Money Games

You have worked really hard this week!  Today, I have some games to practice counting coins.  I have some online games and one that you can print out and play with your family.  
Have fun!  :)

Here are some online games to help you practice counting money:

 CASH OUT CANADA.

MONEY MASTER

CHANGE MAKER 

You can also check out what the money looks like in different countries HERE.  Which currency have you seen in real life before?

Here is the game you can print out and play with your family:

Lastly, here is how money is made in Canada, US, Australia, and Europe!

 

Lemonade Stand

Today I have a story for you about a little girl who started a lemonade stand in the Winter!  Do you like lemonade?  It will be a nice idea in the summer time when the weather is hot, but they were determined to have one in the Winter!  After you listen to the story, I want you to create your very own stand.  You can sell 3 things at your stand...it can be lemonade, limeade, watermelon juice...whatever you want!  

Draw your stand and list out how much each of your items will sell for.  However, make sure they are all under $1 because people won’t come to your stand if it’s too expensive!  After, please list out all the different combinations of coins that people can give you for each item.

For example:  

In my stand, I am going to sell Jello!

Blueberry Jello 25¢ a cup
- 1 quarter (25¢)
- 2 dimes and a nickel (10¢ + 10¢ + 5¢ = 25¢)

Strawberry Jello for 15¢ a cup 
- 1 dime and 1 nickel (10¢ + 5¢ = 15 ¢)

Melon Jello for 50¢ a cup
- 2 quarters (25¢ + 25¢ = 50¢)
- 1 quarter, 2 dimes, and a nickel (25¢ + 10¢ + 10¢ + 5¢ = 50¢)
- 1 quarter and 5 nickels (25¢ + 5¢ + 5¢ + 5¢ + 5¢ + 5¢ = 50¢)
- 10 nickels (5¢ + 5¢ + 5¢ + 5¢ + 5¢ + 5¢ + 5¢ + 5¢ + 5¢ + 5¢ = 50¢)

* there are MORE combinations to each one, but in case you choose the same numbers as me, I don’t want to give you all the answers 😉

Persuasive Writing - Your Turn

Yesterday, we read a story about a boy Alex who is trying to convince his mom to get him an iguana.  He did a pretty good job since his mom ended up buying him one.  When you are trying to convince someone, you need really good reasons or else they won't do it.  If you want ice cream, you can't just  tell your parents that you want it because it's sweet.  Instead, you can say ice cream is made out of milk and milk is healthy!  That will sound better and maybe your parents will end up giving it to you.  Now, what is something that you want?  It can be a pet, or a toy, or something to eat.  Brainstorm 3 different good reasons WHY you should get it.

Now, after you've brainstormed your reasons, it's time to write it in a letter.  Remember how to write letters?  You need a date at the top, a greeting, the body, and the closing/signature.  Your reasons will be in the body.   You can write it on a piece of lined paper.  Here is an outline you can follow:

 

Persuasive Writing Story

Today we will listen to a story where a child, Alex, tries to convince his mom to let him have a pet iguana.  He gives mom a lot of reasons why he should have one.  This form of writing is called "persuasive writing".  We will be learning about this type of writing next!  In persuasive writing, you have a point that you are trying to get across and you are trying to convince someone of something.  Listen to this story and write down the reasons that Alex gives his mom to try to convince her to give him an iguana.  Did his reasons work at the end?? 

Your Money Stories

I loved reading all your money stories!  They were really interesting and fun!  Here are some examples of your stories:

Alexander's Money

Great job on following Alexander's money journey!  His brothers both has more money than him because he used up all his money!

Did you get the following numbers?

Spelling Poem #34: My Spring Garden

This weekend was pretty nice and warm!  I hope that you got to go outside for a little bit of fresh air.  If you go out to the parks or in your neighbour hood, remember to practice social distancing.  We can all have fun while staying safe :)

I have a poem for you called “My Spring Garden”.  Have you noticed that a lot of flowers and trees are starting to bloom and bud?  The warmer weather means that plants are growing again!  Are you growing anything in your garden?  I am trying to grow some herbs...this is what I have so far...they started from seeds!  As you can seem I’m growing sweet basil, parsley, and chives.  I cant wait for them to get bigger!  

Here is the poem and Additional Questions.

