Help Charlie figure out how many glasses of lemonade he has to sell to make 2 dollars with this two-step money word problem building thinking classrooms style math task! This low floor high ceiling money word problem task is perfect for first or second-grade students learning about dimes and quarters and how they add up to one dollar or more!

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In this resource, you'll get a Building Thinking Classrooms cheat sheet, written task directions, thin-slicing ideas, 4 versions of meaningful note templates, and three levels of Check Your Understanding questions in a Google Slides and PowerPoint Version!

This Building Thinking Classrooms style math performance task will have your students using their knowledge of the value of coins, equal groups, and repeated addition to figure out how many glasses of lemonade Charlie will need to sell to make 2 dollars using dimes and quarters, and working cooperatively and critically. 

To increase the challenge your class Charlie changes the price of the lemonade and now needs to figure out how many glasses of lemonade he would need to sell to make 3, 5, or 10 dollars. A perfect way for students to apply their strategies to a similar task for the Check Your Understanding section!

Here’s what is in this money word problem math task: 

• 1 Zip File with the PowerPoint Version of the task and PDF with the link to the Google Slides Version of the task
• Task directions
• Thin slicing for the problem
• Check your understanding mild, medium, and spicy recording sheets 4 Meaningful Notes Options
• BTC terms cheat sheet
• Helpful links sheet
• Hyperlinked Table of Contents
  

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How to use

Going through this task from start to finish can take 1-2 class periods, especially if you are giving your students ample time to support each other and move through all of the levels of difficulty.

1. Make copies of check your understanding recording sheets if you choose to use them.
2. Introduce the task in either PowerPoint or Google Slides.
3. Give your students random partners and let them work together with whiteboards and markers to figure out how many glasses of lemonade Charlie needs to sell.
4. Business is good and the price goes up! Leading into the Check Your Understanding questions.
5. Give them a choice of which Check Your Understanding activity they would like to do to reinforce and apply the strategies they worked on. 

This low-floor high ceiling two-step money word problem task will have your students cooperating and problem-solving in no time!

Your students will practice

✅ Coins

✅ Equal-Groups

✅ Repeated Addition

✅ Social skills and cooperative learning

This task is perfect if you are beginning to implement the Building Thinking Classrooms Framework. Even if you are unfamiliar with the Building Thinking Classrooms Framework, this task is a fantastic way to engage your students in a math task they will love with detailed task instructions, Google slides visual supports and recording sheets!

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