Counting coins
My project's purpose was to help second graders learn how to count coins, figure out what coins are needed to create certain amounts of money, and to learn how to make change. For one of the activities I gave a list of items and prices for each one and the students were supposed to use a tool on a website to figure out how many quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies they would need for each item. I would give them a worksheet that had a graph to fill in showing how many of each coin they used for each item.
To use this project in the classroom I would set up centers. I would have a center where the students would be given a certain amount of play money and they would 'buy' as much as they could with their alloted amounts. I would ideally have four cash registers and enough play money for four people. I would put students into pairs and they would take turns being the customer and the cashier. The cashier would have the opportunity to practice making change.
For a second station I would have coin puzzles for them to solve. For example I would provide an assortment of coins and ask them to find the five coins that add up to $0.46. I would use the activities on my IA website as a third station.
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Cute idea! I like the idea of using it in centers. My only question is would this take too long? Considering the activities at the others centers, it might be difficult to either stretch out the other activities or rush the ones on IA.
I like the idea of setting up centers. That way it incorporates not just technology but hands on experience as well.
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