Kieren's Coin (Year 2) - ASIC's MoneySmart

Kieren's Coin

Year 2

This unit is aligned with the following Australian Curriculum learning areas: Mathematics, English and Humanities and Social Sciences and is accompanied by Kieren's Coin (digibook).

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Year level Duration of unit Learning areas

2 10 hours* Mathematics focus supported by English and Humantities and Social Sciences

Unit description

Kieren is surprised when he finds a strange coin on the kitchen counter. When his teacher sees the coin, she decides that the class will investigate coins further including some foreign currency and they generate some great ideas along the way. They decide to create a money museum to raise funds for their upcoming camping trip.

This Moneysmart unit of work adds structured learning to any school or class fundraising event. The unit includes guidance for creating a money museum as a fundraising event, but the skills developed in the unit can also support an existing fundraising event.

This unit focuses on using a fundraising context to increase students' competence and fluency in handling money. This context gives rise to rich mathematical learning as students partition and rearrange collections of coins and notes, develop and use informal strategies for addition and subtraction, use repeated addition to find simple products and make decisions based on the probabilities of events. An exploration of the practicalities and issues associated with fundraising is included in Moneysmart's Foundation ? Year 2 unit Ava makes a difference.

The Digibook Kieren's coin is available in interactive whiteboard format on the Moneysmart website.

Knowledge and understandings

? To be able to engage in financial transactions we need to know how to count money and how to calculate change.

? Using coins and notes, we can find ways to make adding, subtracting and multiplying easier and sometimes quicker.

? Mathematical problems can have more than one answer and there is often more than one way to solve them.

? Advertisements are designed to encourage us to buy.

Pre-requisite skills

To undertake this unit, students need to be able to:

? count by twos, threes, fives and tens ? read and write one-, two- and three-digit numbers ? recognise Australian coins and notes and understand their monetary value ? find the value of simple collections of Australian coins and notes.

Worksheets 1 and 2 (used in Activity 2) can be used to assess and revise these skills, if necessary.

* Timings are provided as a guide only. Teachers will tailor the activities to suit the capabilities and interests of their class. The unit and all the student worksheets can be adapted to teachers' needs.

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The following table provides the relevant links to the Australian Curriculum learning areas achievement standards and general capabilities.

Australian Curriculum learning areas and achievement standards

Mathematics Content descriptions

? Strand: Number and Algebra -- Sub-strand: Number and place value o Investigate number sequences, initially those increasing and decreasing by twos, threes, fives and tens from any starting point, then moving to other sequences (ACMNA026) o Recognise, model, represent and order numbers to at least 1000 (ACMNA027) o Group, partition and rearrange collections up to 1000 in hundreds, tens and ones to facilitate more efficient counting (ACMNA028) o Solve simple addition and subtraction problems using a range of efficient mental and written strategies (ACMNA030) o Recognise and represent multiplication as repeated addition, groups and arrays (ACMNA031) -- Sub-strand: Money and financial mathematics o Count and order small collections of Australian coins and notes according to their value (ACMNA034)

? Strand: Statistics and Probability -- Sub-strand: Chance o Identify practical activities and everyday events that involve chance. Describe outcomes as 'likely' or 'unlikely' and identify some events as 'certain' or 'impossible' (ACMSP047)

Achievement standards

By the end of Year 2, students recognise increasing and decreasing number sequences involving 2s, 3s and 5s. They represent multiplication and division by grouping into sets. They associate collections of Australian coins with their value. Students identify the missing element in a number sequence. Students recognise the features of three-dimensional objects. They interpret simple maps of familiar locations. They explain the effects of one-step transformations. Students make sense of collected information. Students count to and from 1000. They perform simple addition and subtraction calculations using a range of strategies. They divide collections and shapes into halves, quarters and eighths. Students order shapes and objects using informal units. They tell time to the quarter-hour and use a calendar to identify the date and the months included in seasons. They draw two-dimensional shapes. They describe outcomes for everyday events. Students collect, organise and represent data to make simple inferences.

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Content descriptions

? Strand: Language

-- Sub-strand: Language for interaction o Understand that language varies when people take on different roles in social and classroom interactions and how the use of key interpersonal language resources varies depending on context (ACELA1461)

-- Sub-strand: Text structure and organisation o Understand that different types of texts have identifiable text structures and language features that help the text serve its purpose (ACELA1463)

? Strand: Literacy

-- Sub-strand: Interacting with others o Listen for specific purposes and information, including instructions, and extend students' own and others' ideas in discussions (ACELY1666)

o Use interaction skills including initiating topics, making positive statements and voicing disagreement in an appropriate manner, speaking clearly and varying tone, volume and pace appropriately (ACELY1789)

-- Sub-strand: Interpreting, analysing, evaluating

o Identify the audience of imaginative, informative and persuasive texts (ACELY1668)

-- Sub-strand: Creating texts o Create short imaginative, informative and persuasive texts using growing knowledge of text structures and language features for familiar and some less familiar audiences, selecting print and multimodal elements appropriate to the audience and purpose (ACELY1671)

Achievement standards

By the end of Year 2, students understand how similar texts share characteristics by identifying text structures and language features used to describe characters and events, or to communicate factual information.

