Money Masters

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Money Masters

• A WebQuest for 2nd Grade
• Math Counting Money
• Designed by Melissa LaBounty
• m_labounty_at_pv.noacsc.org
• EDTL 680 Information Literacy for Teaching and
  Learning Summer 2007
• Based on a template from
• The WebQuest Page

• Help Alexander!
• Your Job
• Things You Need
• What You Do
• Money Masters Challenge
• How Did You Do?
• Money Master!
• Teacher Notes
• Standards
• Citations

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Help Alexander!

• Alexander loves money and loves to count it!
  But, Alexander has already spent all of his
  money! Can you help him find more money to
  count?

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Your Job

• Becoming a Money Master is hard work but I know
  you will be able to do it!
• You will get to become a Banker, a Cashier, and
  a Customer! You will get to count money and even
  buy some things to practice! Make sure you know
  what each coin looks like and how much it is
  worth because that is important information you
  will need to know!
• Get ready because you are on your way to
  becoming a Money Master!

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Things You Need

• To complete this WebQuest, you will need
• Childrens book Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich
  Last Sunday by Judith Viorst
• Computer with Internet access
• Money manipulatives
• Printer access

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What You Do

• You will do these steps together as a class
• What did Alexander do with all of his allowance?
  Do you think he made good choices with his money?
• Read the childrens book Alexander, Who Used to
  Be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst
• Alexander spent the money his Grandparents gave
  him. But do you know how a coin is made?
• Read this fun interactive story to find out how
  the United States Mint makes a coin! Birth of a
  Coin

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What You Do

• Now that you know how a coin is made, learn a
  little bit more about counting coins so you can
  help Alexander next time!
• You will now become a
• Banker
• Is your bank taking real United States money?
  Make sure by clicking on this link and helping
  match the coins. Be careful, some can be tricky!
  The Coin Memory Game
• Customer
• Have you ever wanted to buy something like
  Alexander did? Did you have enough money? You
  are going to buy a card for someone but before
  you can buy it, you have to create it! Each
  picture you choose costs money. Make sure you
  dont run out of money like Alexander did!
  Create-A-Card
• Cashier
• Do you know how to count the change a customer
  gives you? Play this game to help you practice!
  As the cashier, you are going to help Plinky the
  Pig count enough coins to total 5.00. Be
  careful though, if you dont get the coins on the
  ship in time, the sea monster will attack your
  ship! Dollar Dive

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Money Masters Challenge

• Now that you have become a Money Master, complete
  this learning activity and give your answers to
  your teacher.
• Complete these search steps
• Go to the INFOhio page
• If prompted, enter username and password. If you
  do not know your username and password, contact
  your media specialist or teacher.
• Choose the Resources for Grades K-5 button.
• Choose the Searchasaurus button.
• Click on the Science and Math Dinosaur.
• Choose the Math button.
• Under the Find text bar type in the title ister
  ents, push Enter
• Choose the PDF Full Text version.
• Print the article.
• Click on the picture of the printer at the top of
  your page
• When your printer box pops up, push OK
• Complete the money math questions with your math
  partner.
• Now for fun, also try these Money Master
  challenge games and see how well you do!
• Puzzle Mint- Ohios Quarter
• Break the Bank!

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How Did You Do?
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Money Master!

• Congratulations!
• You are now a Money Master and know how to count
  your money! Make sure you dont spend it all in
  one place like Alexander did!

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Standards

• Ohio Academic Content Standards
• Mathematics Grade 2
• Number, Number Sense, and Operations
• Determine the value of a collection of coins and
  dollar bills.
• Make change using coins for values up to one
  dollar.
• Represent and write the value of money using the
  sign and in decimal form when using the sign.
• Language Arts Grade 2
• Reading Process Concepts of Print,
  Comprehension Strategies, and Self-Monitoring
  Strategies
• Compare and Contrast information in texts with
  prior knowledge and experience.
• Communication Oral and Visual
• Follow Multi-step directions.
• Research
• Acquire information, with teacher assistance,
  from multiple sources and collect data about the
  topic.
• Ohio Academic Content Standards for Technology
• Technology and Information Literacy/Internet
  Concepts
• Use teacher or librarian selected websites to
  find information or learn new things.
• Use browser tools and buttons such as
• Forward and back button
• Home button

