
Daily Basics: Sorting Pennies and Quarters/Breaking Words into Syllables Indicators: Receptive Language (Listening) L1.1(3), L1.1(4), Expressive Language (Speaking) L2.1(3), L2.1(4), L2.2(3), L2.2(4), Foundational Reading L3.3(3), L3.3(4), L3.4(3), L3.4(4), Writing L4.1(3), L4.1(4), Number Sense, Quantity, and Operations M1.1(3), M1.1(4), Patterns, Sorting/Classifying, Reasoning M4.2(3) (More...) You Will Need: pennies quarters bowl coin bank OR coffee cannister paper OR index cards marker Number, Color, or Shape: Place pennies and quarters in a small bowl, and set out a coin bank. If you do not have a coin bank, cut a slit in the lid of a coffee cannister. As you look through the coins with the children, explain that the brown (copper) coins are called pennies and the silver coins are called quarters. Do the children know what coins are used for? Review that coins are money and they are used to buy things. Challenge children to sort the coins, and then slide the pennies into the coin bank. Supervise closely. Do not allow children to place coins in their mouths. Alphabet Fun: Print multisyllabic words on sheets of paper or index cards. Hold up one card at a time and say the word. Have children repeat it. Tell children how many syllables the word has, or ask them to identify the number of syllables. (Clap on each syllable as you say the word aloud.) Draw vertical lines in between each syllable to break up the word on the paper as the children watch. Then, use a finger to point to each section as you say each syllable aloud again.

Daily Basics: Sorting Pennies and Quarters/Breaking Words into Syllables

Indicators: Receptive Language (Listening) L1.1(3), L1.1(4), Expressive Language (Speaking) L2.1(3), L2.1(4), L2.2(3), L2.2(4), Foundational Reading L3.3(3), L3.3(4), L3.4(3), L3.4(4), Writing L4.1(3), L4.1(4), Number Sense, Quantity, and Operations M1.1(3), M1.1(4), Patterns, Sorting/Classifying, Reasoning M4.2(3) (More...)

You Will Need:

pennies
quarters
bowl
coin bank OR coffee cannister
paper OR index cards
marker

Number, Color, or Shape: Place pennies and quarters in a small bowl, and set out a coin bank. If you do not have a coin bank, cut a slit in the lid of a coffee cannister. As you look through the coins with the children, explain that the brown (copper) coins are called pennies and the silver coins are called quarters. Do the children know what coins are used for? Review that coins are money and they are used to buy things. Challenge children to sort the coins, and then slide the pennies into the coin bank. Supervise closely. Do not allow children to place coins in their mouths.

Alphabet Fun: Print multisyllabic words on sheets of paper or index cards. Hold up one card at a time and say the word. Have children repeat it. Tell children how many syllables the word has, or ask them to identify the number of syllables. (Clap on each syllable as you say the word aloud.) Draw vertical lines in between each syllable to break up the word on the paper as the children watch. Then, use a finger to point to each section as you say each syllable aloud again.