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HarperCollins (1998), 40 pages
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The face painting booth at the school fair provides plenty of opportunities to count combinations of coins adding up to fifty.
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LibraryThing member mlgonzales
Various students count their coins to pay 50 cents for face painting which Fran, the art teacher was in charge of, at the school fair. Jess had only .39 cents. Extra pennies are put in the penny pot for other students to use if needed. Does Jess get her face painted?
When introduced to this book, I
In the classroom, I would also do the same as I had done with my daughter, except use plastic coins. I would give them word problems to solve with money. ALso I would set up a market within the classroom, I would give the children fake money to redeem upon good behavior or improved grades. An incentive as well as a lesson.
When introduced to this book, I
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automatically thought of my daughter who is having the hardest time with her counting coins skills. I borrowed the book, then read it with her. I pulled out some 'real money' so that we can keep along with the story. She loved it!!! I can see the wheels turning a little faster after this little experience.In the classroom, I would also do the same as I had done with my daughter, except use plastic coins. I would give them word problems to solve with money. ALso I would set up a market within the classroom, I would give the children fake money to redeem upon good behavior or improved grades. An incentive as well as a lesson.
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LibraryThing member MKHowell
This book is about Jenny. She wants to get her face painted, but she doesn't have enough money. Her art teacher sets up a pot and she adds penny's to it. Eventually she has enough money to get her face painted!
LibraryThing member eburkham
Jessie wanted to get her face painted at the carnival, but it cost .50 cents. She only had .39 cents. The face painter suggested that she wait and see if there would be enough people who added pennies to help her reach .50 cents. She watches as many students get their faces painted and gradually
I think this book is excellent for teaching students about money. It helps them to add up change in a story form instead of just doing in on a math paper.
Extension Ideas:
I would set up a story in my classroom. My students could earn “pennies” and purchase things when they achieved the desired amount. I would also have students bring money to school so students could see how fast they can add up and we could use the money for something special.
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the penny pot gets enough in it for her to get her face painted.I think this book is excellent for teaching students about money. It helps them to add up change in a story form instead of just doing in on a math paper.
Extension Ideas:
I would set up a story in my classroom. My students could earn “pennies” and purchase things when they achieved the desired amount. I would also have students bring money to school so students could see how fast they can add up and we could use the money for something special.
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LibraryThing member vabrazzolotto
young children are at a fair and all of the activities cost a little bit of money. children have their own money and have to ocunt out the amount of what they want. There is a pot where children can put their extra pennies and if a child is short a little money they can take however pennies they
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need. this book is helpful for children learning how to count change and how much money each piece is worth. Show Less
LibraryThing member smmote
This book is a great book to help students learn counting coins. It is about a young girl that wants to get her face painted at the school fair. Jessie empties her pockets out and finds three dimes, one nickel, and four pennies. She only had 39 cents, but face painting costs 50 cents. The art
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teacher, Fran, suggests that Jessie sits and waits for other guests to come get their face painted and see if any one leaves their extra pennies in the "Penny Pot," whose purpose was to help people out like Jessie. Sure enough, a few people leave their extra change and Jessie is able to get her face painted with one penny left over to leave in the "penny pot" for the next person who is in need. There are pictures on each page of the coins that are being counted to help young children understand and see the coins as they count to see who has enough money to get their face painted. Show Less
LibraryThing member kefoley
This book is a great book to teach money. It is an interactive book where children can count the coins on the picture. Jessie wants to get her face painted but doesn't have enough money so the art teacher puts out a penny pot that eventually allows Jessie to get her face painted.
LibraryThing member cemccamy
This is a Math narrative about a girl who figures out a way to get enough money by using a penny pot.
LibraryThing member eastahlhut
This is a great book to use in the classroom. It can be an interactive book teaching counting. Kids can count money along with the book.
LibraryThing member b1m1d
This is a great story of a little girl who doesn't have enough money to get her face painted. She watches several other kids get their faces done. The others all seem to have a few cents more than they need so they put the extra money in a "penny pot". Finally the artist tells Jessie that she can
I thought this was a great story that teaches patience, sharing and counting money. How could you go wrong with a combination like that.
My classroom extensions would be to use this book as an opening to counting coins. I would also like to tell the story by acting it out with the kids actually getting their faces painted.
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see if there is enough money in the pot to get her face done. There is and all is well.I thought this was a great story that teaches patience, sharing and counting money. How could you go wrong with a combination like that.
