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Math Update!

This week, we started a new unit in math that includes counting money using pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters and dollars.  Each day our second graders were handling money, identifying coins, and adding them up.

It would be great to practice counting money at home by identifying the coins, identifying the values, separating into groups of similar coins and counting the total amounts (less than $2.00).  The more practice and handling of actual money will help children make a connection between coins and their values.

 

Here is a parent letter that describes our study of money:

 

Math Update

This week, our mathematicians had fun playing with real money! 🙂 We spent some time reviewing all of the coins that we have learned so far this year and how much each is worth.

Using these coins, we practiced making amounts that were given in examples. For these examples, using quarters is only optional. Sometimes it can be easiest to use dimes and nickels instead of quarters.

There are many different ways to make 38 cents with the above coins. We tried to make this amount in as many different ways as possible…

The kids had a lot of fun finding all of the combinations! Of course there are many more variations, but you get the idea.

 

For the following week, we plan to introduce finding the total of two coin amounts by counting on, reviewing all of the lessons involving money, and taking a short assessment. For the end of the week, we will review the terms “greater than” and “less than”. And also briefly work with Number Lines.