The Penny Pot<\/a> written by Stuart J. Murphy, illustrated by Lynne Woodcock Cravath :\u00a0 This is a nice book about a little girl that wants to get her face painted at a carnival but does not have enough money.\u00a0 Her friends leave their extra money in a penny pot and she is able to add to her money.\u00a0 Realistic pictures of coins, counting on, making change, adding.\u00a0 Recommended for ages 7 and up.<\/p>\n The Coin Counting Book<\/a> written by Rozanne Lanczak Williams:\u00a0 Short rhymes and real pictures of coins starting with pennies and moving up to half dollars and finally, to a dollar.\u00a0 This book also talks about coin combinations and labels each coin numerically with its value and the cent symbol.\u00a0 Recommended for ages 5 to 9.<\/p>\n Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday<\/a> written by Judith Viorst, illustrated by Ray Cruz :\u00a0 Alexander’s grandparents give his brothers and him a dollar each and he has big plans for spending it.\u00a0 Through some funny situations, Alexander slowly loses his dollar.\u00a0 Coin values, subtraction of money, saving money.\u00a0 Recommended for ages 4 to 8.<\/p>\n Jelly Beans For Sale<\/a> written by Bruce McMillan:\u00a0 This is a very colorful book about students selling jelly beans – one bean for one cent.\u00a0 Realistic pictures of pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters in various combinations.\u00a0 Encourages student participation while reading.\u00a0 Recommended for ages 4 to 8.<\/p>\n Making Cents<\/a> written by Elizabeth Keeler Robinson, illustrated byBob McMahon:\u00a0 This book does a great job of covering many topics dealing with money through a story of children building a treehouse.\u00a0 The book follows them as they buy different items needed to build their treehouse.\u00a0 Coins, coin combinations, U.S. currency, foreign currency, how kids can make money, spending, and more.\u00a0 Recommended for ages 9 to 12.<\/p>\n Web Annotations<\/strong><\/p>\n HIP Pocket Change<\/a>:\u00a0 The U.S. Mint’s website for students.\u00a0 The Circulating Coins section of the site lets students click on coins from penny to dollar coins and gives them information about that coin, a picture of it, fun facts about money, and a coloring page.<\/p>\n Garage Sale Wizard<\/a>:\u00a0 Students must choose between three buyers that want the same thing at a garage sale.\u00a0 Each buyer shows what they are willing to pay for the item in coins and students choose the person willing to pay the most.<\/p>\n Coin Combo Game<\/a>: Arcade style game.\u00a0 Money falls and stacks up.\u00a0 The goal is to keep the stack of money blocks as low as possible.\u00a0 Students are asked to click on combinations of coins to make a certain amount.\u00a0 When the student gets the right amount, the blocks disappear.\u00a0 Target amounts increase as students move up in levels.<\/p>\n Discovering Coin Values<\/a>:\u00a0 Students are given an amount of money in decimal form.\u00a0 They must pick up coins and slide them down a chute into a cup to match the amount.<\/p>\n Second Grade Money Game<\/a>:\u00a0 Students are shown a menu with different food items on it.\u00a0 They are given the price or items to buy and must drag the correct coins onto the item to pay for it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Additional Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n Money Instructor<\/a>:\u00a0 Requires signup, but limited membership is free.\u00a0 Basic Money Skills link provides resources for teachers including lesson plans, printable play money, worksheets, money coloring pages, and a history of money. Busy Teacher Cafe Money Unit<\/a>: This site offers a long list of lesson plan and activity ideas, money song lyrics, book suggestions, center activities, and links to online games. Education World<\/a>:\u00a0 This page links to numerous money lesson plans for various grade levels.\u00a0 There are also links to additional lesson plans on other websites. School Express Beginning Money<\/a>:\u00a0 Fifteen printable money worksheets.\u00a0 Some sheets have students count coins, others have them count numerical values, find a missing coin from an equation, or compare amounts. HIP Pocket Change<\/a>:\u00a0 The U.S. Mint’s website.\u00a0 There are lots of links for teachers – lesson plans, online activities, book suggestions, printable resources, project ideas, and more.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Second grade students are expected to count and compare pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters up to two dollars.\u00a0 They are also expected to master using a cent symbol, dollar symbol, and decimal point when working with money.\u00a0 While play money … Continue reading ![\"the_penny_pot.gif\"](\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2009\/07\/the_penny_pot.gif\")
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