MONEY MATH *Addition and Subtraction*
Posted by JOSE CENAC
Title: Money Math *Addition and Sbtraction*
Author: David Adler; Illustrator: Edward Miller
Recommended Grade Level: 2nd Grade
Common Core Mathematics Standard:
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.MD.C.8
Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately. Example: If you have 2 dimes and 3 pennies, how many cents do you have?
Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately. Example: If you have 2 dimes and 3 pennies, how many cents do you have?
Use addition and subtraction within
100 to solve one- and two-step word problems involving situations of
adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing,
with unknowns in all positions, e.g., by using drawings and equations with
a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.
Summary: This book is about discovering that
there is a lot of math in shopping. It stresses the importance of knowing how
to count your money to know how much you can spend. It uses the dollar as the exchange
unit of the US monetary system. It is sprinkle with a little bit of US History
as it describes to which US President belong the faces printed on the dollar bill,
half-dollar, quarter, dime, nickel, and
penny. They correspond to George Washington, John F. Kennedy, George
Washington (on the quarter), Franklin D. Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, and
Abraham Lincoln (on the penny, and the 5-dollar bill as well), respectively.
Then, proceeds to provide with colorful illustration the value of each coin and
compares them with the dollar. For example: a penny is 1 cent, the total value
of 100 pennies is one dollar; a nickel is 5 cents, the total value of 20
nickels is one dollar; a dime is 10 cents, the total value of 10 dimes is one
dollar, and so on. It also describe the coins, and dollar signs, as well as the
decimal point. Furthermore, invites the young readers to add and subtract
dollars and coins to be able buy items at the corner store or the mall.
Rating: ***** I highly recommend this book since it expose the students
to adding and subtracting money preparing them to ask questions in daily life
transactions when Mom or Dad go to the store to buy groceries, go to the
restaurant to eat, or go to the mall to buy clothing, household appliances,
etc. The colorful illustrations of dollar bills, half-dollars, quarters, dimes,
nickels, and pennies allow the students to easily identify the value of each
and the numerous combinations than take placed compare to a dollar.
Classroom Ideas: Students can create their own book about a real-life visit to
the bodega, supermarket, clothing store, candy store and express the
transactions of buying and getting money back. They can work as a team so they
can construct their books with illustrations and the operations of adding and
subtracting money during the shopping experience. Students can pretend buying
and selling different types of school supplies such as books, notebooks, pens,
pencils, erasers using fake dollar bills and coins as manipulatives during
classroom activities. Students can have a piggy bank in where they can put money
collected from the teacher due to good behavior, being on task, completed
homework, citizenship, team work, etc. Each student will count his/her money
accumulated during the day and be ready to subtract any penalty that he/she
incurred if they break any classroom rules. Students could also use addition
and subtraction to buy gifts to peers in show of appreciation.
Hi Jose,
ReplyDeleteI love your classroom ideas on this book. It is a great way for students to count and budget money. Using real life situations and visuals is always great when involving math.
Bria