Shopping for Candy

Designed by: Tonia Griffin     School: A. C. Moore Elementary

Grade Level: One     Subject(s): Math

Core Curriculum Objective(s): Estimate and compute (+, -) amounts of money to solve real world problems. (1ME2-5)

Overview: Teacher will give students twenty five cents in various coins of play money to purchase candy at the class Candy Store to decorate their own gingerbread house. Students will use calculators to add up total of their purchase and to figure out if they will have any money left.

Focus/essential questions:

How much money do you have?

Do you have enough money to buy the candy you want from the Candy Store?

How much money did you spend?

How much money will you have left?

What coins did you use?

Time Frame: One 50 min. lesson.

Resources

Play money- coins to give each student $.25 - a dime, 2 nickels, & 5 pennies

Candy - gumdrops, M & M's, candy canes, peppermints

1 milk carton for each student

Graham crackers, vanilla frosting,

Paper plates, popsicle sticks

Plastic bowls and spoons

Calculators for each student

Cash register

List of candy preprinted for each student to record what they want to buy

Ziplock bags, sandwich and gallon size, enough for each student

Pencils for each student

Class chart of items in Candy Store and cost of each. (gumdrops - 2 cents a spoonful, M & M's - 2 cents a spoonful, candy canes - 3 cents each, and peppermints - 1 cent each)

PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU CAN SEND A NOTE HOME AND HAVE PARENTS DONATE THE FOOD ITEMS YOU NEED FOR THIS LESSON.

Assessment: Students will use 25 cents given to them by teacher and go shopping at the class Candy Store to purchase candy to decorate their gingerbread house. Students will record on paper what they want to buy and total up the amount using a calculator to see if they have enough money. Students will determine if they will have any money left. 

Rubric: 
+ Students will correctly record, count, and add money needed to purchase candy. Students will correctly determine amount of money they will have left.

^ Students will correctly record, and add money needed to purchase candy. Students will correctly determine amount of money they will have left.

* Students will correctly record what they want to purchase from Candy Store.

 Instructional Activities:

1. Teacher will tell students that today they are going shopping at the class Candy Store to purchase candy to decorate their gingerbread houses. Everyone will get 25 cents to spend at the store.

2. Teacher will give students money, calculators, and preprinted list of candies for them to record their purchase. Then show the students the class chart of the candy and review the prices of each. Explain they can buy some of all the candy or just one kind of candy to use for decorating the gingerbread house they are going to make. Explain that they can not go over 25 cents.

3. Next teacher will review with students how to use calculators to add and to subtract. Then explain that they will need to decide which candy they want and how much of each and record the cost of it on the candy list. Tell the students that after recording the candy they want and the cost then they will need to total up their purchase using the calculator to add up the amounts of each candy they chose. Next the students need to make sure they have not gone over 25 cents, by using the calculator to subtract total from 25 cents.

4. Students will make choices of candy they want to purchase. Students will record choices on candy list and add up to make sure they have enough money to buy what they want. Students will count out money to make their candy purchase.

5. Teacher will give each student their milk carton, 6 graham cracker squares, and 3 tablespoons of frosting on a paper plate and a pop sicle stick. Teacher will demonstrate how to spread frosting on milk carton and place graham crackers on top of frosting. Remind students to make sure they have frosting left to help attach the candy to the house.

6. Students will begin to make gingerbread houses. While they are working on the houses, the teacher will have two students come to the store to purchase their candy. Students will bring their candy list, and money and tell teacher what they want. Teacher will use cash register to check students total. Students will get candy in a ziplock sandwich size bag, count out the correct amount of money to teacher. Teacher will be doing her assessment during this time.

7. Students will continue to come to Candy Store two at a time until everyone has been to the store. After purchasing the candy they will decorate their gingerbread house using frosting to attach the candy to the house. When they are finished they can put their house inside a gallon size ziplock bag to take home.

8. If a student finishes early they may work on the computer program "Jump Start First Grade" to improve math skills, or write about how they made their gingerbread house.

CANDY STORE

Cost

Gumdrops - 2 cents a spoonful _______________

M & M's - 2 cents a spoonful _______________

Candy canes - 3 cents each _______________

Peppermints - 1 cent each _______________

Total Amount

Do I have enough money? 25 -____