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Teacher Notes

• Complete the first two steps of the process as a
  whole-group activity to develop an understanding
  of the students background knowledge of money.
  This will also help you determine the students
  who may need a partner or which students might
  work well together based on their understanding
  of money.
• Additional activities may be completed with the
  book Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday
  by Judith Viorst
• Some suggestions might be
• Create a group of items available for the
  students to rent. Give each student a dollar
  and have the students count out the money to the
  teacher or a fellow student for the rented
  item. Next, have the students count the
  remaining money. Students may wish to rent
  another item or save their remaining money.
• Have students act out the book by letting them
  spend Alexanders money
• Help your students with accessing the Money
  Masters Challenge learning activity with these
  notes.
• Make sure when searching for the article, money
  signs () are used for the first letters of each
  word to ensure you are retrieving the correct
  article.
• To type a dollar sign () hold down your Shift
  key and type the number 4

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Citations

• Books
• Viorst, J. (1978). Alexander, who used to be rich
  last Sunday. New York Aladdin Paperbacks.
• Websites
• Birth of a Coin (n.d.) Retrieved July 17, 2007
  from The United States Mint Web site
  http//www.usmint.gov/kids/cartoons/birthOfACoin/
• Break the Bank (n.d.) Retrieved July 17, 2007
  from The United States Mint Web site
  http//www.usmint.gov/kids/campCoin/
  collectorsWorkshop/getAClue/case09/
• Create-a-Card (n.d.) Retrieved July 17, 2007 from
  The United States Mint Web site
  http//www.usmint.gov/kids/games/plinkysCreateACar
  d/
• Dollar Dive (n.d.) Retrieved July 17, 2007 from
  The United States Mint Web site
  http//www.usmint.gov/kids/games/dollarDive/
• Golden Dollar Puzzle (n.d.) Retrieved July 17,
  2007 from The United States Mint Web site
  http//www.usmint.gov/kids/games/goldenDollarPuzzl
  e/
• Puzzle Mint (n.d.) Retrieved July 17, 2007 from
  The United States Mint Web site
  http//www.usmint.gov/kids/games/puzzleMint/
• Searchasaraus (2007) Retrieved July 16, 2007,
  from the Information Network for Ohio Schools
  Site. http//www.infohio.com.
• The Coin Memory Game (n.d.) Retrieved July 17,
  2007 from The United States Mint Web site
  http//www.usmint.gov/kids/games/coinMemoryGame/

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Citations

• Clipart
• Quarter Pile. (n.d.) Microsoft Office Online
  Clipart Gallary. Retrieved July 26, 2007, from
  the World Wide Web http//office.microsoft.com/en-
  us/clipart/FX101321031033.aspx?pidCL100570201033
  
• Two Quarters and aTwenty Dollar Bill. (n.d.)
  Microsoft Office Online Clipart Gallary.
  Retrieved July 26, 2007, from the World Wide Web
  http//office.microsoft.com/en-us/clipart/
  FX101321031033.aspx?pid CL100570201033
• One Hundred Dollar Bill Pile. (n.d.) Microsoft
  Office Online Clipart Gallary. Retrieved July
  26, 2007, from the World Wide Web
  http//office.microsoft.com/en- us/clipart/FX1013
  21031033.aspx?pidCL100570201033
• Broken Penny Rolls. (n.d.) Microsoft Office
  Online Clipart Gallary. Retrieved July 26, 2007,
  from the World Wide Web http//office.microsoft.co
  m/en- us/clipart/FX101321031033.aspx?pidCL1005702
  01033
• Walking Penny. (n.d.) Microsoft Office Online
  Clipart Gallary. Retrieved July 26, 2007, from
  the World Wide Web http//office.microsoft.com/en-
  us/clipart/FX101321031033.aspx?pidCL100570201033
  
• Rotating Quarter. (n.d.) Microsoft Office Online
  Clipart Gallary. Retrieved July 26, 2007, from
  the World Wide Web http//office.microsoft.com/en-
  us/clipart/FX101321031033.aspx?pidCL100570201033

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