Author: Labman

PARKER
MATH DAY!!!!!

A good problem should be more than a mere exercise; it should be challenging and not too easily solved by the student, and it should require some “dreaming” time.
—Howard Eves

SUNY Cortland helps with:
MATH DAY

Lets Make Some
CHANGE!!!

Our EDU 375 is going to a local elementary school to help further our understanding of math in the classroom . Along with making the students we are working with aware of all the math around us in our everyday lives.
Since making change is part of everyone’s lives no matter the age, it is fairly important that one knows how to make change. Thus my group chose something accordingly, the game will incorporate a variety of making and giving change situations.

EDU 373

SUNY Cortland

P.O. Box 2000
Cortland, N.Y. 13045

Email: Kerri.Loomis@cortland.edu

Parker Elementary School
Math Day

Kerri Looms
Lisa
Holly

How are we going to make change?

“The Game Begins”, since it is math day here at Parker Elementary school we had to adjust our game accordingly. Instead of using a small board with pieces we decided to go big and create something that would force the involvement of the whole group, despite the short time we have with them.
The game board is large rubber circles on the floor, each having a value attached to them. The board is rather simple, in the shape of circle, to help foster a comprehensive learning experience. There will be a bank in the center of the board and when the students roll the die they move to the appropriate tile. Once they get to the tile one of the game facilitators will give the child with some money to buy the tile they are on. Using the money from their bag they have to make correct change. When the time is appropriate the students should go to the “bank” so they have bills and change in values that make giving change most convenient.
The banks values will include, pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, one dollar bills and five dollar bills. Getting much larger than that would just slow the game down making it not interesting.
Top help keep the students interested we will have two boards circulating to allow

maximum involvement. Another way we wanted to create involvement was that each student was their own piece and that the die was giant sized. Everyone loves giant sized die!
Making Changes for Different Grade Level:
The nice is that with a game like this adapting it to the varying grade levels that we will encounter will be easy. Since each group is homogenous with their grade levels all we have to do to adapt the game is give them larger amounts of money to make change from. This way we can give fourth graders three dollars for a tile that coast 2.73$ but for a sixth or fifth grade class we might give them five dollars, co creating change becomes more difficult.
Differentiation:
No two children are the same, this means that we will have to adapt and manipulate each persons individual experience to fit their specific challenges; whether they are hindered or excelled by them.
Since the game facilitator has complete control over the difficulty of each child they can change the amount of money give toe the students to make change to make it harder or easier. Also if they notice some having very difficult time the facilitator could merely have the students round the price of their tile to the closest full or half dollar amount as the price. If need be for those students who seam to be excelling at the task the facilitator could easily give larger bills for the students to make change with
Creating an activity that is so easily adaptable is they key to both student involvement and comprehension. This way the chances of frustration and boredom are lessened.

.12$

5.11$

2.41$

.69$

Bank:

1$

5$

4.39$

8.85$

3.33$

.63$

Nickel Dime Penny

5.06$

1.25$

7..52$

.150$

The above is an example of what one of our board games would look like. Where each child is their own piece and they move through the board on their own using a die.
If necessary, ,more than one board could be constructed to keep the students interest. Thus preventing boredom. Each facilitator on the board is there to purchase the tile the student is on, remember they can make it more difficult or easier is needed.
I hope everyone enjoys, “lets make change.”

SUNY Cortland

Kerri Loomis
22 DeGroat Hall
Cortland, NY 13045