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February 2009 Web Resources • LibrarySparks • $ Activities • Invite a banker to come in during story-time and share a little about his or her career. • Conduct a card catalog search on books about money and sort them into categories such as fiction, non-fiction, and reference. • Take a field trip to a local bank or credit union. Make a Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting the difference between a bank and a credit union. • In groups, come up with a poem or song entitled, “Reading Pays!” • With a partner, think about “If a story is worth its number of characters in gold pieces, I’d read ________” Pairs should com- pete to come up with a story/book with the most characters. Start with a hint like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. • Conduct a web quest on the U.S. mint. as shown on pages 5–6. • Ask students to bring in the oldest penny they can find and make a timeline with the coins. Then, using an almanac, find one important event that happened for each year represented. Use long chart paper to illus- trate. Display in hallway. Reading Pays! Reading Incentive Party What better way than money to motivate stu- dents to read? This month-long incentive is fun anytime, but works especially well during February because of President’s Day. Objective: To get kids reading! Incentive Summary Money is probably the world’s greatest motivating factor, even for kids. With that in mind, incorpo- rate a “Reading Pays” month into the curriculum. After students have “invested” their time in read- ing, they “earn” their money and get paid “divi- dends” by receiving invitations to a party. Bulletin Board Here’s a sample of our “Reading Pays” bulletin board. Get creative! We had fun using monopoly money and book covers. by | Carol Thompson Reading Pays! Reading Incentive • Keep ’em Reading • Grades K–2,3–5
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February 2009 Web Resources • LibrarySparks • �
$Activities• Inviteabankertocomeinduringstory-time
andsharealittleabouthisorhercareer.• Conductacardcatalogsearchonbooks
aboutmoneyandsortthemintocategoriessuchasfiction,non-fiction,andreference.
• Takeafieldtriptoalocalbankorcreditunion.MakeaVennDiagramcomparingandcontrastingthedifferencebetweenabankandacreditunion.
• Ingroups,comeupwithapoemorsongentitled,“ReadingPays!”
• Withapartner,thinkabout“Ifastoryisworthitsnumberofcharactersingoldpieces,I’dread________”Pairsshouldcom-petetocomeupwithastory/bookwiththemostcharacters.StartwithahintlikeSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
• ConductawebquestontheU.S.mint.asshownonpages5–6.
• Askstudentstobringintheoldestpennytheycanfindandmakeatimelinewiththecoins.Then,usinganalmanac,findoneimportanteventthathappenedforeachyearrepresented.Uselongchartpapertoillus-trate.Displayinhallway.
Reading Pays! Reading Incentive Party
Whatbetterwaythanmoneytomotivatestu-dentstoread?Thismonth-longincentiveisfunanytime,butworksespeciallywellduringFebruarybecauseofPresident’sDay.
Objective:Togetkidsreading!
Incentive SummaryMoneyisprobablytheworld’sgreatestmotivatingfactor,evenforkids.Withthatinmind,incorpo-ratea“ReadingPays”monthintothecurriculum.Afterstudentshave“invested”theirtimeinread-ing,they“earn”theirmoneyandgetpaid“divi-dends”byreceivinginvitationstoaparty.
Bulletin BoardHere’sasampleofour“ReadingPays”bulletinboard.Getcreative!Wehadfunusingmonopolymoneyandbookcovers.
by | Carol Thompson
Reading Pays! Reading Incentive • Keep ’em Reading •
Grades K–2,3–5
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$• Campaignandelectonenewpersontoput
onAmericancurrency.Workinteamstodrawnewpicturesofcoinsandbills.Teamsmustjustifywhytheychosethatperson.(Theycanusebiographiesorreferencesec-tion.Thispersoncanberealorfictional.PastexampleshaveincludedRambo,MartinLutherKing,BabeRuth,andevenSantaClaus!)
• Conducta2-weekcoindrivetoraisefundsforbooks.Allowstudentstodotheorderingaftermoneyiscollected.Whatbookswilltheychoosefortheircollection?
• ResearchFortKnox.UseaSmartBoardtotakeavirtualtrip.
• Usinganalmanac,havestudentslocatethetopgrossingbooksalesfortheyear.Letthemtakethedatatomathclasstodiscoverthemean,median,mode,andotherinformationbasedoncurrentobjectives.
• WatchavideoonhowtheU.S.Treasurymakesandcirculatesmoney.
Reference QuestionsReferencequestionscanbeusedinmanyways.Onewayistobroadcastaquestionofthedayontheschoolintercom.Studentscanconductresearchandturnintheiranswerstothemediacenterforprizedrawings.Studentsshoulddocu-mentwheretheyfoundtheanswer.Anotheroptionistodisplayagrade-appropriatequestionduringlibrarytime,andteachstudentshowtofindanswers.Useyourimaginationwiththese.Theyareagreatwaytodemonstratetheimpor-tanceofthelibraryreferencesection.Herearesomesuggestedquestions:• Whosefaceinonthe$1.00bill?
