There will be a Show What You Know for money next Thursday, May 19th. A note went home on a green paper yesterday outlining the big ideas for this unit. If you did not receive the note please let me know and I will send home another one.
Students will benefit from experiences where they can use real money at home. Here are some suggestions to support our learning and prepare for the Show What You Know!
- play "store": you can set up some items for sale in your house and have you child be the cashier! Remember that students in grade one only need to add and subtract money amounts to 20 cents, and grade two students only need to add and subtract money amounts to 100 cents....so keep it simple!
-count change: have some piles of change out and ask your child to add it all up!
-representing money: see how many ways you represent (show) different amounts of money ("How many different ways can you make 20 cents?")
-play "20 Questions": we played this game a little bit in class this week. Students should be able to teach you how to play this at home. The game is played in pairs with one partner putting some coins in their hand. The other partner needs to guess what their partner has so they can ask questions. The person with the money in their hand can only answer yes or no. The goal is to figure out how much change is in your partner's hand in less than twenty questions.
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