Showing posts with label money. Show all posts
Showing posts with label money. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

[Wednesday] Review. . .

We are starting our TENS and ONES topic this week.
This game A Penny or a Dime all the way to 99 is always a favorite!
It's easy to play and doesn't take anything more than a 0-99 chart, some pennies and dimes, and a game piece.


Let me know what you think!

Sunday, April 10, 2011

{A Penny or a Dime all the way to 99}

This is an activity that I've done for several years in my classroom.
Surprisingly, even as simple as it is, the kids really enjoy it.
I usually introduce this activity when we are studying number patterns to 100 and then bring it out again when we begin our money unit as it is equally effective at practicing counting by tens/ones (dimes/pennies) as it is one more/one less, ten more/ten less.

For ease of use, I run enough for each student in my class and have them slide their own copy into a sheet protector to keep in their desks.  We often play as a whole class, sometime we play boys against girls, and sometimes they bring their sheet to a center and play there.  The copies stay good and I don't have to worry about making too many replacement copies.

Directions are on the sheet, the image is linked.
(I use a 0-99 chart as opposed to a 1-100 chart in my classroom because I prefer the way the number patterns show up on the 0-99 chart.  This activity works equally well on a regular 1-100 chart).

If you find this helpful, a comment would be nice.
Thanks!  Happy Almost Monday!  :)

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

{All About the Quarter}

Click on the picture to download this quarter information sheet complete with a spot for students to create a drawing or rubbing of a quarter head and a quarter tail.



{All About the Penny}

Click on the picture to download this penny information sheet complete with a spot for students to create a drawing or rubbing of a penny head and a penny tail.

My kiddos LOVE this COIN SORT game!

Here are some great places to find information and activities!

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

{Practicing Money Skills}

Our current math focus is money. 
Specifically coin recognition and counting of like coins to 25¢.
I've been using a lot of different sources for our money activities as well as some activities that I've used in previous years.

This COVER FOUR game is an adaptation of a game shared by Mrs. Carroll on her blog First Grade Parade.  She has a great kit available for download!

Here is my adaptation.

I created 7 different game boards for use in a small group setting.
I have found it's helpful to have my students change sheets after a few rounds of play so they are truly looking at the coins and not just memorizing where the coins are.

And here is a set of individual coin practice sheets.
(There is a recording sheet for each coin: penny, nickel, dime, quarter).