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Introduction
Share the Headline Story with the class. Encourage children to think of different ways to complete the story.
Headline Story
Jackie has _____ dimes and 3 pennies.
She has _____ cents.
Possible student responses
- If Jackie has 4 dimes and 3 pennies, she has 43¢.
- If she has 2 dimes, then she has 23¢.
- We could count by tens from 3 to find all the possible amounts that Jackie could have: 3¢, 13¢, 23¢, 33¢, and so on.