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Money: Demonstrating Coin Value up to $1.00
Students examine coin values up to $1.00 using paper coins. For this coin value lesson, students compare and contrast various coins to aid in identification, sort coins from smallest to largest, and match an equal number of pennies to...
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Making Change
Students investigate how to make change when purchasing items. In this making change lesson plan, students examine a scenario to calculate the correct change. Students play Bingo based on information and calculations to determine the...
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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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Buckets of Bucks for World Hunger
Learners participate in a nonprofit organization activity for hunger outreach problems. In this service project lesson plan, students practice counting coins, complete a service project for a hunger outreach, discuss nutrition and...
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Give Me the Money
Young scholars 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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Scoot for Money
Students rotate through a group of centers counting the coins that are in a cup placed at each spot. After completing the entire circuit, papers are graded as a whole class and each student gets to spend the money in their cup at a class...
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Money: Count Pennies, Save a Dollar
Students determine how to make the largest sum of money using the least amount of coins. In this mixed currency lesson, students listen to a reading of If You Made a Million by David M. Schwartz before participating in money counting...
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Ice Cream Treat Math
In this counting money worksheet, students read 2 scenarios and respond to 4 questions pertaining to counting money and making change.
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Pizza Treat Math
In this counting money learning exercise, students read a scenario and respond to 3 questions pertaining to counting money and making change.
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Money Makes the Fair-Go-Round
Young scholars explore the value of money. In this money lesson, students investigating combining amounts of money and making change. Young scholars count sets of money and make fair trades. Resources are provided.
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Pocket Change
Students 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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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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"Money In My Pocket"
Second graders assess a brief history of money, the use of money, working with money as well as adding and subtracting with money and how to spend money wisely with responsibility. In addition, they discuss how everything belongs to God...
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Summertopia
What if the unit of money changes tomorrow? Would you be prepared? Learners calculate currency conversions using fictional units of money. The fictional unit's base is 60 rather than 100, which can connect to time or even degrees.
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Counting Change
In this counting change worksheet, pupils practice calculating the change after purchasing an item four times. Students draw the coins for the change.
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Money Matters
In this money matters worksheet, students match the pictures of the coins to appropriate piggy banks mark with money amounts.
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Let's Go Value Shopping
Students count, figure change, and find the value of saving in a classroom store.
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Learn to Earn When you Tend to Spend
Analyzing and understanding word problems is extremely important. Pupils learn that in money problems, earn usually means you add and spend usually means you subtract. They will solve a series of money-related word problems, label coins,...
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Iditarod
In this Iditarod worksheet, students complete word problems about fractions, money, and more, based on the Iditarod race. Students complete 10 problems.
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Pocketful of Change
In this math problem solving activity, students examine 4 price tags and mark the number of dimes and pennies needed to pay for each item. Students also respond to 1 math word problem.
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Counting and Making Change
In this mathematics instructional activity, students solve various counting and money problems. They identify the quarter, dime, nickel, and penny, and how much each is worth. Students also add up the totals for various combinations of...
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Shop with Us at Whelan School
Third graders use their math and research skills to create and manage a classroom/school store. They use a computer to manage, organize and access information. They practice pricing products, computing sales, counting money and making...
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Teaching Money
Students identify coin/money values, write amounts of money and calculate change. The poem, "Smart" by Shel Silverstein is used in this lesson.
Illustrative Mathematics
Currency Exchange
Take your class on a North American adventure with a currency conversion problem. Pupils are asked to change US dollars into Canadian dollars and then to Mexican pesos. The commentary includes two solutions, converting by unit rates and...