Hi, check out our grocery corner! We have very limited classroom space so it had to be mounted on the back wall. I used my daughter's old Monopoly dollars and placed them into separately labelled Zip-lock bags at the base of the station. Real coins are on the right. You can use more realistic toy money like this one here from Educational Insights.
For each new concept, I did a role play, and had the templates ready and showed them how to write them up. Even though I did not use calculators (they are banned at my school) I would recommend using them because I think that the goal of the exercise it to understand the flow of the steps and not necessarily the skills that are taught for addition and subtraction (during that exercise).
I would also recommend a cash register toy like this one below.
We have done a lot of addition and subtraction prior to moving on to this unit. We also studied dollars and cents and equivalences in money before to starting the store. Below are some links to useful books that are all about dollars and cents for kids.
I would also recommend a cash register toy like this one below.
From my joke book series, this book of Funny Money Jokes for kids is filled with jokes jokes about dollars and cents, going to the bank, and counting money. It's a fun way to keep kids interested in the topic of money. For Grades 2 to 6.
Below are books for Grades 1 to 3:
Thanks for reading!
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I've done grocery math, but I've never made it into a bulletin board. That's a great idea.
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Do you have a sample of the templates you used?
I will post it for free at Tpt and link to it in this post within seven days.
Hi Nyla, I tried downloading your grocery math template but I could not. Is it still available?
Yes. This is the link https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Free-Classroom-Grocery-Math-Templates-2563236
this was very helpful, thank you!
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