Spelling Words:

1) garden

2) seeds

3) little

4) clouds

5) round

6) sleepy

7) rake

8) handy

9) warm

10) grow

Additional Questions:

1) What is another word for “sow”?

________________________________________________

2) Which tools are being used to garden in the poem?

_________________________________________________

3) What does it mean “Little plants will wake up soon, and lift their sleepy heads.”?  What is happening?

__________________________________________________

4) Make a sentence with the following words:

warm: ________________________________________________

round: ________________________________________________

clouds: _______________________________________________

sleepy: ________________________________________________

grow: __________________________________________________

5) If you had your own garden, what seeds would you plant in it and why?

______________________________________________________

BONUS: Plants need water to grow.  Do you remember the water cycle?  Draw it out for me!

Let's Shop!

Happy Friday!  I hope that you all had a good week!  The weather is very nice this weekend...try to get in some exercise and fresh air if you can :)

Let's go shopping today!  I have been doing much more grocery shopping since we are cooking every day at home.  It's fun looking at all the flyers to see what's on sale.  Do you like looking at flyers?  Here are some items at a grocery store:

Come up with 5 different combinations of 2 items that you can buy and the total cost.  When adding the total cost of the items, make sure to line up the decimals.  

For example:
1)  I can buy crackers and cereal.
     Total cost: $1.25 + $4.00 = $5.25 

CHALLENGE:  I am giving you $10.00 to go shopping...for each of your combinations, what is the change that you will get back.  So for my example, my total cost for crackers and cereal is $5.25.  If I give the cashier $10.00, I will get $4.75 back ($10.00 - $5.25 = $4.75).

Your own Money Story

Did you like the story about Alexander yesterday?  He used to be rich with $1.00, but at the end he didn't have any money left and all he had were bus tokens!  Today, you will get to write your OWN money story!  Everyone can start off with $1.00 and then ends with nothing.  Please show me the steps to see how much money is left each time you lose money.  Be as creative as you can!

Here is my story:

It is my lucky day!  I just found $1.00 on the floor in my car...I'm $1.00 richer!  My husband and I had to go grocery shopping.  I needed 25 cents ($0.25) for the shopping cart.  After, when I returned the shopping cart, the coin was stuck in it!  Ahhh, I just lost 25 cents ($0.25).  I have 75 cents left ($1.00-$0.25=$0.75).  

Then, on our way home, I was feeling hungry.  I asked my husband if we could stop by a Tim Horton's drive through because I wanted a donut.  When it was time to pay, my husband didn't have enough change...so I gave him 15 cents ($0.15).  I have 60 cents left ($0.75-$0.15=$0.60). 

After I had my snack, we went to the mall.  I saw these really cool gumballs in this gumball machine.  They cost 2 quarters, which was 50 cents ($0.50).  I put in the 2 quarters and got a big pink gumball!  I have only 10 cents left ($0.60-$0.50=$0.10).

When we got home, I realized that I dropped my 10 cents ($0.10) somewhere because I couldn't find it!  Now, I don't have anything left!  ($0.10-$0.10=$0).

Chess Club

If you are interested in Chess Club, you are join the online Chess Club with Mr. Rothman and Mr. Banica.  If you are interested, please follow these steps:

1)  Please go to www.chess.com and create an account.

2)  Go to the following link: 

https://www.chess.com/club/sir-samuel-b-steele-chess-club/join/91b9cc

3)  While we wait for more players to join, feel free to go to https://www.chess.com/lessons to learn more about chess or https://www.chess.com/puzzles/learning to try out some puzzles!

Stay tuned for announcements about tournaments and other chess-related events in that group.

Epic Books

To give you more variety of online books, I have just an email showing you how to log into Epic.  Epic is like RAZ Kids where there are many books online for students to read.  There are also books that can be read to you.  Please go to https://www.getepic.com/students and put in the code iwv3622.  Then, find your name and start reading!  I hope to use RAZ kids and Epic to read with you next time I call.  I have also put Epic Books under ''Language Websites'' to help you get there faster.  

