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The Money of Great Britain

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young scholars complete a KWL chart about money including what they would like to learn about the currency of Great Britain. For this British currency lesson, students read a text about this topic and view both American and British...
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Count Coins and Bills

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students study the names and values of different denominations of paper money, count sets of money that include both coins and bills. They complete a money chart, read and solve word problems.
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Making Good Money Choices

For Teachers K - 4th
Student explore an economic-decision making model to decide where to donate money they have collected. In this philanthropic money lesson, students develop a plan for raising money and then decide how to best spend it for the most...
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Internet Field Trip on Fractions and Geometry

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students take an Internet field trip to research fractions. ESOL strategies include using pattern block manipulatives and pairing ESOL and non-ESOL students on computers.
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The Quarter Fold

For Teachers K - 3rd Standards
Little ones identify the US quarter and explore the concept of one-fourth or one-quarter. Using real coins or coin manipulatives, they divide a square piece of paper into quarters, discuss halves and quarters, and create a design that...
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Pocket Change

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners practice identifying coins and their values. In this money identification lesson, students play a game, where they toll a coin, determine the value, and compare totals to win.
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Deena's Lucky Penny

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars discover the coin denominations of U.S. Currency.  In this money lesson, students read the book Deena's Lucky Penny, then complete a coin matching activity using the Internet.  Young scholars also read Shel...
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Teaching Students About Money

For Teachers K - 3rd
Classroom activities can teach young students the value of money.
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How Much Do We Save?

For Teachers K - 5th
Students use coupons to save. In this saving lesson students practice their addition, multiplication and estimating skills with dollars and cents. They investigate grocery coupons and look for ways to save money.
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Math & Science

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students are introduced to techniques to help with with math and science. In groups, they use a worksheet to discover how to count money. As a class, they watch a PowerPoint to define terms associated with science. To end the lesson,...
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Right on the Money

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students watch a video about different ways of making the same amounts of money and view a clip about the Denver Mint to discover how coins are made. They complete a Web activity on each coin's worth and find out facts about the penny.
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Econ in a Bag

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Here is a nice idea, have your young entrepeneurs form their own companies. Each company is given a paper bad to locate and place resources in that they can use to create products their businesses sell on Sale Day. They identify and...
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2002 State Flower Show

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Here is another State Quarter lesson. This one uses the Mississippi State Quarter. Pupils utilize beautifully-designed worksheets embedded in the plan, to practice calculating which combinations of flowers they can afford to buy. They...
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How to Achieve Your Financial Goals

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore economics by creating a budget. In this financial goal setting lesson, students investigate their use of time by completing a worksheet. Students identify financial goals they would like to achieve in the next several...
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Working With Coins

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students arrange coins based on their value.  For this coins lesson, students trace and record the value of each coin.  Students count up to find the total value of all the coins.
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Value of Money

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine a collection of coins to discover their value. In this value of money lesson, 2nd graders identify the amount of money represented by each coin. Students use a worksheet to complete story problems involving...
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Vocabulary Lesson: Money

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this mathematical vocabulary worksheet, students read the definitions of 15 monetary terms. There are no questions included on this worksheet.
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Introducing money (Elementary, Mathematics)

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students study the penny, nickel, dime and quarter, one each day for four days, using a magnifying glass to identify the similarities. Then students discuss differences and value and learn a 'rap' to memorize values.
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Thiebaud Cake Math: Elementary

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore the American artist Wayne Thiebaud. They practice addition, subtraction, fractions, money problems, and classification problems by carefully examining his painting entitled Cakes. They create a bold cake painting.
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Coin Carnival

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students investigate the value of coins. In this coin value lesson, students read The Penny Pot by Stuart Murphy. Students expand on skills learned in the book and engage in activities to determine the value of a mixed set of coins while...
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The Price Is Right - TV Game Show

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners play variation of TV game show "The Price is Right" to identify coins and their values.
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Shopping for Candy

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

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
Students make a prediction about how 100 pennies sort by decade or year and then test their predictions. They organize their data using a graph that is imbedded in this activity.
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Battle of "The Cents"

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