Materials Required: paper, pencials, Book: Alexander, Who USed to be rich last sunday
Activity Time: 30 minutes
Concepts Taught: expressing money in different ways
Adaptations: Gifted students can show the sum multiple ways (using different currency) or write the equation for the addition or subtraction problem.
EL Students can draw a picture of the currency needed to represent the sum.
Other manipulatives can be used with this activity with the amount written in cents or dollars on the manipulatives.
This activity can be used with other manipulatives that are labeled with the coin amounts. This activity connects math and LA.
Adaptations include: require gifted students to show 3-5 ways to represent the sum using different currency or give the equation.
EL students can draw a picture to represent the coins used.
Expressing money in different ways - 2nd Grade
(dollar, quarters, dimes, nickels, pennies)
Materials: bags of play money that have an equal amount for each student, paper, and pencils for each student
book: Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday
Objective: after reviewing the names of coins and bills and how much they are worth, grade 2 students will listen to a book read to them by their teacher and express the amount of money stated with their manipulative of play money and show different ways to express that amount of money. (i.e. 10=10=5=25)