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"Smart" by Shel Silverstein
Find out just how smart your young mathematicians are with this cross-curricular math and language arts lesson. After first reading Shel Silverstein's poem "Smart", students draw pictures of coins to model the different exchanges...
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How Much Money?
Sixth graders count money. In this money lesson, 6th graders count sets of coins and dollar bills. During specified activities, they total orders and calculate the amont of change a customer should receive. Students take turns...
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Ch-Ch-Ching Cafe: Play Restaurant Make Change
Fourth graders make change by participating in a role-play restaurant activity. In this making change lesson, 4th graders use their math skills to compare prices and compute bills in a role play restaurant activity.
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Money Counts
Fourth graders identify bills and coins to $20 bills and make equivalencies. They organize bills and coins in groups from greatest to least and least to greatest. Students count out change.
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We're In The Money
Learn about the history of money, as well as counterfeiting, budget vocabulary, and money management. Much of the lesson requires a Nova video; however, it also includes numerous worksheets that may be useful even without the video....
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Quarters and Dollars
Second graders determine value of quarters and dollars, solve real-life problems involving money, and compare values of sets of coins and bills.
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Money Talks Canadian Money
Students use newspapers, games and journal writing activities to examine the importance of money and the role it plays in daily life. They complete several math problems, fill out worksheets and practice changing varying amounts.
Mathed Up!
Money Problems
Mo' money, mo' problems! But don't worry, here is an assessment that proves to young mathematicians that they can solve actual money problems. The resource includes 11 money problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and...
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Right on the Money
Learners are introduced to coins and bills in American currency. After watching a video, they practice making the same amount of money out of different combinations of coins and bills. Using the internet, they discover how much each...
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Compare And Select Picture That Shows More Money.
In this money instructional activity, 2nd graders compare and select the picture that shows more money in 4 problems. There are a mixture of coins and bills.
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Characteristics and Functions of Money
Fourth graders discuss the function and characteristics of money. In this financial education lesson plan, 4th graders read the book The Go-Around Dollar by Johnston Adams. This book sparks a conversation on how money is used and the...
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Making Change
Second graders explore how to incorporate a new type of technology, the cash register and/or a calculator, as a motivational tool for solving real life problems. They practice estimating money and counting back change from $20.00.
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Counting Money Worksheet
In this math worksheet, students analyze photographs of paper bills and coins. Students count the money in each of the 10 problems and write the total on the line.
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Teaching Money
Students identify the coins and bills used in the United States. They write the amounts of each bill and coin and practicing counting different amounts. They follow a demonstration about how to count money as well.
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Give Me the Money
Students view a money transaction on video and identify the steps involved in making a purchase and calculating change. They write out original money math problems and exchange them with classmates.
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Addition With Coins and Dollar Bills
For this coins and bills worksheet, 2nd graders solve 5 addition problems using coins and bills instead of numbers. Students write their answers up to $5.00 on the lines provided.
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Musical Money
Third graders participate in the game Musical Money. The game Musical Money is fashioned after the game Musical Chairs, but students count money using a time limit.
Illustrative Mathematics
Ten $10s Make $100
If ten $10s make $100, then how much money do twenty $10s make? Young bankers find the number of bills required to make base ten amounts in three different word problems.
Arcademics
Dolphin Feed
Gather money with porpoise. Individuals click on a combination of coins and bills to match the displayed amount of money. Each collection feeds a dolphin, and the player that gathers the most correct amounts wins the online game.
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Combining Coins to Make Equal Monetary Amounts
Third graders determine how to make equivalent amounts of money using different sets of coins. In this money lesson, 3rd graders review money vocabulary and coin values before determining how to count bills and coins in different sets to...
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Coins to Bills!
Students practice using money at a grocery store. For this money lesson, students get familiar with grocery store ads and work in pairs to use these ads to select food items to purchase using money manipulatives. Students practice being...
Visa
What is Money?
Students identify the names of coins and grasp their relative values in terms of purchasing power. They engage in activities and games that help them acquire this knowledge.
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Counting Change
In this counting change worksheet, students practice calculating the change after purchasing an item four times. Students draw the coins for the change.
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First Grade Math: 1-3
In this first grade math review worksheet, 1st graders answer multiple choice questions about symmetry, money, measurement, time, and more. Students complete 25 questions.