Money Unit

Today we launched our unit on money!

The learning goals of the unit include: 

• state the value of Canadian coins (e.g. the value of a nickel is 5 cents)
• identify/name Canadian coins
• use coin manipulatives to represent money amounts up to 20 cents

We encourage you to explore the way prices are displayed when you are out shopping together with your child! While the penny is no longer in circulation, we are still discussing the value of objects to the penny as it reflects the pricing seen in stores.  The children are not expected to be able to round up or down at this age but we will be addressing the concept of rounding with the use of a number line. For example, if a piece of licorice costs 12 cents, will you pay the store 10 cents or 15 cents?  Is the nearest coin value 10 cents or 15 cents?  By showing them where 12 is on a number line, they will see that it is closer to 10 cents.  The concept of skip counting by 5's and 10's, which we have been working on all year, directly applies to working with money. You can continue to practice these important concepts at home with your child to help support and build their number sense and numeration skills!