Wednesday, 4/3/13

Before spring break, we began a chapter in math about counting money. It is certainly not an easy an concept to pick up, but I've been very impressed with how well the kids have been doing. Unfortuanately, the chapter is only 5 lessons long so almost as quickly as we've begun the chapter, we're already taking the test.  As I've been teaching the technical skill of knowing coin values and counting coins, I've also snuck in some info about the little details that make American money so cool. Somewhere in the conversation we talked about money from different countries, and many of the kids said that they have coins at home from other countries. On Friday, with permission from their parents, some will be bringing those coins in. I have a great book that tells the process of how our coins are minted, so it should be a fun day of learning and exploring various facets of coins while also reviewing how to count the little buggers.