Teaching Mathematics Sequence of Teaching Money Presented by Dot Shea 2013

Money – Main ideas Start with dollars Introduce money concepts at same time as numeration concepts eg. Number to 10 – Dollars to 10; Fractions – Silver Coins Teach Kinesthetically Visually Auditory

Money – Sequence of key concepts Combination of notes and gold coins to ten dollars Bigger does not mean more!

Money – Sequence of key concepts A dollar more plus change $5.95 $1.27

Money – Sequence of key concepts Combinations of notes and gold coins to twenty dollars etc.

Money – Sequence of key concepts Do I have enough money? $5.95 $1.27

Money – Sequence of key concepts Silver Coins – order of value

Money – Sequence of key concepts Silver Coins – represented as a fraction/decimal of one dollar

Money – Sequence of key concepts Working out change from one dollar Use a change card to find out the change from $1 You spend 5c – how much change from $1 You spend 55c – how much change from $1 You spend 95c – how much change from $1 You spend $1 – how much change from $1

Money – Sequence of key concepts Working out change using dollars and cents – dollar more concept Use a change card to find out the change from $10 You spend $3.45c – how much change from $10 You spend $8.55c – how much change from $10

Money – Sequence of key concepts Different representations of money $ c3.6

Money – Sequence of key concepts Using a calculator to calculate money problems Addition of 2 money amounts + change Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division using money as a decimal calculation Real life money problems How to avoid too much change in your pocket.