In the 2nd-grade time and money unit, students will be expected to:
solve problems with coins
solve problems with dollar bills and coins that model 100 cents
reason about the values of coins, and find different ways to make the same total
tell and write the time to the nearest five minutes
tell the time before and after the hour
tell time and use reasoning to state if the event is happening in the a.m. or p.m.
Vocabulary:
Dime - 10 cents or 10¢.
Nickel - 5 cents or 5¢.
Penny - 1 cent or 1¢.
Quarter - 25 cents or 25¢.
Half-Dollar - 50 cents or 50¢.
Cents - the value of a coin is measured in cents. The symbol for cents is ¢.
Greatest - something that is worth the most.
Least - something that is worth the least.
Dollar - equals 100¢.
Dollar Sign - a symbol used to show dollar money values.
Dollar Bills - can have different dollar values such as $1, $5, $10, $20, or $100.
Tally Mark - used to keep track
Quarter past - 15 minutes after the hour
Half past - 30 minutes past the hour
Quarter to - 15 minutes before the hour.
a.m. - clock time from midnight to noon
p.m. - clock time from noon to midnight
At-home Practice:
Supplies:
an assortment of coins
Put down a few coins and help your child count the coins. Initially, start with counting with only one type of coin. When your child is confident counting one type, add in another coin. Continuing adding different coins as your child progresses.
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Supplies:
a deck of cards (Remove all face cards)
an assortment of coins
Put all the cards face down in a pile. Player 1 flips over one card and counts out coins to match the card. (ex. Player 1 flips over a 7. He/She counts out a nickel and two pennies.) Player 2 checks to see if Player 1 is correct. If Player 1 is correct, he/she gets to keep the card. If Player 1 is incorrect, the card is returned to the bottom of the pile. The first person to get 10 cards is the winner.