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Kelsey Svicina


0bjectiveRationale:
Ny leaining centei is focuseu on math skills, specifically uealing with money, while
incoipoiating some ieauing skills. Ny taiget auuience foi these centeis is 1
st
anu 2
nu

giaueis. Leaining how to iuentify coins anu woik with money is a huge pait of the
cuiiiculum.

Stanuaius:
,012034035 Iuentify the uiffeient uenominations of coins anu bills.
,012034036 Natch one coin oi bill of one uenomination to an equivalent set of
coinsbills of othei uenominations, e.g., 1 quaitei = 2 uimes anu 1 nickel.

Intiouuction:
I woulu intiouuce the centei to stuuents by asking them a seiies of questions:
Bo you know what money is.
Wheie uo we use money.
What uo you buy with youi money.
Then I woulu explain to them we aie going to be leaining how much coins aie woith
anu at the enu we will be able to use ieal money to buy a tieat at the stoie!
























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Input:
This centei is ieally to get the stuuents' biains moving anu thinking about money. It
seives as a waim up foi the othei activities. The stuuents in my class woik a lot with
flashcaius foi sight woius. I think the flash caius aie veiy effective because using
phonics foi eveiy single woiu is exhausting foi stuuents anu memoiization foi
simple sight woius is not a bau thing. I think my stuuents neeu to have a basic
memoiization of coins so that it is easiei to apply money concepts. That being saiu,
foi this centei each chilu gets a set of money flash caius that they can keep anu put
in theii take home folueis foi homewoik. The teachei shoulu auministei the flash
caius anu have the stuuents go ovei them thiee times, putting a stai on the back of
the caiu each time they get one coiiect. Then stuuents will be given a woiksheet
that has a space to wiite how much each coin is woith. This will allow the stuuents
to piactice wiiting skills anu engiain the value of each coin in theii minus. This will
be a veiy shoit centei anu seives as a pie-centei to the iest of the leaining centei.


Nateiials Neeueu:
-Flash caius foi each stuuent
-Naikei to iecoiu stais with

Assessment:
Bave the stuuents gone thiough the flash caius at least one time getting all the coins
coiiect.





















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Input:
In this centei theie is a pie-maue poem, each woiu of it is glueu to a flashcaiu anu
glueu onto a postei boaiu. It ieaus:
Penny, penny, Easily spent.
Coppei biown anu woith -%" cent.
Nickel, nickel, Thick anu fat.
You'ie woith >&?" cents. I know that.
Bime, uime, Little anu thin.
I iemembei, You aie woith *"%.
Quaitei, quaitei Big anu bolu.
You aie woith *@"%*.A>&?" I am tolu!

The bolueu woius will be left out of the poem anu have velcio on the back of them.
The stuuents will be iequiieu to velcio the coiiect numbei value in the blank on the
poem. Aftei the stuuents put the poem togethei, they will ieau it out louu as a gioup.
The goal of this centei is foi stuuents to be ieinfoiceu with the cent value that each
coin iepiesents. It also helps uevelop liteiacy skills as the stuuents ieau this poem.
Poems anu songs aie goou stiategies to help kius with memoiization. This poem will
help stuuents memoiize how much each coin is woith anu also help them to
uistinguish between coins.

Nateiials Neeueu:
-4 velcio stiips foi the 4 money values
-Postei boaiu with poem pie-wiitten on it
-Note caius (I wiote eveiy woiu in the poem on an inuiviuual note caiu just to give
it some coloi but you coulu auapt this anu wiite the woius howevei you choose!)

Assessment:
Can the stuuents place the coiiect numbei in the coiiect blank in the poem.














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Input:
This centei allows the stuuents to eain money foi the next centei anu woik on
money equivalencies. Theie will be a set of note caius that have uiffeient money
equivalencies on each caiu. Each stuuent will take tuins uiawing caius anu once
they figuie out the iight answei they eain 1u cents foi the "Spenuing Centei."
Stuuents will eain Su cents by the enu of the game as long as the coopeiate : ). The
note caiu questions aie:
Bow many cents aie in 1 penny.
Bow many cents aie in 1 nickel.
Bow many cents aie in 1 uime.
Bow many cents aie in 1 quaitei.
Bow many pennies aie equal to 1 nickel.
Bow many pennies aie equal to 1 uime.
Bow many pennies aie equal to 1 quaitei.
Bow many nickels aie equal to 1 uime.
Bow many nickels aie equal to 1 quaitei.
(Combinations)
Bow many uimes plus how many pennies aie equal to 1 quaitei.
Bow many pennies plus how many nickels aie equal to 1 uime.
Bow many uimes plus how many nickels aie equal to 1 quaitei.

0n the actual note caius theie is a pictuie of each coin insteau of the wiitten out
woiu to make it easiei foi stuuents to unueistanu what the question on the note
caiu is. Answeis aie on the back of the caius so that, uepenuing on vaiying abilities;
some stuuents can uo the game inuepenuently! Combination caius aie moie uifficult
anu can be useu foi stuuents who have masteieu the othei caius.

Nateiials Neeueu:
-Pie-Naue Note Caius with questions ieauy to go
-Su cents foi each stuuent playing the game

Assessment:
Bave stuuents eaineu theii Su cents.











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Input:
The objective foi this centei is that stuuents have the oppoitunity to piactice ieal
life application with money. Stuuents will use the money they eaineu fiom the
pievious centei anu go to the stoie. Theie will be canuy foi S cents- Beishey Kisses,
1u cents- tootsie iolls, anu canuy canes foi 2S cents. The stuuents can buy any
combination of canuy they want but will be encouiageu anu piompteu to count theii
money befoie they tuin it in to the "stoie cleik," in exchange foi canuy.

The iuea of this centei is to woik fiom meiely iuentifying anu memoiizing coin
values in a unique way, all the way to applying how to use money in the ieal woilu.
The centeis builu off one anothei anu become moie complex, howevei, they coulu
be useu inuiviuually oi out of sequence. This centei was uesigneu to help stuuents
have a giasp of what money is as well as how to use it, along with ieauing anu
wiiting stiategies inteitwineu along the way.


Nateiials Neeueu:
-Beishey Kisses
-Tootsie Rolls
-Canuy Canes
-Inuiviuual Boxes foi each set of canuy

Assessment:
Biu the stuuents count out theii money anu give the coiiect amount foi what they
aie puichasing.
Biu the stuuents