April Carson

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Table of Contents

For more information on Georgia's Mathematics Performance Standards

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• “Smart” – A Poem by Shel Silverstein• Purpose for learning – Georgia Performance Standard• Lesson Introduction• 4 Word Problems• Charts and Graphs

– Bar Graph– Pie Chart– Table

• Video Clip• The Coin Poem

SmartBy: Shel Silverstein

My dad gave me one dollar bill‘Cause I’m his smartest son,

And I swapped it for two shiny quarters‘Cause two is more than one!And then I took the quarters

And traded them to LouFor three dimes—I guess he don’t know

That three is more than two!Just then, along came old blind Bates

And just ‘cause he can’t seeHe gave me four nickels for my three dimes,

And four is more than three!And I took the nickels to Hiram Coombs

Down at the seed-feed store,And the fool gave me five pennies for them,

And five is more than four!And then I went and showed my dad,

And he got red in the cheeksAnd closed his eyes and shook his head---

Too proud of me to speak!

From Where the Sidewalk Ends HarperCollins Publishers: 1974

What is the purpose of today’s lesson?

• Concepts/Skill to Maintain: fair trades with coins or bills

• Georgia Performance Standard Second Grade M2N1c. Use money as a medium of exchange. Count back change and use decimal notation and the dollar and cent symbols to represent a collection of coins and currency.

Let’s Begin!

You are now going to receive some coins.We will work each problem together. With

your coins, show the amount of money thatthe character from the poem receives when

he trades his money. We will add up theamount after each trade.

Word Problem #1

My dad gave me one dollar bill

‘Cause I’m his smartest son,And I swapped it for two shiny quarters‘Cause two is more than one!

• Ok the first part of the poem shows that our character started with one dollar and he traded it for two shiny quarters. How much are two quarters worth?

Word Problem #2

And then I took the quarters

And traded them to Lou

For three dimes—I guess he don’t know

That three is more than two!

• How much are three dimes worth?

Word Problem #3

Just then, along came old blind Bates

And just ‘cause he can’t see

He gave me four nickels for my three dimes,

And four is more than three!

• How much are four nickels worth?

Word Problem #4

And I took the nickels to Hiram Coombs

Down at the seed-feed store,

And the fool gave me five pennies for them,

And five is more than four!

• How much are five pennies worth?

Bar Graph

$0.00

$0.20

$0.40

$0.60

$0.80

$1.00

1 2 3 4 5

Number of Coins

The Value of Money

Dollar Bill

Quarters

Dimes

Nickels

Pennies

Pie Chart

Less is More

1 Dollar

2 Quarters

3 Dimes

4 Nickels

5 Pennies

Table

I started with…

I traded that for…

Then I got…

After that, I received…

Now, all I have left

is…

1Dollar

2Quarters

3Dimes

4Nickels

5Pennies

…which equals…

…which equals…

…which equals…

…which equals…

…which equals…

$1.00 $0.50 $0.30 $0.20 $0.05

Video Clip

http://www5.unitedstreaming.com/index.cfm

To view the money video clip,Press the play button.

Coin Poem Penny, penny

Easily spentCopper brown and

worth one cent.

Nickel, nickel,Thick and fat,

You're worth five cents.I know that.

Dime, dime,Little and thin,I remember,

You're worth ten.

Quarter, quarterBig and bold,

You're worth twenty-fiveI am told!

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