This song is available on Hap Palmer's Two Little Sounds: Fun with Phonics And Numbers.
Subjects:
• Units of money
• Ways of getting to 100
Vocabulary:
Penny, nickel, dime, quarter,
dollar
Activity:
Hold up fingers to show the number
of coins named.
For example, in the first verse:
Five pennies make a nickel
(hold up 5 fingers, then one finger)
Two nickels make a dime
(hold up 2 fingers, then one finger)
Ten dimes make a dollar
(hold up 10 fingers, then one finger)
That’s a hundred pennies in all
(quickly flash 10 fingers 10 times)
During the chorus, cup your hands and
imagine you hold 100 pennies. Shake the pennies
as you sing. During the last verse, fill in
the blanks and call out the name of the coin
that completes each line.
Five pennies make a nickel
Two nickels make a dime
Ten dimes make a dollar
That’s a hundred pennies in all
Chorus:
Jingle, jangle, jing-a-ling, ling
A hundred pennies rattle and ring
If they’re heavy, don’t you holler,
Just trade ‘em for a dollar
‘Cause a dollar’s worth the very same thing
Five pennies make a nickel
Five nickels make a quarter
Four quarters make a dollar
That’s a hundred pennies in all
Repeat Chorus
Five pennies make a _______
Two nickels make a _______
Ten dimes make a _______
That’s a hundred pennies in all
Five pennies make a _______
Five nickels make a _______
Four quarters make a _______
That’s a hundred pennies in all
Repeat Chorus
Follow-up:
Find other ways to make a dollar.
Examples: How many nickels would you need
to make a dollar? If you had 2 quarters, how
many dimes would you need to get to a dollar?
If you had 5 dimes, how many quarters would
you need?
Call out the number of pennies or cents made
by each combination of coins:
3 dimes make _____ (30 )
2 quarters make _____ (50 )
4 nickels make _____ (20 )
That’s a hundred pennies in all
1 quarter makes _____ (25 )
5 nickels make _____ (25 )
5 dimes make _____ (50 )
That’s a hundred pennies in all
Use the above verses, or find your own ways of
combining coins in 3 steps to get to a dollar.
Using your lyrics, sing this song again with the
instrumental version (#25).
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