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Ben Franklin Timeline

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Celebrate inventions such as lightning rods, bifocals, and stoves with a Ben Franklin Day. Young historians conduct research and write a paragraph about an accomplishment of Benjamin Franklin including an illustration...
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What is an Initial Public Offering (IPO)?

For Teachers K - 12th
Students learn the difference between primary and secondary stock markets. Obviously, students explain that it is difficult, if not impossible, for individuals to get shares of an IPO at the offering price.
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Making Cents

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students play a game in which they create monetary amounts using different coin combinations.
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Spending Spree

For Teachers K - 4th
Students collect objects to use in a classroom store. In groups, they must place a value on each object and take turns spending their fake dollar in the store. They predict how much they can buy and use addition and subtraction to...
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A Mountain of Myths

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners examine myths and the reverse of the Colorado quarter. They define myth, view and discuss a transparency of the Colorado Quarter Reverse, and create a myth to explain the formation of a landform in Colorado.
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Letters from the Road

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students examine and differentiate between rural, urban, and suburban communities. They describe their local areas, view and discuss the images on the West Virginia Quarter, and write a friendly letter describing a camping trip.
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Discovery, Ship to Shuttle

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students define the meaning of discovery, and view and discuss the images on the Florida Quarter. They read about Ponce de Leon and the space shuttle, and complete a chronological order activity.
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Penny Counting

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this penny counting worksheet, students solve 4 story problems in which three digit numbers are added or subtracted. All problems pertain to pennies; there will be regrouping.
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Do You Have a Coin Collection?

For Teachers K - 4th
Learners create a graph showing which students in the class collect coins.
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Read-a-thon

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students gain an appreciation for books. They track and calculate the amount of money collected in a classroom or school-wide read-a-thon. The lesson encourages students to become better readers with the end result being an increase in...
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You Can Bank on Me!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify reasons people choose to donate. In this donating lesson plan, students contrast the words spend, save, and donate. Students learn a song about donating, brainstorm reasons to give, and make sound choices with their money.
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Do You Like to Spend or Save?

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students, after briefly discussing spending and saving habits, take a poll to see how their peers like to manage money. Then students graph their findings and discuss the survey results.
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Odd Is In

For Teachers K - 5th
Pupils play a game with coins and then use reasoning skills to develop a strategy for winning the game.
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Service Auction

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students work together to raise money for a community service program by auctioning their services. They brainstorm a list of services that they can provide to parents and other members of the school community.
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Word Problem: How Much More?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders solve a subtraction word problem. In this subtraction instructional activity, 2nd graders solve a word problem asking "How much more?" by using the relationship between subtraction and addition.
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Kindness Certificate

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students demonstrate that gifts don't need to be bought. In this philanthropy lesson, students list types of gifts and create homemade gifts for family and friends from various materials.
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Job Jar

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Students choose a chore from the Job Jar. In this art lesson students select a folded piece of paper from the Job Jar. A monetary value is attached to the job as well. When the job is completed it is recorded on a chore chart.
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Through the Years

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read "The Hundred Penny Box" by Sharon Bell Mathis. They collect pennies and pictures for each year they have been alive. They use software and their scanned photographs to design an autobiography.
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BUGS-INSECTS

For Teachers K - 5th
Students participate in a theme study while teaching primary students basic skills according to Individual Education Plan (IEP) goals in Reading, Math, and Writing. The lesson is concerned primarily with the concept of insects.
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Getting Better at Guessing

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars, in groups, examine a jar of coins to make both 'guesstimates' and estimates. They compare different estimations and complete a journal entry to summarize their findings.
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The Flat Stanley Project

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners read the book Flat Stanley. In this environmental stewardship lesson, students participate in earth-friendly activities based upon the book. This lesson includes ideas such as using recycled paper to make a "paper pal."
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Day eight: Participating in a community service project

For Teachers K - 12th
Students participate in a community service project. In this ELL lesson plan, students complete a project while the teacher takes photos. The students use these photos in a bulletin board. 
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Addition - Counting On

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders solve addition problems without using a calculator. In this addition instructional activity, 2nd graders solve addition problems by "counting on." Students are taught this specific strategy and given the opportunity to...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Madeline’s Rescue

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore language arts by reading a children's book in class. In this story vocabulary lesson, students read the book Madeline's Rescue and identify the use of specific vocabulary words. Students define vocabulary terms and...

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