Next Dollar Up work box

If you teach special education you should be familiar with the "next dollar" method, or "dollar over" strategy. If not, well you should. :) Basically, the student looks at the number before the decimal point, counts out those dollars and then adds one more dollar for the change.

Here is a work box that I use with my students for independent practice with the dollar over strategy (I got this wonderful idea from my mentor teacher!).
Dollar Over - Special Education task box
 All the materials needed are in this box. (index cards with dollar amounts, paper clips, prompt, and dollars)

Next Dollar Up - Special Education Money Math tasks
 So the student takes the card and counts the amount of dollars and "adds one for the change."

Dollar Over - Special Education work box 
Then the student slides all the dollars under the paper clip on the index card so that I can check them when they are done!

Looking for more next dollar resources? Check out these Next Dollar Up task cards and these Next Dollar worksheets.


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  1. Kimberly SminkeyApril 19, 2012 at 8:06 PM

    This is a great idea! I'd love to hear any other activies you might know of that are good for children with special needs. My daughter has such a hard time with money even though she is almost 16. I have a hard time with trying to figure out new ways of working with her, I end up getting too hung up on the details, like the change above.

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    1. Brie HoltropApril 19, 2012 at 8:35 PM

      Thanks! I'll try to do some more posts...I'll have to look around my classroom to remind me what I do :)

      With many of my students, I focus on simply knowing that when they pay with a bill larger than the total, they need to wait for change back. I figure it really isn't necessary for them to be able to know exact change - how often do adults pay with exact change anyway!

      Also, I know the transition students at my school deal a lot with gift cards / debit cards. This way the students are able to pay independently, and just need to be aware of the amount on the card and how much they will be spending.

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  2. UnknownNovember 18, 2018 at 9:58 AM

    Just in case anyone follows this in the future, I found this!
    https://www.amazon.com/Learn-Climb-Play-Money-Kids/dp/B07GXZ4XDM/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1542556623&sr=1-2-spons&keywords=real+money&psc=1

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