Money Insects

Grade Level(s): Kindergarten – 1^st Grade

Content Area:                                                                        Process Area:

Numbers and Operations                                           Problem-Solving

Algebra                                                           Reasoning and Proof

Geometry                                                                    Communication

Measurement                                                             Representation

Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability                    Connections

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.OA.A.1: Represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers, mental images, drawings, sounds (e.g., claps), acting out situations, verbal explanations, expressions, or equations.

Targeted Needs of Student:

Adding money, life skills, representing value of money in abstract ways, understanding the different value of money

Goal:

Providing students with practice adding coins.

Materials Needed:

1. Pennies,  Nickels, Dimes, and Quarters
2. Coin Caterpillar sheet
3. Glue
4. Markers

Explanation/Summary:

Students will be given pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters. They will line them up as a caterpillar and then add how much the amount is worth. Each student will have a different amount and a different length of their caterpillar to show that money can be shown many different ways.

Resource:

www.miss-kindergarten.com