No April Fool’s here — money is on everyone’s mind! This free Brick Math Lesson of the Month teaches students the value of coins: pennies (while we still have them), nickels, dimes, and quarters. To get this lesson, from Brick Math Basic Measurement, click here, and you’ll also get a new free Brick Math lesson every month after that.
Modeling with bricks gives students a tangible representation of the math concepts. In this lesson, students create models of the various values of coins with each stud on the bricks standing for one cent. Then the lesson shows how many nickels are in a quarter, as well as dimes in a quarter. You can extend the concept by having students create other money values, or by adding monetary values together. It’s an easy yet powerful way for students to learn coin values, and they won’t forget them!
This Lesson of the Month shows pages from the Basic Measurement Teacher Edition first, and then shows the corresponding workbook pages for students to use from the companion Basic Measurement Student Edition. Students move from a concrete representation of the math to a more abstract representation by drawing the models, then finally to a fully abstract understanding of the math when they describe it in words. In this way, Brick Math helps students gain a deep, true understanding of math, which sets them up for future success as they move through the K-8 curriculum.
The Brick Math curriculum is divided into 13 separate content areas:
Counting, Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division, Basic Fractions, Basic Measurement, Fraction Multiplication, Fraction Division, Advanced Measurement and Geometry, Decimals, Data and Statistics, and Pre-Algebra.
Counting, Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division, Basic Fractions, Basic Measurement, Fraction Multiplication, Fraction Division, Advanced Measurement and Geometry, Decimals, Data and Statistics, and Pre-Algebra.
Students can start anywhere in the curriculum. Brick Math can be used as a complete math curriculum or brought in as a supplement to help students who aren’t having math success with other programs.
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