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Recommended Grade: Grade 1
Recommended Grade: Grade 1
Curriculum Expectations (strand):
Curriculum Expectations (strand):
Number Sense and Numeration
- solve problems involving the addition and subtraction of single-digit whole numbers, using a variety of strategies.
- add and subtract money amounts to 10¢, using coin manipulatives and drawings.
Learning Goal: We are learning to count and add money amounts so that we can make purchases.
Learning Goal: We are learning to count and add money amounts so that we can make purchases.
Required Supplies:
Required Supplies:
- 5-10 cups to act as "bowling pins"
- An assortment of change
- Dash, ipad, Blocklify or Blockly
Instructions or Directions:
Instructions or Directions:
- Put different coins in cups and set the cups up as bowling pins
- Students code dash to drive to hit the "cups". Students collect the coins from the cups that got knocked over.
- Students record the money amount collected for each turn.
- At the end of the game the team that has the most money wins.
Reflection Questions:
Reflection Questions:
- What strategy did you use to count your money? (Start with the largest coin first)
- What strategy did you use to determine which cups you would try to knock over?
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