Performance Task- GRASPS

Grade Level: 1^st

Subject: Math

Topic: Money

Created by: M.S.

Goal- You will be given a bag of money, and you will go to the store and pick out 3 items that you would like to purchase with your money.

Role- You are a shopper. You will count out your money to buy the items you have picked out. The cashier may ask you to use only one kind of coin to make the amount. (For example, if an item is 20 cents, she may ask you to use only nickels.) You will meet a friend at the store, and he or she will ask you to make a fair trade with him/her.

Role- You are a shopper. You will count out your money to buy the items you have picked out. The cashier may ask you to use only one kind of coin to make the amount. (For example, if an item is 20 cents, she may ask you to use only nickels.) You will meet a friend at the store, and he or she will ask you to make a fair trade with him/her.

Situation- You are going to the store to buy 3 items. One will be for yourself. Another one will be for your mother, whose birthday is coming up soon. The third item will be for a person of your choice, maybe a brother or sister or a friend.

Product/Performance- On a sheet of paper, you will draw/write the 3 items that you bought at the store, as well as the prices of the items. Then, you will draw the coins that you used to purchase each item.

Then, you will write about making a fair trade with your friend. Tell how much money it was, what combination of coins you used, and why you knew it was a fair trade.

Standard/Criteria for Success- See attached rubric.

Rubric: Money Unit- 1^st grade

Identify, draw, and name the values of all 4 coins	I know all 4 coins!	I know 2-3 coins.	I know 0-1 coins.
Counting coins of the same kind (only pennies, only nickels, or only dimes)	I can count pennies, nickels, and dimes!	I can count 2 kinds of coins.	I can count 0-1 kind of coins.
Counting combinations of coins	I can count coins all of the time (or almost all of the time)!	I can count coins correctly some of the time.	I am still learning how to count coins.
Fair trades	I know what a fair trade is, and I can count out money to make a fair trade!	I know what a fair trade is, but I am still learning how to count the money to make a fair trade.	I am still learning what a fair trade is and how to make a fair trade.
Written Response	I wrote about all parts of my fair trade with my friend: How much money it was, what coins I used, and how I knew it was a fair trade.	I wrote about my fair trade, but I left some parts out.	I did not write about my fair trade.

Total number of stars= ______