Benny's Pennies

Activities: 

All activities are aligned with VA approved standards and can be used with students in grades Pre-K through High School. 

• Math Strands Addressed:

  • Number/Number Sense

  • Computation/Estimation

  • Measurement/Geometry

• Session 1 - Benny's Pennies

  • Use Benny’s Penny’s book to focus on recognizing and naming quantities to 5 using counting and non-counting strategies

• Session 2 - Identifying and Making Sets of 5 

  • The focus is on quickly recognizing a set of 5 or seeing it as a sum of parts

• Session 3 - Identifying and Making Sets of 4

  • Activities include counting to 30, and verbally identifying the number of objects 

• Session 4 - Identifying and Making Sets of 3

  • The focus is on reciting the sequence of counting words to 10

• Session 5: Identifying and Making Sets of 2

  • The focus is on identifying a set of two objects without counting.

• Session 6: Counting and Comparing Quantities 0–5

  • The focus is on counting, comparing, and making equivalent sets to 5

• Session 7: Ordering and Labeling Quantities with Numerals 1–5

  • The focus is on recognizing and counting quantities to 5

• Session 8: Labeling Sets with Numerals 0–5

  • The focus is on identifying numerals in the environment and understanding how they can be used as symbols to label quantities

• Session 9: Combinations of 5

  • The focus is on helping children to visualize the counting word sequence as a predictable pattern with structure rather than as a haphazard string of random numbers. Example: Identifying and recognizing different combinations of 5 (e.g., 3 and 2, 4 and 1, 5 and 0)

• Session 10: Joining and Separating Sets of 5

  • The focus is on making verbal word problems for adding up to 5 objects and subtracting 1–5 from a set

Suggested Additional Resources you can borrow from the T-TAC ODU Library  

• • All Turn It  Spinner - students can spin to receive options for numbers, create computations,  select the next player, etc. (material # 303)

  • High Roller Dice - Use a switch to roll the dice. (material # 200111)

  • Pouring Cup on Stand - shake and spill type activities, put dice in and let your student use their switch to pour them out. (material # 2254)

Web Resources: 

• Mathematics Instructional Plans (MIPS) from VDOE 

• Co-Teaching Mathematics Instructional Plans (MIPS)from VDOE

• Boardmaker online

VDOE Resources: 

• Virginia's Early Learning & Development Standards ELDS 

• Introductory and Implementation Guidance Webinar on ELDS