What's in my Sandwich?

Name: Eden Peters

Date: Friday March 24, 2017

Grade: 1

Unit/Subject: Counting and Adding Money – Math

Materials

• Chart Paper

• Markers

• ‘What is in my Sandwich?’ and ‘What is in my Pizza?’ worksheets

Objectives

• To ensure the students knowledge of the different forms of money (nickel, dime, quarter, penny)

• To enhance the children’s understanding of adding together the different coins

Anticipatory Set

While the grade 2 students are sitting on the carpet with the classroom teacher, the grade 1’s will be at the back of the room with me sitting in a circle around the chart paper.

Instructional Input

Before going into the lesson, I will ask the students to list the different types of coins (less than $1) – penny (1 cent), nickel (5 cents), dime (10 cents) and quarter (25 cents). We will also discuss how some of the coins can be combined to make others (for example: 2 nickels makes a 10 cents and so does a dime)

Guided Practice

Before the students are given their independent work, we will do an example of us going to the grocery store to get ingredients to make pasta with tomato sauce.

Noodles – 10 cents

Tomato sauce – 15 cents

Meatballs – 25 cents

Modeling

The students will tell me what they want in their pasta and we will begin to add the ingredients together.

The noodles plus the tomato sauce (10 cents + 15 cents) = 25 cents

Then if they want meatballs as well it would be another 25 cents (25 cents + 25 cents) = 50 cents

Checking for Understanding

In order to check for their understanding, I will tell them that they had 100 cents when they went into the grocery store. Now they only have 50 cents left. If they want to make another pasta what will they need to get and how much money will it cost them?

Closure

To close the activity, I will give them their worksheets and they will go back to their desks and do them independently.

Independent Practice

Once they have completed the first worksheet I will check it over and give them the second one. This will further ensure their understanding.

Reflection

Overall I feel that this lesson went really well. The children were engaged in the activity as they were able to choose the ingredients that they used. They all sat with their legs crossed and waited patiently for their turn, which showed me that they wanted to be a part of this activity. If I were to do a money lesson similar to this one again, I would have plastic or another form of fake money for the children to use so they are able to gain a hands-on experience as well. While I feel they understand the concept, I feel that physically demonstrating it will deepen their understanding.