(GeorgeWashington)• Whosefaceisonthe$2.00bill?
(ThomasJefferson)• Whosefaceisonthe$5.00bill?
(AbrahamLincoln)• Whosefaceisonthe$10.00bill?
(AlexanderHamilton)• Whosefaceisonthe$20.00bill?
(AndrewJackson)• Whosefaceisonthe$50.00bill?
(UlyssesS.Grant)
• Whosefaceisonthe$10.00bill?(BenjaminFranklin)
• Whosefaceisonthepenny?(AbrahamLincoln)
• Whosefaceisonthenickel?(ThomasJefferson)
• Whosefaceisonthedime?(FranklinRoosevelt)
• Whosefaceisonthequarter?(GeorgeWashington)
• Whosefaceisonthehalfdollar?(JohnF.Kennedy)
• WhoistheonlyfemaleportrayedonU.S.currency?(Sacagawea)
• Whatisanothernameforfake(asinmoney)?(counterfeit)
• Whatisanothertermformoney?(currency)• Whatistheplacecalledwherecoinsare
produced?(Mint)• Whatisthegovernmentagencythatprints
money?(Treasury)
Money JokesJokesareanothergoodwaytopromotewhatishappeninginthemediacenter.Itgetskidsinvolvedandcurious.Morningannouncementsareanopportunetimetoreachouttothewholestudentpopulation.Promotionaladvertisementsarealwaysagoodidea.• Whatdoyougetwhenyoucrossawoman
onabroomwithamillionaire?(averywitchperson)
• Whyismoneycalleddough?(becauseweallkneadit)
• Whatisthefastestwayofdoublingyourmoney?(folditinhalf)
• Whatdoyoucallamanwithalotofmoney?(Bill)
• Whatmoneydoyouuseunderthesea?(sanddollars)
• Howmuchmoneydoesaskunkhave?(onescent)
• Wheredopenguinskeeptheirmoney?(inasnowbank)
• Wheredofrogsborrowmoney?(fromtheriverbank)
• Whydidthefarmerburyhismoney?(hethoughtitwouldmakehissoilricher)
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• Whatdidthepennysaytothe$100bill?(you’reworthalotofmoney,butyoumakenocents!)
• Whydidtheboyswallowthreedollarbills?(becauseitwashislunchmoney)
Books• Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sundayby
JudithViorst.AladdinPaperbacks,1980.• Arthur’s TV TroublebyMarcBrown.Little,
BrownandCompany,1997.• Blackberry BootiesbyTriciaGardella.Orchard
Books,2000.• Boom TownbySoniaLevitin.OrchardBooks,
1998.• Bunny MoneybyRosemaryWells.Turtleback,
2002.• Count Your Money with the Polk Street School
(PolkStreetSpecial)byPatricialReillyGiff.Yearling,1994.
• Cowries, Coins, Credit: The History of Money(MyMoney)byGerryBaileyandFeliciaLaw.CompassPointBooks,2006.
• Dollars(WelcomeBooks)byMaryHill.Children’sPress,2005.
• How the Second Grade Got $8,205.50 to Visit the Statue of LibertybyNathanZimelman.AlbertWhitman&Company,1992.
• It’s Not Funny, I’ve Lost my Money!byMelodyCarlson.CrosswayBooks,2000.
• Money (DKEyewitnessBooks)byJoeCribbandLauraBuller.DKChildren,2005.
• Money HungrybySharonFlake.JumpattheSun,2007.
• Money Magic Tricks(GiggleFit)byBobLone.Sterling,2001.
• Money, Money, Honey Bunny (Bright&EarlyBooks)byMarilynSadlerandRoger Bollen.RandomHouse,2006.
• Pigs Will Be Pigs: Fun with Math and Money(AladdinPictureBooks)byAmyAxelrod.Aladdin,1997.
• Sam & the Lucky MoneybyKarenChinn.Lee&LowBooks,1997.
• The Story of MoneybyBetsyMaestro.HarperTrophy,1995.
• The Tortilla FactorybyGaryPaulsen.VoyagerPictureBooks,1995.
• Willimena and the Cookie MoneybyValerieWilsonWesley.JumpAtTheSun,2001.
Related Web sites• UnitedStatesMintProcesswww.usmint.gov/
kids• BrainPop(someactivitiesarebyregistration/
feeonly)www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/eco-nomics/money/
• www.rblewis.net/technology?EDU506/WebQuets/mo_money/mo-money.html
• http://www.usm.edu/english/fairytales/jack/k.htm(“JackandtheBankStalk”isalessonplanthatIfoundonthewebconcerningthefunc-tionsofabank.)
