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Coin Lab
In this experimental design instructional activity, students experiment with three coins, a dropper and water. They determine how many drops of water they can put on each coin. They answer questions about their experiment and they design...
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Value Of Money
Students read the book "Alexander, Who Used To Be Rich Last Sunday," along with their teacher and take away coins as they follow along with the story. In this money and counting lesson, students get meaningful practice in the art of...
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Mixing Coins
Young scholars explore mixed (different denomination) coin sets and create different total amounts.
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For Sale!
Learners review same type (denomination) coin sets, and build same type coin sets equaling fifty cents.
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Saving Makes Cents
Students identify ways families save money. For this financial lesson, students read the book A Chair for My Mother and discuss ways to save money. Students identify coin values and practice counting money.
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Coins
Second graders observe and demonstrate how to count the value of assorted coins. They discuss a story from their Math Storybook, and as a class solve a variety of problems using activity sheets. Students then independently complete a...
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Working With Coins
Students arrange coins based on their value. In this coins lesson plan, 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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Making $ents
Second graders complete several activities that give them opportunities to practice and model strategies that help them count money. They read The Penny Pot storybook; they play a trading game with various coins. They participate in a...
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Money Matters
Students practice spending money by completing math word sentences. In this economics lesson, students utilize problem solving strategies to complete word problems written on the board involving making purchases with money. Students...
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Money Matters
Students count, record, and calculate money. They save, as well as to explain the value of jobs and working hard.
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Is the Price Right?
Students listen to the book, Arthur's Funny Money, then play The Price is Right game to estimate and to chart the price of items to the nearest $1.00 and $10.00. They check their estimates by counting out the actual amount in play money.
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The Price is Right, So Let's Make Change
Young scholars estimate, calculate, and count back the amount of change needed from purchases made during small group activities.
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Lesson Four - Making Change
Students practice making change. For 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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Math/Technology: Coin Combos
Second graders identify coin combinations needed to purchase items under a dollar. Using Kidspiration, they demonstrate three ways to purchase a pizza slice for 96 cents and choose an item which cost less than a dollar for other to...
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Math Maven's Mysteries
For this story problems worksheet, students read the story problem of 'The Case of Daryl the Dirty Dealer.' Students then determine how much money Daryl should return to his little sister.
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Coins Values
In this early childhood problem solving worksheet, students read 6 statements and then identify the coin that matches the information provided in each statement.
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Money
Students use play coins to solve problems. They imagine that someone handed them two coins. One is a quater and one is a dime. Students are asked by feeling the shapes of the coins, how could they tell which one was the quater? They are...
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Are You Money Smart?
Learners figure out and discuss the irony of this coin-centric poem. They also practice persuasive letter writing, and identify and count coin/money values.
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Matching Pairs
Learners take turns matching the appropriate shapes (listing coin values) to those with numerical values listed on them. When students are successful, they win a blank shape for their collection.
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Flip a Coin
Students are introduced to the concept of probability. In groups, they make a prediction about how many times a coin might show heads or tails when flipped. They carry out the experiment and record their results to compare it to their...
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Money and Coins
For this coins worksheet, students review and count four different types of coins: penny, dime, nickel and quarter. Students view the word name, cent number and actual dollar sign for each denomination.
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Saving Money
After listening to the wonderful book, A Chair for my Mother, young mathematicians engage in an awesome instructional activity about coins and the value of saving money. The instructional activity is done in a classic style - everything...
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Barter vs. Money
First graders listen to the book, Sheep in a Shop, that leads them to think about making financial decisions, trading, and the barter system. After the book is read aloud, a discussion ensues about some of the things that the sheep...
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Stamping Coins
Learners demonstrate that they can use a variety of coin combinations to make a single amount. They study all the ways to make 50 cents using coins using different coins.