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
$3.60 360c 3.6
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.