Thematic Units

Money Marathon

MATERIALS: a poster with the following poem on it:

Five pennies, trade a nickel. . .
Two nickels, trade a dime. . .
Two dimes and a nickel,
Trade a quarter everytime!

laminated 4-column board with the following headings for each column (respectively from left to right): Quarter, 25 cents; Dime, 10 cents; Nickel, 5 cents; and Penny, 1 cent dice real or plastic quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies

METHOD:

1.Students take turns rolling a dice and taking that number of pennies for their board.
2.As the students collect coins that can be traded, they should do so. Saying the poem is a great way to help students figure out the trades on their own. Most of my Resource Room students have memorized the poem by this time.
3.The first student to get any designated amount (75 cents for example) is the winner.
Submitted by: Stacie APool37253@email-removed