MONEY FUN

FOR GRADES K-2

Through the investigation of meaningful problems, individually or in cooperative groups while using appropriate technology, all students in grades K-2 will be able to demonstrate, using standard and non-standard units, the attributes of length, capacity, weight, area, time, money, temperature, and angle.
TITLE:  MONEY IN THE BANK
TYPE OF RESOURCE:  LESSON PLAN
URL:   http://www.alfy.com/teachers/teach/lesson_builder/overView.asp?LessonId=154&SaveVal=yes
PURPOSE:  USED BY TEACHERS
OVERVIEW:  This is a site for teachers who are teaching students how to count money.  It is a fun activity that students will enjoy.  The teacher instructs the students to count their money using a penny bank and coins.  This is created for teachers by teachers.

TITLE:  SHOPPING
TYPE OF RESOURCE:  LESSON PLAN
URL:   http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/math/cecmath/cecmath009.html
PURPOSE:  USED BY TEACHERS
OVERVIEW:  This is a site for teachers who are teaching students how to count money and the use of money in the real world.  Students are going to buy items in the class with coins and dollars.  This activity is created for teachers by teachers.

TITLE:  GET HELP
TYPE OF RESOURCE:  HOMEWORK HELP PAGE
URL:   http://www.mathgoodies.com/homework/
PURPOSE:  USED FOR STUDENTS
OVERVIEW:  This is a site for students who are having trouble with their homework in math.  The student enters the question and the computer gives back a response.  This is created for students by teachers.

TITLE:  MATH HELP
TYPE OF RESOURCE:  HOMEWORK HELP PAGE
URL: http://aplusmath.com/Homework_Helper/index.html
PURPOSE:  USED FOR STUDENTS
OVERVIEW:  This is a site where students can go and get help with their math problems.  This site explains how to do certain math problems.  This is created for students by teachers.

TITLE: TIME CLOCK
TYPE OF RESOURCE:  ONLINE SOFTWARE
URL:   http://www.coolmath4kids.com/timeclock/index.html
PURPOSE:  USED BY STUDENTS
OVERVIEW:  This site is created for students who are learning how to tell time.  The students must drag the hands around the clock to match the time on the digital clock shown.  This site is created for students by teachers.

TITLE:  CHANGE MAKER
TYPE OF RESOURCE:  ONLINE SOFTWARE
URL:   http://www.funbrain.com/cashreg/
PURPOSE:  USED BY STUDENTS
OVERVIEW:  This site if created for students by teachers.  This site allows students to count their money that they have in their piggy bank.

TITLE:  BEEKMAN'S ICE CREAM SHOP
TYPE OF RESOURCE:  INTERNET PROJECT
URL:   http://teacher.scholastic.com/max/icecream/index.htm
PURPOSE:  USED BY STUDENTS
OVERVIEW:  This site allows students to count money by playing alon with characters.  The students must see if they have enough money to purchase ice cream.  This site created for dtudents by teachers.
 

TITLE:  MATH AT HOME
TYPE OF RESOURCE:  INTERNET PROJECT
URL:   http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Math/mathhome.html
PURPOSE:  USED BY PARENTS
OVERVIEW:  This site is used for parents who are teaching children math in the real world.  This site is created for parents by the government.

TITLE:  A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE U.S. PENNY
TYPE OF RESOURCE:  CONTENT RESOURCE
URL:   http://www.pennies.org/history.html
PURPOSE:  USED BY TEACHERS AND STUDENTS
OVERVIEW:  This site is created for teachers and students who are learning about the history of money.  It gives backgrouind information on the history of the penny.  It is created by an organization in Washington D.C.

TITLE:  HISTORY OF MONEY FROM ANCIENT TIMES TO PRESENT DAY
TYPE OF RESOURCE:  CONTENT RESOURCE
URL:   http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/llyfr.html
PURPOSE:  USED BY TEACHERS AND STUDENTS
OVERVIEW:  This site allows teachers and students to research the history of money and where it came from.  This site is provided and created by Dr. Davies, a professor at the Universtiy of Wales.
 

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Created by:  SHANNON PAIGE McFALL         05-07-01

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