Each of these coin webs was made by 5-6 students that met with me in small math groups. First, I passed out real coins to each of them to touch, compare and look at closely. They each took a turn sharing one thing they knew or noticed about their specific coin. They then wrote their observations on the chart.
Once we had all of the coin webs finished and hanging in the window (the only place left in my classroom to hang anchor charts...lol), we discussed how some of the information was really more important for us to remember than other information. We had just finished a reading comprehension lesson on determining importance titled "What's in My Teacher's Purse". In that lesson, they had to determine and sort whether the items I pulled out of my purse were "Important" or just "Interesting". They got pretty good at this, so I thought it would be a good comprehension lesson to pull over to math.
I asked the students to tell me which things they thought would be the most important to remember when they are trying to tell the different coins apart. Then I circled what we felt were the most important differences.
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