My students need magnetic money, 5 calculators, dry erase markers, pencils, and erasers so they can work on word problems involving money on paper and on our magnetic whiteboards.
I teach twenty-five happy and excited-to-learn third graders. All day long they have fun growing, thinking, and trying their best. Our school is a wonderful, small multicultural school located in Los Angeles. Over 32% of the students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and everyone receives free breakfast. Our class loves hands-on activities.
Students learn best when they are actively involved in their learning.
Financial literacy is important in the classroom, but essential for life.
The Common Core standards help prepare students for college and adult life, so having magnetic play money, pencils, erasers, and calculators will help my third graders understand how to learn mental math and solve real-life math problems too.
My Project
Financial literacy means that students develop a keen understanding of money and using money when they are working with word problems during our math lessons. The California Common Core state standards want third-grade students to have a deep understanding of whole numbers and fractions. Using play money is a great way to connect real-life math problems with our curriculum.
We will use the large magnetic money I have requested to solve problems and share the calculations on our magnetic whiteboards.
The calculators will be used to check our work as we balance our student-designed checkbooks and learn adding and subtracting skills up to the thousands. I have also requested pencils and erasers for my students to use as they work through word problems on paper and dry erase markers so my students can use their whiteboards to solve word problems.
Your help in donating to this project means that my students will be able to dive into money and numbers problems with ease. My job is to have my students truly understand money and have a good sense of financial literacy.
Having these essential manipulatives to explore word problems and various math problems will help my students get that deep understanding which they will be able to use in third grade and for life!
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