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Nickel/Penny Grab

For Teachers 1st
First graders examine the coins nickels and pennies. In this math lesson, 1st graders compare the value of the two sets of coins and determine their value. Additionally, students explore counting sets of coins that have pennies and...
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What's All this Money Madness?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine the value of money. In this money instructional activity, 2nd graders read the book Money Madness by David A. Alder and watch Brain Pop Jr. videos. Students discuss why we need money and how people earn money....
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Shopping for Candy

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore counting money. In this money counting and gingerbread house construction instructional activity, students use a calculator to determine how much and what type of candy they can buy given 25 cents.  Students construct...
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Money

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students practice counting money.  In this counting and comparing money lesson, students review the value of coins and use play money to count out five dollars.  Students complete a worksheet to determine what items they could buy...
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Money

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students count money using only coins.  In this money lesson, students read Bennies Pennies, practice counting the pennies in the story and are then introduces to the different coins, penny, nickel, dime and quarter.  Students use...
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Counting Money

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students learn how to count money.  In this money lesson, students review the names and values for each coin.  Students learn how to count bills and coins and how to write amounts of money.  Students complete web activities including a...
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Lesson Four - Making Change

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students practice making change. In this money lesson, students complete worksheets in which they find the amount of change they would receive from a dollar bill amount. Students go online and play games on this same concept. 
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Smart- Counting Coins

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students discover the name and value of coins. In this counting money lesson, students identify heads and tails of coins and the value of each coin. Students visit websites and play games. Students then write a poem about money.
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Counting Change

For Students 4th - 5th
In this counting change instructional activity, students read information about making and counting change. Students then solve 4 problems that require them to draw coins for the correct amount of change in different buying situations. 
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Watermelon - A Slice of Fun

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this multiple math skills about watermelons worksheet, students solve most and least word problems, subtract to solve a cod and find the answer to a question, count coins, and graph types of watermelons. Students solve 28 problems. 
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It's On Sale

For Teachers 1st
First graders read the book The Great Pet Sale to learn about economics and advertisements. In this economics lesson plan, 1st graders read the book The Great Pet Sale and define related vocabulary words. Students compare prices to find...
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Savings Accounts and Interest

For Teachers 1st
First graders study money, banks, and getting interest on money. In this consumer math lesson, 1st graders listen to Stan and Jan Berenstain's, Berenstain Bears' Trouble With Money. They use the concepts in the book to discuss...
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Battle of "The Cents"

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young scholars explore money. In this counting money lesson, students play a card game using the rules of "War." Young scholars turn over cards, determine the money value represented, and the student with the highest value keeps the cards.
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Making Choices

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore financial decision making. In this introductory economics lesson plan, 2nd graders listen to the book Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst, and discuss making financial choices based on...
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Shopping

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars demonstrate how to count money through a simulated shopping experience. In this consumer math lesson, students read the book Just Shopping With Mom and count play money to illustrate how much the items in the book cost.
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Counting Money

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this counting money worksheet, students recognize coins and their values. Students are given several coins in each of the ten problems and are to determine the value of each set of coins.
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Making Money Amounts

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this recognizing ways to make the given amounts of money worksheet, students read the total amounts of change and fill in the columns telling the numbers of pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters needed. Students solve 10 problems.
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Count On It!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students investigate money. In this consumer math lesson plan, students use coins, identify their value, then group them in various ways to equal a dollar.
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Math Challenge

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this counting money worksheet, students practice counting coins. Students are given five sets of coins that they are to count and determine the amount of money pictured.
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Money Math Challenge 3

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this finding the total amounts worksheet, students add the values of pennies, nickels, and dimes to determine the total amounts of the various combinations. Students solve 6 problems.
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Math Challenge 5

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this finding the total value of coins worksheet, learners count combinations of pennies, nickels, and dimes to determine the total amounts. Students solve 6 problems.
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Add Money

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this counting money practice worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems that require them to add money.
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Add Money Amounts

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this adding money amounts practice instructional activity, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems that require them to add money.
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One Dollar

For Students 1st - 4th
In this money practice worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems that involve sums of 1 dollar.