Money - Subtract Money - Planning

The curriculum for Year 4 students during the summer term includes a week dedicated to understanding and working with money. The key objective is to teach students how to estimate, compare, and calculate different measures, specifically focusing on monetary values in pounds and pence, and tackling problems that involve fractions and decimals to two decimal places. The vocabulary for the unit encompasses terms such as 'money', 'currency', 'pence', 'pounds', and 'decimal point', along with concepts of estimation and conversion. To support the learning process, various resources are provided, including worksheets, presentations, and sugar paper for practical activities.

One of the lessons in this week involves teaching students how to subtract money. The lesson begins with a starter activity that revisits previous learning on subtraction methods, including physically removing coins and converting pounds to pence. The teaching input focuses on partitioning money into pounds and pence to facilitate subtraction, and the use of number lines to find the difference between two amounts. Students engage in group work to draw number lines and apply their knowledge to solve word problems. The lesson concludes with differentiated worksheets for independent practice and reasoning questions to encourage deeper understanding. The students are encouraged to reflect on the skills they've used and learnt, such as using number lines, subtraction, and conversion skills, and to remember the importance of converting pounds to pence when necessary to avoid common misconceptions.