Counting Coins

The students are busy learning to count coins. We are doing this in a variety of ways:

The students track the days of the school year using pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters. We add these to our classroom 'bank' and they record it in their Coin Calendars. Can you believe we are already on day 56?! That means, we have $2.10 in our bank!

We are also using a great application on the iPads called 'Counting Coins.' This app allows the kids to make values of different amounts and show how different amounts can be made using different coins. We recently downloaded 'Counting Money,' so we will be starting this app shortly.

Here are a few pictures of our class teaching and working with Mrs. R's class on the iPads during math:

Students are also working vigorously with plastic 'school' coins to make different amounts. We are trading coins, adding coins, subtracting coins, and making large values with our coins and dollar bills. The students help each other tremendously with this skill. They use their 'mathematical thinking' to explain to their classmates how to make values with the least amount of coins.

Happy Halloween!

Here is their scary pose:

Here is their smiley pose:

and their silly pose: