Activity

Monnaie de jeu imprimable

Elementary Block, Middle Block
Subjects: All French Language Learning, French Immersion, Intensive French, Post Intensive French

Aperçu

Tout en encourageant le jeu, vous pouvez aider vos apprenants de langue française à reconnaître les billets de banque et les pièces de monnaie du Canada et à s’exercer à faire de la monnaie ou à gérer une entreprise imaginaire!

Overview

While fostering play, you can help your French language learners recognize the bank notes and coins of Canada and practice making change or running an imaginary business!

 

NB Curricular Connections

(example) Post Intensive French 6

  • Strand: Oral Communication – Big Idea: Speak, Listen, Communicate, Interact – Skill Descriptor – Ask for and provide information in social and school settings with some accuracy.

 

CEFR ZONE: A1-A2

TIP: Financial literacy skills are closely tied to the CEFR continuum.

For example:

CEFR A1.1: Can use and understand simple numbers in everyday conversations (ex. ask and give phone numbers and prices, numbers up to 100).

CEFR A1.2: Can use simple numbers (ex. quantities, time, and money).

CEFR A2.1: Can make simple purchases (ex. simply describe what I am looking for and ask how much it costs).

CEFR A2.2:  Can get and give simple information, for example buying tickets to an event and sharing information about place, time, cost, etc.

CEFR tool – French 

CEFR tool – English 

 

     Math 6

  • Strand: Number – Big Idea: Number Sense – Skill Descriptor – Describe numbers, ways of representing numbers, relationships among numbers, and number systems.

 

Social Studies 6

  • Strand: Economics – Big Idea: Decision Making

 

What You’ll Need

  1. Download – printable play money.
  2. Coloring materials if unable to print in color.
  3. IDÉLLO series (accessible to all NB educators): Ma monnaie | Idéllo (idello.org 
  4. Whatever real-world scenarios you come up with to incorporate using the play money!

Instructions

  • Give each learner a copy of the play money printout. For a single-sided printout, fold along the edge of each bank note. Glue or tape the front and back sides together.
  • Explore the Ma Monnaie video series, which seeks to access your learners’ prior knowledge of Canadian coins and bills.
  • Have learners practice identifying the money, prices and showing correct amounts with their play money in French as you explore the different videos.
  • Try integrating digital interactive games with wordwall actvities! The games can be shared whole class from projector, or individually via a link in Teams or a QR code.
  • Co-create role real-world play scenarios with learners to use your play money in, such as running a market or business.

Scenarios: 

Looking for ideas for real world scenarios and tasks to empower your students to use the target language in meaningful ways while developing financial skills and awareness? Co-construct with your learners or/and try using Artificial Intelligence to help generate some unique ideas based on your learning objectives!

Ideas:

  1. Budgeting Exercise:
    • Task: Students plan a simple weekly budget for imaginary characters, making decisions about spending on groceries, transportation, and leisure activities. They present their budgets to the class, discussing choices and justifying expenditures.
  2. Shopping Scenarios:
    • Task: Students engage in role-playing scenarios where they go shopping for everyday items. They practice asking about prices, making purchases, and understanding discounts. Emphasize vocabulary related to currencies, numbers, and basic transactional language.
  3. Comparing Prices:
    • Task: Provide students with advertisements or online shopping websites featuring various products. In pairs, students compare prices, discuss the best deals, and make recommendations to each other. This task reinforces number comprehension and comparison vocabulary.
  4. Grocery Shopping List and Prices:
    • Task: Students create a grocery shopping list with items and their prices. They then exchange lists with a partner, who must “shop” for the items within a budget. This activity reinforces vocabulary related to food, numbers, and budgeting.
  5. Financial Role-Play:
    • Task: Students participate in role-playing situations such as negotiating prices at a market, discussing expenses with a roommate, or resolving a financial disagreement. This activity encourages creativity, conversation, and the application of financial language in various contexts.

Extension ideas (optional)

  • Lead a discussion about the imagery on the bills. What do you think the different images and symbols represent?
  • Print the money single-sided and come up with your own designs for the blank side. You may want to decide on a theme or subject together. For example, most of these bank notes are from the Frontiers Series that explores the theme of innovation and achievement.
  • Try aligning your learning objectives with the CEFR continuum and share these with your learners. Encourage learners to demonstrate evidence of their language abilities in their myBlueprint portfolio.
  • Try using a mur thématique (template attached) to support the ongoing language learning associated with the activities and scenarios where you are using the play money!
  • Looking for more? Idello (online platform accessible to NB educators) has a wealth of financial literacy FSL resources for you to explore – Littératie financière | Idéllo (idello.org)

Reflection Activity 

See attachment for reflection tools and ideas for FSL learners.

Global Competencies

What We Teach: Being and Becoming Globally Competent – NB Curriculum Framework

CM, CTPS, SASM

Attachments

Mur thématique template

Printable play money from bank of canada museum 

Acknowledgements

Bank of Canada Museum: Bank of Canada Museum

IDÉLLO.org https://www.idello.org/en/002335508/ma-monnaie

 

Downloads 

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