Money Math Activities, Grades 3-6
Paul Swan, Linda Marshall
Paperback
(Didax, March 1, 2012)
This comprehensive handbook for introducing and developing money concepts begins with coin recognition, coin equivalence, and counting activities, and concludes with financial literacy concepts for older students. Along the way, students are treated to background information on the historical basis of money, coin and currency factoids, electronic banking concepts, and much more. More than 30 activities and a dozen games help students in grades 3-6 gain the skills necessary to make change, comparison-shop, calculate sales tax, and navigate comfortably in a variety of situations involving money. Reproducible resources include game boards and game card templates, money frames, and supporting masters, as well as teacher tips and a CD of the entire book for IWB presentation.
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