GRADE 2 - MATH / Money

Students with learning disabilities can have extreme difficulty counting money.  So, these are the steps I used to scaffold learning.  First lesson, pre-teach coin values.  Student writes the value right on the face of the coin.

Second lesson, use blocks to represent coin values.

Student place corresponding blocks with coins of the same value.  

Student can then add blocks incrementally.

When quarters and half-dollars are taught, I use real coins...

and write the value with a sharpie on the back of each coin.

(Sharpies are erasable)

When counting money, the student can place the coin to match the pictures on the worksheet.

(I find student confuse nickels with quarters, so this is a useful technique)

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GRADE 2 - MATH / COUNTING ON

Counting on is a difficult skill for some students, especially if they have a learning disorder.  I created this mat for scaffolding.  The student can see where the big number goes, and can also see that he/she must count the remaining (little) numbers on the fingers.

I made cutouts of numbers to place in the head part of the drawing.  And students use blocks to put on the fingers.  Here is an example of 8 + 3 = 11.  It is great for visual learners.

After they have mastered the skill in this way, I transfer the concept so that the student is putting the big number in his own head or in his mind and I have him put the blocks on his real fingers to help count.  Note that part of the counting is still visual.

Eventually, I have students put the big number in their mind and count on fingers w/o the block.

Finally, the students count on mentally.