University of Houston
University of Houston: Mathematics Lessons: Counting on Coins
This lesson plan for coin identification is aimed at Kindergarten and First Grade. Lots of activities, suggestions and other resources are also available.
Can Teach
Can Teach: Pennies a Little Goes a Long Way Game
Use this fun learning game in your classroom to help students understand the value of money. Groups of students will be exchanging pennies for other types of coins.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Smart Math and Writing
In this lesson, the poem "Smart" from Where the Sidewalk Ends, by Shel Silverstein, is used as the mentor text. Students will write a map of the poem and then analyze it to discover what happened when trades with money were made and...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: G Srt, G Mg Coins in a Circular Pattern
In this task, students investigate how many coins will fit around a central coin when they are all of the same denomination, and if there is room left over. The teacher is given a chart of four coin denominations and their diameters, but...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Fractions of Time and Money
People talk about quarters of the hour, or quarters in a dollar. This lesson lets students in on what that means.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Writing for Math Class: Follow the Path of Five Dollars
In this lesson plan, Pat Brisson's book Benny's Pennies is used as a mentor text. Students will discover ways to spend money that meets specific criteria. Students must explain their process for their spending choices, and then they must...
PBS
Pbs Mathline Lesson Plan: Money Counts [Pdf]
This PBS lesson plan features an assortment of interactive learning activities on number sense and computation that conform to NCTM standards. You get a list of materials, activity worksheets, related resources, and extension activities....
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Changes in Change
This instructional activity begins with students visiting one web resource that gives them practice in counting money. The second resource goes one step further in that students are given opportunities to make change for make-believe...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Recognizing the Penny
As an introduction to a unit on money, students will work with teacher to recognize the penny and its value. Then students will go shopping at the classroom store to practice counting pennies.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Math + Arts: Jack & the Giants and the Math Challenge
For this lesson, students create and solve a word problem related to counting money, develop a script for a short scene, and perform it using the elements of performance. Teacher resources are provided.
Other
Nearpod: Making Change
In this lesson on making change, 2nd graders learn key vocabulary, explore skip counting on number lines, and apply their learning to a real-world scenario.
University of Texas at Austin
Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Math Bargains
Students use real coins to explore and solve problems involving the purchase of items.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.rp Currency Exchange
Students use ratio and rate to answer this performance task: Joe was planning a business trip to Canada, so he went to the bank to exchange $200 U.S. dollars for Canadian dollars (at a rate of $1.02 CDN per $1 US). On the way home from...
PBS
Pbs Kids Afterschool Adventure!: Operation: Lights, Camera, Action Activity Plan
Let's take it from the top! This week's adventure, Operation: Lights, Camera, Action!, takes children to a movie set where they work behind-the-scenes and explore different kinds of jobs such as production assistant (keeps track of the...
Other
The Actuarial Foundation: Math Academy: Dining Out [Pdf]
Students will understand and apply concepts of fractions, decimals and percents to count money, make change, figure tax/tips and participate in other restaurant-related activities.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Million Dollar Giveaway [Pdf]
The lesson plan has young scholars apply measurement skills to determine the capacity of a suitcase in dollar bills. Educators can download printable version of the lesson in pdf format.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Making Change
Second graders count by 5s, 10s and 25s to add money amounts and make change.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Adding and Subtracting With Decimals
Sixth graders fluently add and subtract money with decimals using the standard algorithm.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 2.md Susan's Choice
In this lesson plan students count the money and use symbols correctly to solve the word problem.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Pat Brisson's Benny's Pennies
Learners will listen to the book Benny's Pennies and demonstrate their ability to count pennies, understand proper sequence and rewrite a story.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: It Is About Time
Second graders worked on telling time to the hour and half hour earlier in the year. Now they will apply their understanding of counting by 5s to telling time to the five minute interval.
University of Missouri
Wise Pockets: Personal Finance Lesson Plans, Grades 3 6
The Wise Pockets World Schoolhouse presents a dozen lesson plans based on children's books and teaching money management. All include lesson descriptions, cross-curricular connections, instructional objectives, activity sheets,...
Other
Pbs: Grocery Store, Making Change
This grocery store lesson plan will help your students understand the process of making change with real-life examples. Try adapting this Ohio State Standard based lesson to your state standards.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Cheerful Shoppers
Second graders love to shop! Students will use their own shopping list to compose a word problem using addition and subtraction with and without regrouping, in order to help them better understand how to problem solve.
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