Penny, Penny Easily Spent

Activities for the Penny: 1. Spin-A-Penny - Partner game. Copy on card stock and laminate. Use dryerase markers. Use brad and paperclip or pencil and paperclip for the spinner. Student spins spinner, says heads or tails, marks a box for the correct one. Students get 10 turns each. Students can math talk about their results. 2. Flip-A-Penny - Copy on card stock, cut in half and laminate. Individual play. Students are given a penny. Flip penny and record using a dry erase marker. After each ip and record, student will cross out a pig to keep up with how many ips they have had. 3. Heads or Tails - Students color heads brown and tails green. Count how many heads and record, then do the same for tails. 4. The Penny Poem - Students can trace and color the penny poem for their poetry journals. 5. Penny Poem poster - Print and laminate, use in classroom. 6. Count Your Pennies - Copy on card stock and laminate. Students can play with partner or individually. Give a cup with 4 pennies. Shake the pennies in the cup and dump them on the oor or math mat. Use a dry erase marker to mark how many were heads and how many were tails. Mark off one pig for each turn. When 5 turns are up, count and record how many were heads and how many were tails. Then record which had less and which had more. Graphics by DJ Inkers www.djinkers.com Font by Lettering Delights & Kevin&Amanda Frame by Lettering Delights

Laura@KinderKraziness

Spin-A-Penny
I can spin the spinner. I can say if it is heads or tails. I can mark my answer on my graph. I can cross out a pig for each turn. I can give my partner have a turn.

Laura@KinderKraziness www.djinkers.com

Flip-A-Penny
I can ip my penny. I can say if my penny is on heads or tails. I can graph my penny. I can cross out a pig for each turn I have.

Flip-A-Penny
I can ip my penny. I can say if my penny is on heads or tails. I can graph my penny. I can cross out a pig for each turn I have.

Laura@KinderKraziness www.djinkers.com

Laura@KinderKraziness www.djinkers.com

Name:________________________ Heads or Tails

How many

? ______

How many

? ______
Laura@KinderKraziness www.djinkers.com

The_Penny_Poem
Penny,_penny, easily_spent. Copper_brown_and worth_one_cent.

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Laura@KinderKraziness

The Penny Poem

Penny, penny, easily spent. Copper brown and worth one cent.

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Laura@KinderKraziness

Count Your Pennies

I can shake my pennies. I can cross out the pennies. I can say and record how many pennies were heads and how many were tails.

Heads

Tails

How many

? _____

How many

? _____

Which had more?_____

Which had less?_____

Laura@KinderKraziness www.djinkers.com