Story about Money

Last week, we did a lot of work with coins and counting them.  We need to know how to count money because we use money to buy things and need to know how to pay the cashier.  We also need to know how much change we get back or how much money we have left.  Today I have a story for you.  Remember Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day?  Well, I have another story about Alexander.  He's still not having a really good day because all he has are bus tokens...he used up all of this money!  This story is called: Alexander, Who used to be Rich Last Sunday, by Judith Viorst.  I hope you like the story!

After you are finished listening to the story, please answer the following questions.  You can replay the story again and pause it to help you.  For the first 2 questions, you can also draw out the coins if that helps, as well as the number sentence.

Last week's work

We worked really hard last week on making connections and counting coins.  Here are some examples of last week's activities...you can check to see if yours were correct.  

Spelling Poem #33: Robin

I hope everyone had a very wonderful long weekend!  Although it was a bit rainy yesterday, Saturday and Sunday were quite nice!  It was also nice to chat with everyone last week...I’m glad that we are all doing well.  Keep up the great work!

Who had a good campout at the zoo over the weekend?  I hope that you had a fun time pretending to be an animal at the zoo.  This week, I have a poem about a particular animal that comes back in the spring...the robin!

Spelling Words:
1) cozy
2) wait
3) hardly
4) mother 
5) father 
6) brother 
7) sister
8) best 
9) nest
10) family

Additional Questions:

1) Write sentences with the following words:

tree: ___________________________________________

apple: ____________________________________________

family: : _____________________________________________

2) Which 2 words rhyme?  ___________________

3) What is another word for cozy?  _______________

4) Do you have somewhere in your house that you think is cozy?

____________________________________________________

5) What is another word for mate? _______________

6) In the poem, why was the robin so happy to sing to you?

_________________________________________________

7)  What do you and your family like to do together?

___________________________________________________

Campout at the Zoo!

Happy Friday!  Thanks for working hard all week!  This is a long weekend coming up, with Monday being Victoria Day.  I have a super fun activity for you to do over the weekend.  First, the Toronto Zoo is offering a “virtual campout” this weekend.  If you are available at that time, join them by CLICKING HERE.  They have activities from 7:45pm-8:45pm for Saturday and Sunday. 

Next, visit the Toronto Zoo YouTube page and find an animal that you want to get to know.  There are lots of animals that they introduce you to, from orangutans to rhinos to giraffes!  You are going to pretend you are that animal living at the zoo this weekend.  I want you to write a journal entry about your day as that animal living in the zoo.  What do you do during the day?  What do you do for fun?  What do you eat?  I am excited to see which zoo animal you will be and how life is like as that animal in the zoo!!  Have a wonderful weekend and hope you enjoy your campout at the zoo!

Counting MORE Coins

Yesterday, you practiced counting some coins.  Today, you will count a bunch of different coins again...this time with loonies!  You do the same thing where you first organize the coins from the one that is worth the most to the one that is worth the least.  The only difference is that you have to use ''dollar'' and use the decimal to show ''cents''.  Here is another video for you today and the picture example.

First, you start off with the loonie, which is worth $1.00.  
When you add a quarter, you add $1.00+$0.25 to get $1.25. 
Next, you add a dime to $1.25, $1.25+$0.10 is $1.35.  
Finally, you add a nickel.  $1.35+$0.05 is $1.40.

You have $1.40 in total.

Practice again with the following activity sheet.  You can write down the value under each coin to help you count like how I did above. 

CHALLENGE:
This one has coins all mixed up...remember to put them in order and then count them.  You can draw them out onto another piece of paper.
  

** When you are done everything, you can practice with this COUNTING MONEY GAME.

Counting Coins

Last week we practiced counting all the coins.  We all did a great job!  Are you ready to count a mix of coins today?  When counting a mix of coins, one way to help you is to count from the coin that is worth the most to the one that is worth the least.  Here is a video of me counting some coins.  See how I moved one coin at a time?  Under it is the picture of my coins.

You start off with the quarter, which is worth 25¢.  
When you add a dime, you add 25¢+10¢ to get 35¢. 
Next, you add a nickel to 35¢, 35¢+5¢ is 40¢.  
Finally, you add another nickel.  40¢+5¢ is 45¢.

You have 45¢ in total.

Practice with the following activity sheets.  You can write down the value under each coin to help you count.  If you need actual coins to help you, please ask your parents.  Or, you can always make your own coins!