DISCOUNTS
(Toys)

Subject: Mathematics
Cross-curricular links: English language, Humans and their world
Target language: teddy bear, car, robot, Lego, doll, scooter atd.
Language structures: How much is the …?
Time: 15 minutes
Materials: flashcards/real objects, price tags

  • Place cards with pictures of toys/real objects around the classroom.
  • Give each toy a price tag with pre-discount price and say, e.g.: “Today the Teddy bear is €100.”; ask the students right back: “How much is the Teddy bear today?” Children answer either: “The Teddy bear is €100” or just: “€100”.
  • Follow the same pattern with all other toys, always sadly adding: “It’s very expensive. I can’t buy it.”
  • Now ask children to pretend to go to sleep: “Go to sleep, please." While they are sleeping, change the price tags, overwriting the original price with a new one that is lower.
  • It is a new day and you go to the toy shop again: ”Wake up and let’s go shopping."
  • Surprised, look at the prices and ask the students: "Oh, how much is the Teddy bear today? It’s €70! Great!" Continue asking: “What’s the discount?” To help them, you may write the whole problem on the blackboard: 100 – 70 = 30. Encourage children to call out the answer. If they do not know, answer for them to show them what you are going to ask them about the other toys.
  • Children form pairs or smaller groups and look for the toy with the biggest/smallest discount: “Please find a toy with the biggest discount/the smallest discount.”
  • Whoever finds the right toy becomes the winner.

Variation:

This activity may be extended by comparing the prices of toys (which is more/less expensive): “The Teddy bear is more than the red car.”


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