Money (Coins and Bills)
Big Ideas
Numerical quantities, calculations, and measurements can be estimated or analyzed by using appropriate strategies and tools.
Measurement attributes can be quantified, and estimated using customary and non-customary units of measure.
Essential Questions
What does it mean to estimate or analyze numerical quantities?
When is it is appropriate to estimate versus calculate?
What makes a tool and/or strategy appropriate for a given task?
How precise do measurements and calculations need to be?
Here are two fun videos that involve word problems, money, adding, subtracting and making change!
Kids love card games. Click on the image above and you can download a free Money War card game!
Click on the image and you will be linked to some fun Roll and Cover games on Money!
Click on the image above to be linked to a great selection of picture books that help with the concept of money!
This is a nice site that offers some fun activities/games for reinforcing the concept of money. Click on the image above and enjoy!
123 home school for me.com provides a great free resource to help master counting money. Click on the image, print the cards and have fun!
123 home school for me.com provided another link with more hands-on, fun activities for reinforcing money concepts. Click on the image above and enjoy!
This is a great link to a money game that involves Jenga. Click on the image and you will be linked to the article. However, if you continue to scroll down the page you will see numerous variations of this game for other math concepts: time, addition, place value, etc.
With this fun money activity students will use money stickers and write their own money word problem to use in a class activity! Click on the image and you'll be linked to the article. Happy creating!
These are some great money task cards for students to practice the reinforcement of money, counting, making change, adding, subtracting, etc. This does have a very small fee, but I believe it's worth it. Click on the image and check it out!
Quizmo is a fantastic game that is played like Bingo. My students go crazy when I pull Quizmo out. It keeps them fully engaged, having fun, while still reinforcing and mastering numerous mathematical concepts!
