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Money (coins) for the date
By Sharon D. W-L

Do you use coins for the date? I have a metal cookie sheet that I hung on my wall and I have money with megnets on the back and for the date we place the money on the cookie sheet. I usually start late in a month. I think
we started in late November.
Date: Tuesday November 18, 2003 - What coins will we use to make 18 cents. The first few days it take a bit longer to do this as part of your calendar routine. Then the next day we "add a penny". Then when we get to 20 cents we talk about trading in and what we can trade in. Often we trade pennies for nickels and then your nickels for dimes just

becasue that is how the children can "see it". However, eventually they do it in their heads and we can do the money very quickly as another part of our calendar routine. I always remind the students that the money in cents must match the calendar number. We also write the amount on the top of the board. 18 c (with the line through the letter c). so they see it written that way too.

Each day we count "yesterdays" money first. I ask individuals what is the name of the coin and then what is the value. They are not allowed to call it a ten cents - it is a dime and it is worth 10 cents. It is a penny worth one cent, it is a nickel worth 5 cents. It is a quarter worth 25 cents. Then I ask how will I get 19 cents because today's calendar number is 19 not 18 anymore. This year December started on the Monday being the first which was a nice neat way to start. After a week-end where you have to add more then "1 penny" can be tricky at first but again some will catch on quick and others will need to see it again and again...

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