Thematic Units - Money Game Board

Money Game Board

Make a gameboard for each student. The board is a 9 x 12 piece of construction paper - long ways. Draw a line across the paper about 2 inches down from the top. Next divide the paper into thirds or fourths (depending on which coins you want to reinforce their values). Using money stamps, stamp pennies in the right hand box at the top. Nickels to the left of the pennies, dimes to the left of the nickels. I only have a few with quarters and I use them for students who are developmentally ready for that part of the activity. Laminate if you like. They will keep for years if you do. Divide students into groups of two. Give each student a gameboard and each pair of students a dice. For the first game one student rolls the die and places that number of pennies on their gameboard in the pennies column. The second student does the same. When a student has five pennies he or she may exchange it for a nickel and places it in the nickel column. Choose a stopping point before the game begins. EX: When someone in your group gets 5 nickels the game is over. Clear your board and start over. You can do this for dimes and quarters also as your students are ready. It's fun and an easy way to observe each students understanding of a coins value. I like it to because it works at each ability level throughout the classroom.
Submitted by: Stacie APool37253@email-removed