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Dollars and Sense
Josef Kaufhold: 3 rd Grade Reading.Rationale/ Purpose:
Students need to learn to read so that they may eventually read
to learn new informationthat interests them. Students need to be
able to understand the cause and effectrelationship that governs
their behaviors. Students need to understand sequence of storyto
learn cause and effect from the past to actively improve their
future. They need to beable to understand how spending money on one
item will effect their ability to purchase afuture item. Students
need to learn to save and be able to delay their
gratification.Students as functioning persons in this world need to
be able to properly count change,and be familiar with money and how
to use it.
Prior Knowledge:Students will be familiar with the story of
Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday.
They will have read it once and worked on basic understanding of
the sequence andvocabulary used in the story. Students will be
familiar with money, quarter, nickels, anddimes, and basics of
counting. They will be less comfortable with money
subtraction.Students will be superficially aware of cause and
effect and unable to make directconnections to the effects of their
decisions. Objectives:
1. Students will understand the cause and effect of Alexanders
spending and relateit to their lives.
2. Students will be able to identify the events, characters,
setting, problem/solution,and sequence of the story Alexander, Who
Used to be Rich Last Sunday
3. Students will be able to subtract change (nickels, dimes,
pennies)4. Students will create a visual, acting, and verbal
definitions of the vocabulary andwill apply these to their
knowledge
Assessment:1. Students will identify the cause and effect
through Alexanders spending habits.2. Students will create a human
timeline to identify sequencing and events.3. Students will count
from 100-0 by subtracting the amount Alexander spends and
recording the data.4. Students will create and share sentences
applying their use of the vocabulary
words.
Hook:Make a Move : Students will stand across from one another
and as a class, create action,gesture, symbols, and elect their
favorite to remember their vocabulary words.
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Activities:Vocabulary:
Make a Move - Students will stand across from one another and as
a class createsymbols to remember their vocabulary words.
Pictionary - students will come up with symbols on their white
boards to define
their vocabulary. Application - Students will fill in the blank
on their own white boards aboutsentences I read.
Comprehension: Money, Cause and Effect, and Story Sequencing -
While students work in groups
one student (writer) will keep track of Alexanders spending,
while two students (readers)alternate jobs reading through the
story. The students will identify the sequence in whichAlexander
spends money by labeling each purchase with a number.Questions: How
much money did Alexander spend (cause) and what did he buy
(effect)
Human Timeline - Using the sequencing from the first activity
students will line
up as a timeline filling in the blanks in the following
sentence.Then, Alexander spent _________ (nickels, dimes, pennies)
on _____________
Conclusion/Review:Vocabulary Race - Students will work in threes
to become the first to write the definition,draw the symbol, and
make the gesture.
