Coupon Countdown

Want a free math work station? This is a good way to get your students to practice their money skills individually or in a small group.  Depending on the group, I may or may not have a parent volunteer help with this activity, but most of the time I have the students do it on their own.

What is it?
As a station, the students use coupons and count out money with bills and coins from math manipulative kits.  This station can be leveled easily by doing the following:

• Students use one coupon, count the change, then have a partner check it
• Students combine coupons, count the money, then have a partner check it
• Students use a coupon and count up to a dollar using a hundreds chart to recieve change back
• Students combine coupons and count up to $5.00 to receive change back, then use a calculator to check their work

Materials Needed:

• coupons from the free newpaper
• contruction paper
• glue stick
• scissors
• laminater
• money from manipulative kits
• two ziplock bags (gallon-size)

Some Assembly Required
To put these together, simply cut out the free grocery coupons, glue them to construction paper, cut them out, and laminate them.  I keep my coupons in one ziplock back and my bills and coins in another ziplock bag.