As the result of a Unit assessment, it was found that students showed some confusion with writing time and with adding sets of coins. These skills need to be reviewed to aid in mastery of the Common Core standards for time and money.
It is important to assess students periodically to plan for future lessons to meet student needs.
Students will write about what they would trade for gold and practice inventive spelling in the process. After reading "In 1492", students will discuss how Christopher Columbus traded with the natives and then write what they would trade the native people for gold. End the lesson by playing the Environmental Trading Game.
This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach second graders about bills and coins - word problems.
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