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4.MDA.2 Solve real-world problems involving distance/length, intervals of time within 12 hours, liquid volume, mass, and money using the four operations.
In my future classroom I will be teaching a variety of topics, however 1 example of a lesson I will teach if I am placed in a 4th grade classroom comes from the standard above.
I would break this standard down Into many lessons to assure students are mastering each portion before moving to the next. For this example lesson I would focus on the objective, The student will be able to solve real world problems involving money using the addition and subtraction. In class lessons could include whole group explicit instruction, whole group practice, practice within math centers/stations, or independent practice/assessments. Students will build and practice their understanding of monetary values, operational understanding and fluency, as well as their familiarity with real world situations. While at home or even within the use of math centers, these resources below can assist in building conceptual and procedural understanding.
This resource allows students to Imagine themselves working a cash register and provide change to their customers buying merchandise. Depending on the student's understanding, they're able to change the level of difficulty or challenge themselves by hiding the change amount due.
This video gives a perfect overview for students who would like extra help related to coins and adding their values. It begins reviewing each coin, then mentions some strategies for adding monetary values. Strategies shown are, how to ski count when adding coin values, counting on to final totals, sorting coins, and grouping.
As mentioned In the preview above, this game allows students to practice buying merchandise and receiving change back. This game also offers difficulty levels (Increasing in monetary values) while also providing challenges within each level. To keep students feeling competitive against themselves, they keep track of the right/wrong answers to show the amount of money in their piggy bank.
This game allows students to practice adding monetary values together in a real world situation of working a cash register in a lunchroom. They have 3 Items per student to add and click the sum into the register to move the next student along. Students are asked to pass 10 students through the lunch line by adding and entering the correct sum within 3 minutes before the lunch lady gets upset! This resource also offers an option that provides a multiple choice practice option, printables, and a Spanish version.
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