My classroom extensions would be to use this book as an opening to counting coins. I would also like to tell the story by acting it out with the kids actually getting their faces painted.
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LibraryThing member jromero3
Summary: Jessie is a little girl who wants her face painted at the school fair. It cost 50 cents, but she didn't quite have enough money. Her art teacher, Fran, told her if she would wait, people who had extra pennies left over would put them in a pot and she could use them when there was enough.
Personal Reaction: I like that this book shows children how to count coins throughout the story. It makes me think of my daughter, who is at the age where she is starting to buy her own things with her own money.
Classroom Extension: I could have the classroom 1) practice counting coins at a pretend store or 2) instead of actual face painting, we could draw on paper plates and wear them as masks.
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As Jessie waits, other kids get their faces painted and contribute to the penny pot. In the end, Jessie has enough money to get her face painted, with 1 penny left over to put in the penny pot.Personal Reaction: I like that this book shows children how to count coins throughout the story. It makes me think of my daughter, who is at the age where she is starting to buy her own things with her own money.
Classroom Extension: I could have the classroom 1) practice counting coins at a pretend store or 2) instead of actual face painting, we could draw on paper plates and wear them as masks.
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LibraryThing member hmz001
Jessie would love to have her face painted at the school fair but it cost 50 cents. All she has in her pocket are three dimes, one nickel, and four pennies, only 39 cents in total. Fran, the face-painter, tells her to wait and see what extra change people will put in her penny pot.
LibraryThing member KimberlyGrossman
Summary:
A little girl wants to get her face painted at the school fair. When she counts for money she does not have enough money to get it. So the art teacher says to have her wait to see if someone will leave their extra pennies. After she gets enough pennies she counts the pennies in the pot and
Personal Reaction:
I liked how this book teaches children to count in a fun way.
Classroom Extension:
1. You could set up a classroom store and give each of the students classroom money to buy things on their own.
2. The students could make mask instead of painting their faces.
A little girl wants to get her face painted at the school fair. When she counts for money she does not have enough money to get it. So the art teacher says to have her wait to see if someone will leave their extra pennies. After she gets enough pennies she counts the pennies in the pot and
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learns their is an extra one for her to leave for the next person who will need an extra one.Personal Reaction:
I liked how this book teaches children to count in a fun way.
Classroom Extension:
1. You could set up a classroom store and give each of the students classroom money to buy things on their own.
2. The students could make mask instead of painting their faces.
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LibraryThing member larrellharris
Summary:
This book is about a little girl who wants to get her face painted at the school's fair but does not have enough money. Her teacher tells her to wait to see if someone has left their extra pennies. After counting the left over pennies, she has enough to get her face painted.
Personal
My personal reaction from this book is how it teaches kids to count in a fun way.
Classroom Extension:
I could setup a pretend store and have the class practice counting coins.
This book is about a little girl who wants to get her face painted at the school's fair but does not have enough money. Her teacher tells her to wait to see if someone has left their extra pennies. After counting the left over pennies, she has enough to get her face painted.
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Reaction:My personal reaction from this book is how it teaches kids to count in a fun way.
Classroom Extension:
I could setup a pretend store and have the class practice counting coins.
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LibraryThing member SarahWadusky
Summary: Jessie's schoold was having a school fair. She wanted to get her face painted, but it cost $0.50. Since she had just bought ice cream, she only had $0.39. Fran, the art teacher, who was doing the face painting had suggested to Jessie that she wait while other kids had their faces painted
Personal Reaction: Like that it was a good story that incorporated counting money. On almost every page there were different assortments of change that was counted.
Classroom Extensions: Use it when teaching students how to count money. Have students count the money on the pages while reading it.
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because some students put their extra change into the penny pot. So she waited. Finally, she counted all the money in the penny pot along with her money and she had more than enough money to get her face painted.Personal Reaction: Like that it was a good story that incorporated counting money. On almost every page there were different assortments of change that was counted.
Classroom Extensions: Use it when teaching students how to count money. Have students count the money on the pages while reading it.
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LibraryThing member blossomfairy
Summary:
During the month of June, there was a school fair held in the community. The art teacher had a booth for face painting and it costs 50 cents a person. A girl by the name of Jessie wants one but she does not have enough change in her pockets and only has 39 cents. So the teacher helps her
Personal Reaction:
I really liked how each kid counted the change to make sure that it was the right amount and if there was any extra then they would put it in the pot to be kind and consider Jessie to not be left out of getting her face painted also.
