Money, Money, Money

For the last two weeks we have been learning about Money!  To introduce money to my students we watched this YouTube video:  My students have loved this video.

We also did this coin sort that I found on Pinterest! 

I found the coin sorter at the dollar store.  This picture from pintereste was actually from google -- -but if this is your classroom please let me know and I will link it to your site!  :)

In our math computer center my students played this online game: 

New TPT Units - Leap Year, Shopping Fun, and -ie, -igh

Happy Leap Year!  Literacy and Math Fun!

This Mini Unit includes two Literacy Activities for Realism and Fantasy and two math skip counting activities.  Use the Realism and Fantasy pages with two Froggy Stories: Froggy Bakes a Cake and Froggy Eats Out both by Jonathan London.

Just Right Pie – ie, igh Word Work

This Phonics Pack was designed to practice the long I sounds: ie (pie) and igh (right). It includes 12 color cards, 2 phonics headers, and a recording sheet.

Shopping Fun – Math Fun

This Math Pack includes four hands-on math centers. These math centers practice money, time to the hour and half-hour, counting by 1, 5, and 10, and sharing equally.

1. Shopping Fun – The students will identify how many of each coin would be needed to buy the food. It includes two pages of food choices and a recording sheet.
2. Clock Time Order – The students will sequence time to the hour and half-hour cards. Then they will draw hands on a clock to match.
3. Missing Money – The students will practice counting by 1s, 5s, and 10s using money.
4 .Strawberry Sharing Story Problems – The students will share strawberries with two or three people. This includes black and white or color strawberry counters.