They read texts that contain varied sentence structures, some unfamiliar vocabulary, a significant number of high-frequency sight words and images that provide extra information. They monitor meaning and self-correct using knowledge of phonics, syntax, punctuation, semantics and context. They use knowledge of a wide variety of letter-sound relationships to read words of one or more syllables with fluency. They identify literal and implied meaning, main ideas and supporting detail. Students make connections between texts by comparing content. They listen for particular purposes. They listen for and manipulate sound combinations and rhythmic sound patterns.

When discussing their ideas and experiences, students use everyday language features and topic-specific vocabulary. They explain their preferences for aspects of texts using other texts as comparisons. They create texts that show how

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images support the meaning of the text.

Students create texts, drawing on their own experiences, their imagination and information they have learnt. They use a variety of strategies to engage in group and class discussions and make presentations. They accurately spell words with regular spelling patterns and spell words with less common long vowel patterns. They use punctuation accurately, and write words and sentences legibly using unjoined upper- and lower-case letters.

Content descriptions

? Strand: Inquiry and skills

-- Sub-strand: Analysing

o Interpret data and information displayed n pictures and texts and on maps (ACHASSI040)

--Sub-strand: Evaluating and reflecting

o Draw simple conclusions based on discussions, observations and information displayed in pictures and texts and on maps (ACHASSI041)

? Strand: Knowledge and understanding

-- Sub-strand: History

o The importance today of a historical site of cultural significance in the local area and why it should be preserved (ACHASSK045)

-- Sub-strand: Geography

o The connections of people in Australia to people in other places in Australia and across the world (ACHASSK050)

Achievement standards

By the end of Year 2, students describe a person, site and/or event of significance in the local community and explain why places are important to people. They identify how and why the lives of people have changed over time while others have remained the same. They recognise that the world is divided into geographic divisions and that places can be described at different scales. Students describe how people in different places are connected to each other and identify factors that influence these connections. They recognise that places have different meaning for different people and why the significant features of places should be preserved.

Students pose questions about the past and familiar and unfamiliar objects and places. They locate information from observations and from sources provided. They compare objects from the past and present and interpret information and data to identify a point of view and draw simple conclusions. They sequence familiar objects and events in order and sort and record data in tables, plans and on labelled maps. They reflect on their learning to suggest ways to care for places and sites of significance. Students develop narratives about the past and communicate findings in a range of texts using language to describe direction, location and the passing of time.

General capabilities Typically, by the end of Year 2 students:

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Numeracy

ICT Creative & Critical Thinking Personal & Social Capability

? listen to two or more step instructions for undertaking learning tasks, listen for information about topics being learned in spoken and audio texts and respond to texts read aloud

? interpret and use texts to explore topics, gather information and make some obvious inferences using comprehension strategies

? compose and edit a small range of learning area texts ? use pair, group and class discussions as learning tools to explore learning

area topics, to represent ideas and relationships, and to prepare for creating texts ? use mostly familiar vocabulary, with a steady introduction of new vocabulary in learning area contexts

? model, represent, order and use numbers up to four digits ? estimate the solution to a problem and then calculate the answer ? identify and use combinations of coins and notes for simple purchases ? visualise and describe halves and quarters ? solve problems using halves and quarters ? identify and describe familiar events that involve chance

? locate information from a given set of digital sources ? experiment with ICT as a creative tool to generate simple solutions,

modifications or data representations for particular audiences or purposes

? pose questions to identify and clarify issues, and compare information in their world

? identify and explore information and ideas from source materials ? describe the thinking strategies used in given situations and tasks

? describe how they contribute to their homes, classrooms and local communities, and how others care for and assist them

? discuss the use of verbal and nonverbal communication skills to respond appropriately to adults and peers

? identify cooperative behaviours in a range of group activities ? practise individual and group decision making in situations such as class

meetings and when working in pairs and small groups

Cross-curriculum priorities

Asia and Australia's engagement with Asia.

Proficiency strands

? Understanding -- Students use concrete materials to model addition, subtraction and multiplication (through repeated addition). They partition and regroup collections, providing a solid basis for an understanding of place value.

? Fluency -- Students practise adding, subtracting and multiplying (through repeated addition) in practical contexts. They gain fluency in counting collections of coins and notes, and in calculating change and simple costs.

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