Today I'm popping in to talk about all the money fun we have been having in our class lately! The FDK expectation for money is.. NS1.10 explore different Canadian coins, using coin manipulatives First we started by watching the song Canada in My Pocket by Michael Mitchell. Then we used my coin posters to learn the name and value of each coin. Sidenote: Sorry about the glare in some of these pictures... lamination and classroom lights are not friends... ;( We also added these word wall cards to our math word wall so that the students could use them whenever they needed. At centre time we worked on sorting coins by kind... and many students completed this "My Book of Canadian Coins" booklet. Here are all the different versions. I pick and choose which version(s) to set out depending on the ability of that class. Or we do them in small groups and I copy the booklet that's just right for each student :) On the second day we watched this Canadian Coin Song. and I also introduced them to the Coin Spot game from TVOKids.com which they LOVE every year. Update: I just found out while teaching Canadian Coins this year that this game is no longer available on TVO kids.. which is so sad because it was such a great game! If anybody knows of a good alternative please let me know! I introduced a few more new centres... Here is a patterning centre using coins: On the third day I introduced them to the coin poem... and then left it out as an option to de- and reconstruct the poem during centre time. My ECE pulled a small group of kids who were not quite fluent with coin names and values to work on co-constructing this anchor chart. For a challenge I put out these add and match the value cards one day for my high kiddos... and we also played "Feed the Piggie" The students pick a card, read it and put that many coins in the piggy bank! You can also put the sentence strip out and invite the students to count how many coins are in the piggy bank when they are finished. If that was too easy there was a challenge option which included writing the number of cents and dollars in the piggy bank. If you are interested in any of these activities you can find them in my newest product "All About Canadian Coins"! Click on the pictures below if you are interested! My kids are really fluent with coins now and we are ready to move on! Do you have any tried and true money/coin teaching ideas for Kindergarten? ___________________________________________________________________________________ Added: April 13, 2023 I'm popping in to update this post with a few new things that were added since I wrote the original blog post! This one is "Roll, Find, Match & Cover". The students roll the dice, find the coin, find a match on the mat and cover it. They keep rolling until all of the coins are covered. I encourage them to say the name of the coin as they cover it. They can play by themselves or race a friend. This one is called "Coin Value Drop". This one is a trickier one because they need to know the value of the coin and put it in the right jar! To make these I just cut a slit in the piggy bank pictures (I made them just slightly bigger than the coin so it is slightly self-correcting) removed the inner metal circle of the lid and replaced it with the piggy bank circle I had cut out (I hope that makes sense!). The kids enjoyed this one too! This is "Roll & Cover"! My students love this one! They can play on their own or with a partner. If they are playing on their own, they just roll and cover until their mat is full. If they are playing with a partner, each person grabs a mat and they take turns rolling the dice. The first person to cover all of their coins is the winner! This one is for working on coin identification and initial sounds! An easy way to integrate some literacy into math centre time! Also since writing the original blog post, we've been through a pandemic and online learning, which made Google Slides resources extremely popular! Most teachers are back in the classroom but still use the Google Slides for centres, whole group learning etc.! They work well especially if you have a SMARTBoard! You can see more of what's included in the preview below. Here's the link if you're interested in the Google Slides version: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Digital-Math-for-Kindergarten-Canadian-Coins-Google-Slides-6456315
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Happy December, Y'all! This is Chandra from Teaching with Crayons and Curls! This year my firsties have LOVED LOVED LOVED spending the day with a stuffed animal. Our class uses a classroom economy similar to this one from True Life I'm a Teacher and they use their money to purchase coupons. The 'Furry Friend' (spending a day with a stuffed animal) coupon is one of their favorites, so I knew I had to use this to my advantage! Meet our class Behavior Buddies- Listening Lion, Happy Hippo and Positive Pig! Aren't they adorable!? Students earn these Behavior Buddies when they are showing positive behavior! I usually choose one student per day to spend the day with each stuffed animal. Usually, they are chosen at the end of the day and they get to spend the next school day with that Behavior Buddy. The furry friend stays with them throughout the day in OUR classroom. They don't go to recess, specials, or lunch. Just makes things a little easier (and cleaner!). We've been using them for a few weeks now, and my students have started nominating each other to spend the day with a Behavior Buddy! I mean, how adorable and KIND is that!? It all started with one sweet little firstie saying, "Mrs. Dills, I think Sarah should get Listening Lion because she has been such a great listener today!" Yep, I made a HUGE deal about that! When students earn a Behavior Buddy for showing positive behavior, I also want to make sure that this is communicated to their families! So, I created certificates that the student can bring home to show their family! It's a great way to build that positive school-to-home relationship! I ordered all of my furry friends off Amazon. But, you can grab stuffed animals anywhere! Wal-Mart, Target, and the Dollar Store. There are many different animal options in my pack! Since it's so close to Christmas, I thought it would be fun to introduce holiday themed Behavior Buddies. You can grab this pack for FREE in my Teachers Pay Teachers store! Just click here or on the image below! I hope these cute little friends help promote positive behavior in YOUR classroom!
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