Classroom Extension:
1.The teacher can bring some spare change and put them on a table asking questions like “Which coin is a penny, quarter, nickel, or dime and “How much would be such as the number of pennies to make a dime?”
2.There can even be a game played where the students use the coins to go “make-believe shopping” with objects that are in the classroom and they can divide the different coins creating their own cash register.
During the month of June, there was a school fair held in the community. The art teacher had a booth for face painting and it costs 50 cents a person. A girl by the name of Jessie wants one but she does not have enough change in her pockets and only has 39 cents. So the teacher helps her
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out and suggests that she waits to see if anybody else puts some extra coins in the pot while she is waiting, the teacher tells the other kids to put some extra money in the penny pot. Finally, the teacher had Jessie put her change on the table, emptied the pot, and found one extra penny which gave her enough to have her face painted just like the rest of the kids did on their happy faces.Personal Reaction:
I really liked how each kid counted the change to make sure that it was the right amount and if there was any extra then they would put it in the pot to be kind and consider Jessie to not be left out of getting her face painted also.
Classroom Extension:
1.The teacher can bring some spare change and put them on a table asking questions like “Which coin is a penny, quarter, nickel, or dime and “How much would be such as the number of pennies to make a dime?”
2.There can even be a game played where the students use the coins to go “make-believe shopping” with objects that are in the classroom and they can divide the different coins creating their own cash register.
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LibraryThing member breksarah
This book is about a little girl who wants to get her face painted at the school's fair. However, she doesn't have enough money. Her teacher tells her to wait and see if anyone leaves extra pennies behinds. After counting the left over pennies, she now has enough to get her face painted.
This is a
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fun book to use for 1-2 grade math lesson on money. I think students would enjoy reading this and anticipating whether or not the main character will eventually have enough money. Show Less
LibraryThing member wichitafriendsschool
Follow along and count coins with Jessie and her friends as they are transformed into a clown, a monster, and more at the face painting booth. With a naughty cat underfoot and festive illustrations by Lynne Cravath, this coin counting story is sure to be a favorite.
LibraryThing member sweetiegherkin
At the school fair, Jessie comes across art teacher Fran’s face-painting booth and desperately wants her face painted. But each face painting costs 50 cents, and Jessie’s already spent some of her money getting an ice cream cone, leaving her with only 39 cents. Helpfully, Fran designates a
Designed as part of a series of books to teach mathematics, The Penny Pot also functions to teach children some basic economic concepts regarding money. Children will learn about the different types of coins available in American currency and how much money each represents. They will also learn that goods and services cost money and how sometimes they may have to choose between different wants because of limited means. But they’ll also learn that sometimes a little contribution each from a few people can add up to a big benefit for one person.
The Penny Pot ends with suggestions for activities to expand upon the mathematics concepts presented in the book. As many of these involve activities determining the monetary value of coins or pretend play scenarios of “buying” common items, these also serve to further economic concepts.
The face-painting plot of The Penny Pot and its vivid accompanying illustrations buoy the book up from being purely didactic, so reading this book will be both educational and enjoyable for children.
I reviewed this book for EconKids.
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leave-a-penny-take-a-penny pot. Jessie sits down as other children come in to get their faces painted and patiently waits for enough pennies to build up to the 11 cents she needs.Designed as part of a series of books to teach mathematics, The Penny Pot also functions to teach children some basic economic concepts regarding money. Children will learn about the different types of coins available in American currency and how much money each represents. They will also learn that goods and services cost money and how sometimes they may have to choose between different wants because of limited means. But they’ll also learn that sometimes a little contribution each from a few people can add up to a big benefit for one person.
The Penny Pot ends with suggestions for activities to expand upon the mathematics concepts presented in the book. As many of these involve activities determining the monetary value of coins or pretend play scenarios of “buying” common items, these also serve to further economic concepts.
The face-painting plot of The Penny Pot and its vivid accompanying illustrations buoy the book up from being purely didactic, so reading this book will be both educational and enjoyable for children.
I reviewed this book for EconKids.
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Awards
NCTE Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for Pre-K—Grade 6 (12th Edition: 1996-1998)
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
40 p.; 9.81 inches
ISBN
9780064467179