• www.yahooligans.com• www.kidsbank.com(agreatsiteforyounger
kids)• www.younginvestor.com
Cafeteria MenuWhenthewholeschoolparticipatesinanevent,itsignalstostudentsthattheeventmustbeimpor-tant.Eventhelunchroomcanspreadapositiveatmosphereaboutatheme.Herearesomesug-gestions:• PennyPasta• MoneyHoneybiscuits• “Quarter”lb.cheeseburgers• “Po-Boy”Sandwiches• “Rich”chocolatebrownies• MilliondollarMeatLoaf• SilverdollarSteaks• PaycheckPizza• NickelNuggets• DimeDoughnuts• “Broke”biscuits
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$• “Lett-uce”getsomemoremoney(saladbar)• Banker’sBolognaSandwiches• U.S.Mintmints
Student RecordForeveryincentivethereshouldbearecordkeepingtoolformotivationandtokeeporga-nized.Arecordkeeperhelpsstudentstracktheirprogress,anditalsohelpsthemediaspecialistrecordreceivedinvitations.Forstudentstoearnaninvitationtothisparticularparty,studentsmustearn$9.99(whichcorrespondstothehigh-estDeweyclassification)byreading.Theamountofmoneycanbechangedtoaccommodatedif-ferentgradelevelsorindividualneeds.Eachstu-dentisgivena“PiggyBank”(seepage7).Theycanearnmoneybyreadingappropriatebooks.Forexample,theycanearnapennybyreadingamagazinearticle.Theycanearnupto$5.00forreadingabiographyaboutoneofthepresidentsonanycurrency.Eitherplaymoneyorclip-artmoneycopiedonconstructionpapercanbeusedtostapletothepiggybankoncetheyearnit(orseepage8fortemplate).Themediaspecialistshouldkeepthemoneyand“payout”onlywhenthestudentcandocumenttheirreading.Whenthestudentearns$9.99ormore,theyareinvitedtotheReadingPays!Party(seepiggybankrecord/explanationdisplay).
Party Food and Decorations•Greenpunch•LargeSheetCakeDecoratedLikeaMillion
DollarBillwithaPictureoftheMediaSpecialistintheMiddleoftheCurrency(UseattachedClipArtandinsertdigitalpictureofmediaspe-cialist,thentaketobakerythatdoesairbrush-ing).Thisisaveryinexpensivetreat.[Seemil-liondollarcake]
•Individuallywrappedcoinchocolates(foundatpartysupplystores)
Reading Pays! Incentive PartyThereareseveraloptionsforthispartythemedependingonyourfundsandtime.Foraninex-pensiveincentive,coordinateyourbookfairatthetimeofthisunit.Giveout“bookfairbucks”forprizes.Studentscanspendtheirmoneyonbooks.Anotherideaistorentawindblowingmoneymachinefromapartysupplystore.Ifappropriate,realmoneycanbeused.Ifnot,useplaymoneyandletstudentsusetheirmoneytobuyotherpre-selecteditems.Whateverthecost,thepayoutwillberewarding.Themovie“RichieRich”isanotherincentivetoculminatethemoneymonth.
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Carol Thompson a media specialist in Rockmart, Georgia shares her passion for literacy with her stu-dents and community at the same elementary school that she attended. The author of four books from the Mr. Wiggle series and countless magazine articles, Carol strives to make reading fun. Please feel free to e-mail her at [email protected].
After exploring the website for 10 minutes (set your timer), begin completing your webquest. Remember the Internet Etiquette rules!
Stay on the following website:
www.usmint.gov/kids/
1. Whatanimalisdepictedonthethreeupcomingcoinsforthe2008specialeditions?(halfdollarcoin,onedollarcoin,and$5.00coin)
2. Usingthetimeline,whatwas“LadyLiberty”wearingontheonecentpiece?
3. Believeitornot,PresidentG.Washingtonwasnotthefirstpersontoappearonacoin.Whowas?
4. WhowasthefirstAfricanAmericantobefeaturedonaU.S.coin?
5. Whatisthelifeexpectancyofacirculatingcoin?(howlongdoesitnormallylast?)
6. Howlongdoesapaperbillnormallylast?
7. TheIndianheadthatyouseeontheBuffalonickelsactuallywasacombinationof3differentNativeAmericans.Whoweretheyandfromwhattribe?
8. Whatisamint?(asitrelatestomoney)
9. Wherearethe4mintslocated?
10.Whoauthorizesthecreationofanewcoin?
11.Onthegamepage,chooseyourfavoritestatecoin.Paintandprint.Stapletothiswebquestbeforeyouturnin.
12.Usingthe“Exchange-o-Meter”,findouthowmuch$100.00AmericanisworthinJapaneseYen.
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