Skills Covered

How to Use This Pack

Five pages of money stories, all within 100¢ or $100, the 2nd grade line: an amount is in cents or in whole dollars, never both. Page 1 is four cent stories with a bar model (buying two things, what is left, how much more is needed, a missing price). Page 2 is a class store: six toys with price tags, then six questions about buying them. On page 3 each story starts with a group of coins; students count the coins first, then use the total to solve the story. Page 4 is four dollar stories (more money, change from $100, how much more, a missing part), solved on an open number line. Page 5 is two-step stories with a number sentence for each step.

In the Classroom

Set up a class store with price tags under $1 and a tray of play coins. Before page 2, have pairs buy two things and find the total, then pay with coins. For page 4, model change from $100 by counting up on an open number line: from $82 to $90, then to $100.

At Home

At the store, pick two things that cost less than a dollar and add the prices together. Give your child a few coins and ask what they could buy, and how much would be left. Ask how much more they would need for something that costs more than they have.

Tips for Success

• Underline the question, then circle the amounts you need
• Spend or pay means the money goes down; earn or get means it goes up
• How much more is the difference between the two amounts
• Count the coins first, starting with the coin worth the most
• Write ¢ after cents and $ before dollars