidence | Self-reported confidence with money | Optional survey |
| Real-World Application | Budget, savings or credit actions reported | Optional survey |
| Reading Engagement | Book completion and interest in the next book | Teacher observation |
| Student Participation | Discussion and workbook completion | Teacher observation |
| Equitable Access | Gains across reading levels and for students with IEPs | Class Scorer plus accommodations |
Baseline set by the pre-quiz. Sharing any results is always the school’s choice.
Why it’s safe to try
- Free for one class. Nothing to sign or pay, no card. Stop anytime.
- Your data stays with your school. Your data, your choice: we don’t collect student or school data. Sharing results, reviews or quotes is always your school’s choice, and only with your permission.
- Age-appropriate: no profanity and no violence in Books 1–5.
Read it first
Read before you use it with kids. Parents can preview too.
Who’s behind this
Paul Blankenburg, author, a former oilfield instructor and frac mechanic in Fort Worth. Books 1 and 2 are published on Amazon Kindle. Questions: blankenburg6@gmail.com
Teachers
I made this to make your job easier, not add to it. I used to teach too, so I built this the way I’d have wanted it. Everything’s ready to go: no prep, no extra grading beyond a quick before-and-after check. With enough effort, every kid can learn this and have a better life for it.
Paul
Ready in 5 minutes
- Give the pre-quiz (workbook first page).
- Hand out Book 1 and the workbook.
- Follow the day-by-day guide.
- Give the post-quiz (workbook last page).
- Type the 1s/0s into the Class Scorer and print the Principal Report.
Every learner
- Read aloud and show the panels on a screen; partner reading works well too.
- Free text-to-speech already on your devices: PDF in Microsoft Edge; EPUB in Google Play Books; Kindle; iPhone / iPad; Android; Chromebook / Windows / Mac. Steps are in the Every Learner page.
- Quiz: you may read it aloud, give extra time, and follow any IEP/504 accommodations. It's ungraded.
- Tough crowd? Give them a job: read Ray's lines, be the money detective, run the calculator, lead the Spot it hunt.
Read-aloud guides, the before-and-after quiz tools, and the family letter.
Coming after Book 15: Series 2. Ray learns a machine by tearing it apart, studying every small part, and seeing how the whole thing fits together. Money works the same way. The younger kids watched the crew learn Ray’s rules the hard way. Now they’re the ones holding the money, and the world has new tricks waiting. Every new lesson builds on what they already know, with bigger stakes and sharper choices, until it’s their turn to pass it all down to the kids coming up behind them.
Success is built on knowledge.
Students
The workbook and the books. Each book has an open preview (the first two chapters); the student workbook and the full books (PDF, plus EPUB for e-readers) open with your school’s access code. Licensed for your one classroom at our first school only; please don’t share them outside your class.
Quick look: Book 1, The Yen Heist
Tap to open.
