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University of Houston

University of Houston: Mathematics Lessons: Counting on Coins

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This lesson plan for coin identification is aimed at Kindergarten and First Grade. Lots of activities, suggestions and other resources are also available.
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Can Teach

Can Teach: Pennies a Little Goes a Long Way Game

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
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.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Smart Math and Writing

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
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...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G Srt, G Mg Coins in a Circular Pattern

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
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...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Fractions of Time and Money

For Teachers 2nd Standards
People talk about quarters of the hour, or quarters in a dollar. This lesson lets students in on what that means.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Writing for Math Class: Follow the Path of Five Dollars

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
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...
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PBS

Pbs Mathline Lesson Plan: Money Counts [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
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....
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Changes in Change

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
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...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Recognizing the Penny

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
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.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Math + Arts: Jack & the Giants and the Math Challenge

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
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.
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Other

Nearpod: Making Change

For Teachers 2nd
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.
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University of Texas at Austin

Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Math Bargains

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Students use real coins to explore and solve problems involving the purchase of items.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 6.rp Currency Exchange

For Teachers 5th - 7th
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...
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PBS

Pbs Kids Afterschool Adventure!: Operation: Lights, Camera, Action Activity Plan

For Students 1st - 3rd
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...
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Other

The Actuarial Foundation: Math Academy: Dining Out [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
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.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Million Dollar Giveaway [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Making Change

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Second graders count by 5s, 10s and 25s to add money amounts and make change.
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Better Lesson: Adding and Subtracting With Decimals

For Teachers 6th Standards
Sixth graders fluently add and subtract money with decimals using the standard algorithm.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 2.md Susan's Choice

For Teachers 2nd
In this lesson plan students count the money and use symbols correctly to solve the word problem.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Pat Brisson's Benny's Pennies

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learners will listen to the book Benny's Pennies and demonstrate their ability to count pennies, understand proper sequence and rewrite a story.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: It Is About Time

For Teachers 2nd Standards
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.
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University of Missouri

Wise Pockets: Personal Finance Lesson Plans, Grades 3 6

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
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,...
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Other

Pbs: Grocery Store, Making Change

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
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.
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Better Lesson: Cheerful Shoppers

For Teachers 2nd Standards
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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