Key words: Instructional Strategies/math/K-12
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 10:03:13 EDT
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From: lsommers Subject: money unit
To: Multiple recipients of list EDUDEAF I am curently working on a project for deaf/hard of hearing students that deals
with working with money. I have a lot of ideas but I want to know what anyone
else had tried and how it worked in your classroom. I am especially interested in how you
evaluated the students after the lesson (ie pen and pencil exam or
an alternative assessment).
Thanks for your input.
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 15:56:08 -0400
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From: Brandie Butler Subject: Re: money unit
To: Multiple recipients of list EDUDEAF In-Reply-To: Hi Lisa-
My cooperating teacher used small store type of set up. She went to
the dollar store and bought a bunch of little fun things and priced
them. The students had to pick to things out that they wanted, add
them, and if they got them right they got to keep them. You could do
many different things with that idea!! GOOD LUCK!
Brandie
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 11:24:53 -0500
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From: Candace Krepel Subject: Re: money unit
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I don't know what grade level you are addressing, or which money skills
(2nd grade-teaching value of individual coins or teaching HS students
budgeting skills) you are addressing. In my experience teaching
college-level students (not deaf), I have found that assignments that
mean something to the student are more likely to teach the intended
skill. If, in fact, you are teaching elementary aged kids about the value
of the coins, how to compute what they can buy, etc., why not have the
final exam for the unit be a purchasing one. Set up a 'store' in the
classroom with a variety of things to purchase: lunch with the teacher
$$, reserved playground ball for recess $$, extra time on the computer
$$, etc. Nothing has to really cost anything for you. The kids would be
told they had a certain amount of money and could look ahead of time and
make decisions about what they wanted to buy, based on their sense of the
value of what is being sold. One child may be thrilled to spend a
lunchtime alone with you. Another may not value that at all, but really
would like the opportunity to choose the next book for reading. Someone
else may decide to purchase several smaller items, etc. You get the picture.
Please let us know what you decided to do, and how it worked out.
Candy Krepel
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 07:41:01 -0700
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From: Stephen Tontoni Subject: Re: money unit
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I used to teach ASL and to teach money and change ideas, I punched animal
shapes out of construction paper and assigned $$ values to them. Then I
"made" some money in US monetary units. The students were assigned to buy
and sell the little animals at the price written on them -- they were
forced to make change, etc. It was a good exercise in both monetary units
and critical thinking skills. Sometimes they had to make 3 person deals
to make the appropriate change. It was a lot of fun also as it was them
practising the concepts rather then listening to me explain it.
Oh, this was a college level class (ASL II?) of hearing students.
----Stephen Tontoni
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 10:31:30 EST
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From: Linda Cobb 904 453-7428 Subject: Re: money unit
To: Multiple recipients of list EDUDEAF In-Reply-To: EDUDEAF%96042410073193@LSV.UKY.EDU
You have probably seen it, but there is an inexpensive money software
program put out by Gamco called Money Challenge for K-5. It's a two person
game format that allows you to choose the coins you want (4 levels). Then
you can "play" four games involving 1)Count the money. 2)Can you buy? 3)Use
the fewest coins. 4) How much will be left?. You can request a 30 day
preview on school stationary. It might really add to your unit.
Linda Cobb
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