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<\/a><\/p>\n\u00a0The Coin Counting Book<\/a> written by Rozanne Lanczak Williams <\/a>is a fun rhyming book for students to learn about counting money and it’s value.\u00a0 The book introduces pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters as a way for students to do simple math with rhyme:<\/p>\n “Let’s count our five pennies just one more time. If we add five more pennies we’ll have…one dime.”<\/p>\n Actual size coins are spread out over the pages showing both front and back for student learning.\u00a0 If the book says to count five pennies as an example, there are five pennies laid out on the page with a addition sign in between each coin to help with student visualization.\u00a0 The book ends by showing a hand placing coins in a piggy bank making the statement: “If we save some of it- the rest we can spend!”\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pigs will be Pigs, Fun with Math and Money<\/a> written by Amy Axelrod <\/a>and illustrated by Sharon McGinley-Nally<\/a> is about a\u00a0family of hungry pigs looking for money in their house so they can go to their favorite place to eat a snack.\u00a0 This is a great book for introducing\u00a0students in the first grade to money.\u00a0 The pig family is hungry and realize they do not have\u00a0enough money\u00a0to go out to eat; so Mrs. Pig decides that everyone will “Hunt for Money!”.\u00a0 The book describes\u00a0where\u00a0in the house and how much money everyone in the family finds\u00a0while on the money\u00a0hunt.\u00a0\u00a0In the end, the Pigs\u00a0have enough money to eat out and when they arrive home they find their house in a mess from their hunt.\u00a0\u00a0Pigs\u00a0will always be pigs.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0 The book, 26\u00a0Letters and 99 Cents <\/a>written by Tana Hoban<\/a>\u00a0provides photos of\u00a0numbers from 1-30, counting by\u00a05’s\u00a0from 30-90 and 99.\u00a0 Beside of each number there is a photo of coins\u00a0that shows the value of the number when added.\u00a0 The book can be shown to the whole class while identifying each coin and the value.\u00a0 This would also\u00a0be a great book for students to look at during the day\u00a0as a\u00a0center activity, etc.\u00a0 The book shows students both the front and back of real American coins: pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters\u00a0in\u00a0their actual size.\u00a0 This helps students to visualize the size and identification of each coin.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0 The book If You Made A Million<\/a> written by David M. Schwartz<\/a> and illustrated by Steven Kellogg <\/a>is a book where students can really use their imagination.\u00a0 Readers are given different scenarios with spending anything from one penny\u00a0to purchase a\u00a0peeble\u00a0all the way up to one million dollars with the option of saving the money at the bank.\u00a0 This would be a great way to ask students for ideas about what they would purchase\u00a0with different amounts of money.\u00a0 Schwartz gives\u00a0differnet forms of measurement\u00a0for\u00a0various amounts of money.\u00a0 For example, one hundred dollars in pennies stacked up would be equal to fifty feet or a million dollars in quarters would equal a whale’s weight.\u00a0 This is a great book to help students realize that a paper bill is sometimes easier (and lighter) to carry around instead of coins.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The\u00a0last\u00a0text\u00a0would be a great resource for\u00a0students who\u00a0are in need of a more challenging way\u00a0to think\u00a0about money and its uses. \u00a0Money Madness<\/a> written by David A. Adler<\/a> and illustrated by Edward Miller<\/a>\u00a0explains how\u00a0money first originated and how\u00a0money is now\u00a0used to purchase different items from around the world.\u00a0 The book starts off by asking:<\/p>\n “What’s all this money madness? People talk about money and work for it. They seem to always want more of it…”<\/p>\n The book gives examples of why\u00a0people now use money to purchase a variety of items.\u00a0 If\u00a0people did not have money then\u00a0they would have to make their own bread.\u00a0 Adler explains at a\u00a0child’s level\u00a0how people first started to trade by introducing the word, barter.\u00a0 An example that Adler used was when\u00a0a person would trade\u00a0an animal\u00a0in\u00a0exchange for berries. Even though the person receiving the berries might\u00a0not want them he knew that\u00a0someone else would want to trade the berries for something\u00a0that\u00a0he wanted or needed in return. The book explains how rocks were used as an early form of money\u00a0and then replaced by\u00a0metals (silver and gold).\u00a0 The silver and gold pieces\u00a0were made into coins but were at times difficult to carry if someone had a lot.\u00a0 Paper\u00a0money was then invented.\u00a0\u00a0Adler explains how each country has it’s own form of\u00a0money and that the value of the money can vary from place to place. \u00a0”You know with money you can buy things you want. With money you can buy things you need.”<\/p>\n Web Annotations:<\/p>\n Students can play the game Change It <\/a>\u00a0for additional practice on adding up different coin values.\u00a0 Teachers can create each game to specifically fit each\u00a0students instructional level.\u00a0<\/p>\n GPB Kids<\/a> has created a web-site for students to play a game where they are given nine different items that they need to buy.\u00a0 Players are instructed to buy one of the nine items by\u00a0dragging the correct\u00a0coin(s)\u00a0to the matching picture in the chart.\u00a0 If the player is right then they can move on to the next problem; if not, they have the chance to try again.<\/p>\n Teachers can create different tutorials<\/a> for students by selecting any combination of pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters for practice.\u00a0 For each category chosen, students are provided a picture of real money on the left side of the screen\u00a0and need to select the correct\u00a0value of the money from\u00a0the right side of the screen.\u00a0 If the student selects the correct amount of money they can move on to the next problem.\u00a0 If\u00a0an incorrect\u00a0answer is\u00a0chosen, then the student can try again.<\/p>\n HMH School Publishers<\/a> created a great money practice tool for students.\u00a0 For the activity, coins are\u00a0lined up in decreasing value from largest to smallest.\u00a0 Students need to count the value of the coins and\u00a0type the correct amount of money in the blank provided.\u00a0 Students then need to click on “check” to see if they have typed in the correct amount.\u00a0 If so, the student will hear chimes, if an incorrect amount is typed in then the student will see a screen flash up that explains the amount is either greater or less than the answer that was entered.<\/p>\n Kid 20\/20 has an activity, Coin Sort<\/a>\u00a0that students can play on-line.\u00a0 Students are given 280 seconds to properly place different coins in the corresponding piggy bank.\u00a0\u00a0Each piggy bank is labeled with either pennies, nickels or dimes on the side.\u00a0 Students must click on each coin and drag it to the proper piggy bank.\u00a0 If the coin is taken to the correct piggy bank then the coin will disappear and the value of the coin will be added to the\u00a0amount already in the piggy bank.\u00a0 Students can visually watch as the amount increases by either one, five or ten cents.<\/p>\n Additional Resources:<\/p>\n The United States Mint<\/a>\u00a0has a great web-site that teachers can use for various reasons.\u00a0 The site contains ideas for lesson plans, coin programs which give detailed information about each coin and coin curricula.\u00a0 Teachers can also use the site for class activities: game centers, web gadgets (worksheets), learning centers (ways to bring in different areas of the curriculum and financial literacy).\u00a0<\/p>\n![\"pigs-will-be-pigs-1.jpg\"](\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2010\/04\/pigs-will-be-pigs-1.thumbnail.jpg\")
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