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Nickel, Nickel Thick & Fat

Activities for the Nickel:1. Spin-A-Nickel - Partner game. Copy on card stock and laminate. Use dry-erase markers. Use brad and paperclip or pencil and paperclip for thespinner. Student spins spinner, says heads or tails, marks a box for thecorrect one. Students get 10 turns each. Students can math talk abouttheir results.

2. Flip-A-Nickel - Copy on card stock, cut in half and laminate. Individual play.Students are given a nickel. Flip nickel and record using a dry erasemarker. After each ip and record, student will cross out a pig to keep upwith how many ips they have had.

3. Pennies or Nickels - Students color pennies brown and nickels gray. Count

how many pennies/nickels and record.4. The Nickel Poem - Students can trace and color the penny poem for theirpoetry journals.

5. Nickel Poem poster - Print and laminate, use in classroom.6. Count Your Nickels - Copy on card stock and laminate. Students can play

with partner or individually. Give a cup with 4 nickels. Shake the nickels inthe cup and dump them on the oor or math mat. Use a dry erase markerto mark how many were heads and how many were tails. Mark off one pigfor each turn. When 5 turns are up, count and record how many wereheads and how many were tails. Then record which had less and whichhad more.

Graphics by DJ Inkers - www.djinkers.com Font by Lettering Delights & Kevin&Amanda Frame by Lettering Delights Laura@KinderKraziness

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Spin-A-Nickel

I can spin the spinner.I can say if it is heads or tails.

I can mark my answer on my graph.I can cross out a pig for each turn.

I can give my partner have a turn.

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Flip-A-Nicke l

I can ip my nickel.I can say if my nickel is on heads or tails.

I can graph my nickel.I can cross out a pig for each turn I

have.

Flip-A-Nickel

I can ip my nickel.I can say if my nickel is on heads or tails.

I can graph my nickel.I can cross out a pig for each turn I

have.

Laura@KinderKraziness www.djinkers.com

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Name:________________________

Pennies or Nickels

How many ? ______ How many ? ______

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gray

brown

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The_Nickel_Poem

Nickel,_nickelthick_and_fat.

Your_worth_five_cents

I_know_that.

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Laura@KinderK

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The Nickel PoemNickel, nickel,

thick and fat.Your worth ve cents

I know that.

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Count Your NickelsI can shake my nickels.

I can cross out the nickels.

I can say and record how many nickels wereheads and how many were tails.

Heads

Tails

How many ? _____ How many ? _____

Which had more?_____ Which had less?_____

Laura@KinderKr www.djinkers.com

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