Maths - Money, Icecream Unit, Year 2-4

MATHEMATICS ­ Money

CONTEXTUAL DETAILS School Date Estimated Duration of Activity 2x 30min lessons

Name Year Level / Age Range: year 2-5 No. of Students Location AREA OF LEARNING

Mathematics

TOPIC

Money

BROAD OUTCOME

Students will handle money, identify corresponding dollar amounts and calculate the total expenditure. They will also identify correct coins to use as payment.

SPECIFIC LEARNING OUTCOME / S

Students will be able to demonstrate their addition and money skills, by correctly completing the problems they attempt.

PREPARATION / ORGANISATION Photocopy worksheet for each student Create ice-cream pricelist (either 1 copy to project onto whiteboard or one copy between two) Print out coin cut-out sheet

RESOURCES Scissors Glue Pencils Whiteboard markers

CONTENT

PROCESS

RESOURCES

What do I want the students to learn? Knowledge? Skills? Attitudes

What will I do? What will the students do? What skills and strategies will we use? What behaviour management strategies will I use?

What materials will be used?

Listening skills

1/. Seat students on the carpet 2/. Discuss that today we will be undertaking a money challenge. 3/. Put the worksheet on the smartboard (or OHP).

Smartboard

4/. The aim of today’s lesson if for the students to work out the cost of each item in the customers order, add the costs up, then show which coins could be used to buy this ice cream combination. 5/. EXAMPLE: Go through question 1.

Worksheets

a). read through the question Analysing skills

b). go back and underline the words that describe Smartboard what the customer wants: markers Your cousin came to the fete and he ordered a strawberry flavoured single scoop of ice cream with both sprinkles and chocolate topping. c). On the lines provided write each of these items, 1 per line

Layout / presentation How much would this cost? Single scoop Sprinkles Chocolate topping Transferring of prices Matching of decimal points

d). Now show the students how to look up the cost of each of these items on the price list, then fill in the costs. Stress the importance of lining up the decimal points. How much would this cost? Single scoop $1.00 Sprinkles $0.30 Chocolate topping $0.50

Calculations

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e). Add up the total

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Price list

How much would this cost? Single scoop $1.00 Sprinkles $0.30 Chocolate topping $0.50 TOTAL $1.80 Money handling, addition

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f). The final step is to decide what coins to use to purchase this ice cream. Cut them out and stick them onto the worksheet. 6/. As a class go through question 2. This time ask the students what do I do next? How much does that cost? Etc. So they are answering the question for you. 7/. Send students back to their desks to complete the rest of the questions. However keep the struggling maths group on the carpet with you to work through the questions together. 8/. At the end of the lesson ask the students to place their names on the top of the worksheet and place them on the teachers desk.

Cleaning

9/. Students must pick up all rubbish and place it in the bin. Leftover paper coins must also be placed on the desk for the next lesson.

Pencils Scissors Glue

Ice Cream Worksheet Question 1 Your cousin came to the fete and he ordered a strawberry flavoured single scoop of ice cream with both sprinkles and chocolate topping. How much would this cost?

What coins would you use to buy this combination?

Question 2 My elder brother came to the ice cream fete and was very hungry so he ordered a double scoop vanilla ice cream in a waffle cone. How much would this cost?

What coins would you use to buy this combination?

Question 3 Robyn loves strawberry ice cream. She would like a single scoop strawberry ice cream with a strawberry on the top, and sprinkles.

How much would this cost?

What coins would you use to buy this combination?

Question 4 Uncle Bob comes to the fete; he orders a double scoop of cookies and cream ice cream in a chocolate cone with whipped cream and pecan on the top How much would this cost?

What coins would you use to buy this combination?

Question 5 Sarah would like to order a single scoop of rainbow ice cream with sprinkles and clown lollies How much would this cost?

What coins would you use to buy this combination?

Question 6 Max would like to order a double scoop of vanilla ice cream with chocolate topping, sprinkles, and a cherry on the top in a chocolate coated cone How much would this cost?

What coins would you use to buy this combination? Don’t use any $1 or $2 coins for this purchase

Question 7 Uncle Jim said he wanted to order a double scoop of rum and raisin in a waffle cone with sprinkles…..but he only has $2.50 Can Uncle Jim afford this ice cream?

What else could Uncle Jim buy with his $2.50?

Question 8 If Alex had one 50c coin, two 20c coins, and a $1.00 coin how much money would she have? Stick on the coins and then add up the total amount of the coins

Make up an ice cream that Alex could buy with this much money?

Question 9 Little brother Johnny wants to buy a single scoop ice cream with clown lollies, chocolate topping. In a waffle cone How much would this cost?

What coins would you use to buy this combination?

Question 10 I bought a single scoop caramel ice cream with a flake and chocolate topping it costs $2.10 to purchase. What coins could I use to buy this combination if I have NO $1 or $2 coins?

Question 11 Imagine that you could make up your own ice cream from the list of menu items On my ice cream I would have…….

How much would this cost?

What coins would you use to buy this combination?