Smart Board

Coin Combo

SmartBoard Activity

Georgia Performance Standard
       Grade Level- Kindergarten

MKN1. Students will connect numerals to the quantities they represent.

              h. Identify coins by name and value (penny, nickel, dime, and quarter).
              i. Count out pennies to buy items that together cost less than 30 cents.  Smart Board Activity website: http://www.tvokids.com/games/coincombo

This game would be a great review game to play with the Smart Board at the beginning or ending of a money math lesson. In the game, the computer gives an amount to show with the coins that are "falling" down the screen.  The students have to click on the coins to show they want to use them to make the amount. On the right hand side of the screen there is a timer...so the students have to think quick! As the students go through the game, they can reach different levels where the coin amount grows larger.   This could be done as a whole group, but could also be used as a competition between groups (between tables, boys vs. girls, etc)  As the students sharpened their skills on coins and their amounts, the teacher could instruct the students to use the fewest coins possible to show the amount. Although this is a Kindergarten standard and game, it could be used for remediation in First Grade as well.