Smart
Objective:
Students will identify the name and value of coins:
Quarter, penny, dime and nickel.
Materials: Smart poem from Shel Silverstein's Where the Sidewalk Ends, play money, board, large print-outs of coins to display, coins for teaching worksheet.
Book Overview:
Boy is given a dollar. He begins to "trade up."
First he trades dollar for two quarters because he figures "two is more
than one." He continues his trading until he ends up with five
cents.
Introduction:
The teacher will begin by showing large set of coins on
board. Introduce quarter, dime, nickel and
penny. Students will identify and
compare heads and tails sides, as well as the value of each coin. Discuss
how to write amounts with decimals and dollar signs. Teacher will
then introduce poem, Smart by Shel Silverstein. She will read it aloud
twice. The first time, the students will listen for enjoyment. Class
will then discuss if the boy was truly smart. Why or why not? Why
was it not smart to trade? Discuss and lead students to conclude that it
links back to value of coins. Elicit responses from students about why we
are good consumers when we know value of coins. With students "Smart"
Money Worksheet in front of them, teacher and students
will reread poem together. As
teacher reads each stanza, students determine amount of money boy in poem has. Students act out “swap” described in poem with a partner and compare
amounts. They will show amount boy
had, what he traded for, and amount he ends up with. Answer
Sheet is also included here.
Web Activities:
Students will go to the Value
of Coins website and the Converting
Coins to Pennies website. Here they will read information and be
given opportunity to practice with interactive games. They will open the
document Web
Vocabulary Hunt in Microsoft Word and fill in value of coins and insert a
graphic to show coin.
Assessment:
Web Vocabulary hunt will be used for assessment.
Home
Learning:
Write a poem about money that is like Shel Silverstein's poem. Be
creative and show amounts talked about in poem.
