Five pages for Years 2 and 3 on counting New Zealand money and writing the total. Page 1 has groups of coins under $1, laid out with the coin worth the most first: children count on and write the total in cents; the first group shows the count under each coin. Page 2 counts dollars: $1 and $2 coins with $5, $10, $20 and $50 notes, written with the $ sign. Page 3 puts dollars and cents together: count the dollars, then the cents, and write both, as in $3 and 80c, the way Year 3 records money before the decimal point arrives in Year 5. One group has two 50c coins, which make another dollar. Page 4 shows rows of three groups of coins: children circle the two worth the same, then fill in tables of different ways to make $1 and $2. Page 5 asks for each amount with the fewest coins and notes, from 30c to $15; there is only one fewest way for each. Every amount is in 10c steps, as New Zealand has had no 5c coin since 2006. The coins and notes are our own drawings, in the real colours and sizes.
Set out a tray of play coins before page 1 and count a handful together, biggest first, out loud: 50, 70, 80, 90. For page 4, ask everyone to make $1 on their table in a different way, then list the ways on the board. Page 5 makes a good warm-up the next day: start with the biggest coin or note that fits, then the next.
Count the coins in a wallet or money box together, biggest first. Pick an amount, such as 70c, and take turns making it in a new way each time, then ask which way uses the fewest coins. When you pay at the dairy, ask your child which coins and notes you could use.
This pack supports the following Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:
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Counting New Zealand coins and notes and writing the total in dollars and cents, then making the same amount in different ways. Students count coins in cents, count dollars in coins and notes, write amounts like $3 and 80c, find groups worth the same, and make amounts with the fewest coins and notes.
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