Curriculum Guides

Grade Level: Third

Content Area: Measurement-Money

Skills: Determine money value for coins and bills and read/write money amounts using dollar symbol, decimal notation, & cent symbol-

Prerequisites:

Recognize and know value of penny, nickel, dime, quarter, half- dollar, $1.00, $5.00, $10.00, and $20.00. Determine value of collection of coins in terms of cents.

Instructional Practices: Estimations, Reasoning Connections to the Real World

Materials Needed:

Books (Refer to Section: Mathematics-Related Children's Literature and Concept Books-Money), 3 1/2 x 5 index cards (one card per child), pictures of various items, glue, marker, play money (coins and bills), paper, and pencils-

Technology: Money Works -MECC Software

Sticker Store

Money Board

Problem Solving with Money

Making Sense of Money

Exploring Measurement Time and Money

Activity:

Can We Buy It?

After gluing pictures of items on each index card, price the item with a marker. Number each card numerically from 1-number of students you have. Give each child an item priced index card. Also, give each child play money (children do not have to have the same amount). The children will then number a sheet of paper 1 to number of cards given. They will then count the amount of money given to them and record that amount at the top of their page. Teacher will then check to see if each child has recorded the correct amount. Next, the item card will be looked at to decide: Do I have enough money to purchase this item? If I don't, how much more do I need. If I do, how much money will I have left? After the children examine the item priced index card they have, they record the information you asked for on the pre-numbered sheet of paper on orresponding numbered line. Last, they exchange cards and repeat the process.

Theme Ideas: Can be used with Write-to-Write Form II Unit 3.