Counting Dimes, Nickels, and Pennies

We have started to learn about money. Review what we have learned about money by exploring this Money Counts WebQuest. You will review how to count coins that are all the same.

For today's lesson, you will learn how to use different coins to pay for something. You will learn how to count coins that are different at Counting Money. Practice by completing the fill-in-the-blank activities at the bottom of the page.

Then, complete the Igloo Shopping Activity. Please choose the Medium level of the game.

After you are finished with the Igloo Shopping Activity, please print out the Worksheet that is on the same page. It looks like the picture below when you download and open it.


Complete the worksheet and bring it to class on Friday. Have fun!

* This activity addresses First Grade California Mathematics Standard - Number Sense 1.5:
Identify and know the value of coins and show different combinations of coins that equal the same value.

Animal Habitats Online Activity

In class today, we learned about animal habitats. Every animal has a habitat, or environment, that is best for the kind of body they have and the food they need to eat. Not all animals are able to live in the same kinds of habitats.

Please take three quizzes about animal habitats here. You may choose any three habitats you want to take a quiz on. Write the name of the habitat and the score you got for the three different kinds of habitats.

After you finish your three quizzes, I want you to play the Build a Habitat Game. In this game, you can create a habitat that is best for the animal that you choose. You may choose between a beaver, lizard, polar bear, manatee, and a human.

When you are finished, please print screen your finished animal habitat and write three sentences telling why the habitat you made would be good for that animal. Bring the pictures and your writing to school on Friday with your homework. I will be look to see if you are able to create a good habitat for the animal that you chose.

Have fun!

* This activity addresses First Grade California Life Sciences Standard 2a: Students know different plants and animals inhabit different kinds of environments and have external features that help them thrive in different kinds of places.

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