Math Tubs: Money
| Spin a Coin |
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| Cube Toss Money |
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| Connect 4: Coins |
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| Race for $1.00 | |
| Money Flash Cards |
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| Money Puzzle |
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Students spin the spinner, identify the coin, say its name, then color/cover one of the coins they spun on the coin coloring sheet.
Materials:
- Coin Spinner
- Coin Sheet
- Gray Crayon/Manipulative
- Brown Crayon/Manipulative
Students toss a 6-sided cube, identify the monetary value of the coin/bill that they rolled, and then record their toss on the recording sheet.
Materials:
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6-sided Cube
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Coin Labels for Cube or Money Stickers for Cube (hobby store, craft store, scrap booking stickers...)
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Recording Sheet
Played just like the "real" version of the game Connect 4. Students partner up, select a chip (distinguishable from their partner's chip), and play begins when one player selects a "cell" from the bottom row. The player must read the cell's contents correctly before placing their chip/counter (or coloring the cell). Players should try to block their opponent. Play ends when a player "connects" four cells in a row (diagonally, horizontally, vertically).
Materials:
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Game Board(s)
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Counters or Crayons
Students roll a coin cube. These can be purchased online, or you can make your own. Students take turns rullong and add their rolls in hopes to getting to a dollar the first. This is a higher skill-level money game.
Materials:
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Coin Cubes
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Race for $1.00 Recording Sheet
| Literature Tie-Ins | ||||
| Cover | Title | Author | Online Resources | Math Focus |
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26 Letters and 99 Cents | Hoban | 1 | Money |
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A Dollar For Penny | Axelrod | Step Into Reading Math | Adding Money (to $1) |
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Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday | Voirst | 1 | Spending Money |
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Benny's Pennies | Brisson | #1 #2 | Spending Money |
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Bunny Money | Wells | 1 | Spending Money |
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If You Made a Million | Schwartz | 1 | Earning Money, Equivalents |
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Less Than Zero | Murphy, S. | MathStart3 | Spending Money, Line Graph |
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Penny, The Forgotten Coin | Brennan-Nelson | 1 | Pennies |
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Pigs Will Be Pigs | Axelrod | 11 | Counting Coins and Bills, Calculator Use |
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Quarter from the Tooth Fairy | Holtzman | Hello Math Reader | Coin Equivalents to a Quarter |
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Slugger's Car Wash | Murphy, S. | MathStart3 | Earning, Counting, & Spending Money, Coins, Change |
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The Coin Counting Book | Lanczak Williams | #1 | Names of Coins, Counting Coins, Equivalencies |
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The Penny Pot | Murphy, S. | MathStart3 | Counting Coins |
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Tightwad Tod | Skinner | Math Matters | Spending Money ($20) |
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Master Money the Millionaire | Ahlberg |
1 | Money |
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Let’s Find Out about Money | Barabas |
1 | Money Making Process from Ores |
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A Day’s Work | Bunting |
1 | Money |
| 1 | Roller Skates | Camelson |
1 | Money |
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Sam and the Lucky Money | Chin |
1 | Money |
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Arthur's Funny Money | Hoban | 11 | Money |
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Follow the Money | Leedy | 11 | Money |
| 1 | Toby’s Millions | Lurie |
11 | Money |
| 11 | Dollars and Cents for Harriet | Maestro | 11 | Money |
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How Much is that Guinea Pig in the Window? | Rocklin |
Hello Math |
Money |
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The Case of the Shrunken Allowance | Rocklin |
Hello Math |
Money |
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Smart |
Silverstein | 11 | Money |
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Max's Money | Slater |
Hello Math |
Money |
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A Pet for Mrs. Arbuckle | Smyth |
11 | Money |
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You Can’t Buy a Dinosaur with a Dime | Ziefert |
11 | Money, Adding, Subtracting |
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The Monster Money Book | Leedy | 1111 | Money, Banking, Budgeting, Borrowing |
| 11 | The Story of Wali Dad | Rodanas |
111 | Money, Bartering, Value |
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Pigs Go to Market | Axelrod | 111 | Money, Buying |
| 1 | Teddy Bear goes Shopping | Gretz |
111 | Money, Buying |
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Picking Peas for a Penny | Medearis |
1111 | Money, Buying |
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Jelly Beans for Sale | McMillan | #1 | Money, Coin Combinations |
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A Quarter from the Tooth Fairy | Holtzman | 11 | Money, Coins |
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The Lunch Line | Nagel |
Hello Math |
Money, Coins |
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Deena’s Lucky Penny | Derubertis | Math Matters | Money, Coins, Equivalencies |
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Monster Money | Maccarone |
Hello Math |
Money, Coins, Spending |
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The Money Tree | Stewart |
11 | Money, Dollar Bills |
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Henry Hikes to Fitchburg | Johnson, D | 11 | Money, Earning |
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How the Second Grade Got $8205.50 to Visit the Statue of Liberty |
Zimelman |
#1 | Money, Fundraising |
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The Go-Around Dollar | 11 | Money, History, Dollar Bill | |
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Earth Day, Hooray! | Murphy, S. | MathStart3 | Money, Raising |
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A Chair for my Mother | Williams |
11 | Money, Saving |
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The Great Pet Sale | Inkpen | 1 | Money, Selling, Marketing, Prices |
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On Market Street | Lobel | 11 | Money, Spending |
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The Whipping Boy | Fleischman |
11 | Money, Weight in Gold |
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The Trouble With Money | Berenstain | 11 | Working for Money |
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There's A Hole in my Pocket | Gibson | #1 | Money |
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Money A Rich History | Anderson | #1 | Money |
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Coin Count-y | Talbot | 111 | Money, Adding Coins up to $1.00 |
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Coin Collecting for Kids | Otfinoski | 1111 | Money, Coin Collecting Hobby |
| 1111 | Reissued! Coin Collecting for Kids | Otfinoski | 111 | Money, Coin Collecting Hobby |
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The Story of Money | Maestro | 11 | Money History, Barter System to Modern Day Money System |
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Count Your Money With The Polk Street School | Reilly Giff | 11 | Saving Money for Class Trip |
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Round and Round the Money Goes: What Money Is and How We can use It | Berger | 11 | Money Development from Barter System to Modern Usage of Money |
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From Gold to Money | Mitgutsch | 11 | Coins Made from Metals, Barter System to Trading Pieces of Gold |