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Expansion Learning

Expansion Learning: Math Activity: Counting Quarters and Dimes

For Students 3rd
Activity provides students the practice they need to master the skill of counting quarters and dimes. Immediate feedback is given.
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Activity
Expansion Learning

Expansion Learning: Math Activity: Counting Quarters

For Students 3rd
Activity provides students the practice they need to master the skill of counting quarters. Immediate feedback is given.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Count How Much Money You Have

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart makes a great center or an addition to your money lesson. Students work in pairs or groups. One student drags an amount of money out for their partner and the partner counts the total.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Counting Coins

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will identify coins and their value. Students will count change up to $1.00.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Money

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This interactive flipchart explores a penny, nickel, dime, and quarter. The flipchart will help students identify these basic coins and how much each coin is worth. There are assessment questions...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Show Me the Money

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart reviews values of coins and coin combinations.
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Website
US Mint

United States Mint: h.i.p. Pocket Change

For Students 9th - 10th
The H.I.P. Pocket Change (HPC) Web site was launched in July 1999 by the U.S. Mint. HPC is designed to be a fun, educational tool that generates interest in coins, the mint, and U.S. history. A constantly evolving site, HPC works to...
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Other

Teaching Heart: Money Poems

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Memorize these poems to help you remember which US coin is which, and how much each coin is worth. There are several fun poems for each coin.
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Activity
Other

Fayette County Public Schools Curriculum: Counting Money

For Students 1st - 4th Standards
This site has a review of current U.S. coin values.
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Lesson Plan
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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Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Coin Monkey

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This lesson focuses on coins and how to count them to make other coins: pennies, nickles, and quarters.
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Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Coin Box

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
An interactive game involving coins to learn basic money skills such as counting money, making change and identifying coins of different denominations
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Website
Purple Math

Purplemath: "Coin" Word Problems

For Students 9th - 10th
This site demonstrates how to solve 'coin' word problems, given relationships between the types of coins.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Coins Money

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This interactive flipchart explores money. Students learn to identify a penny, nickel, dime, and quarter. Students also learn the value of these coins. There are assessment questions included. The...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Practicing With Coins

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Count money to 50 cents using pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters.
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Unit Plan
AAA Math

Aaa Math: Value of Coins

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
Use this interactive game to match the value of a coin with the name of the coin. The game lets you know when you answer an item correctly. Scroll down to view the game.
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Unit Plan
AAA Math

Aaa Math: Change Due

For Students 3rd - 8th
This lesson explains what making change is, contains a game and other resources to help you practice this important skill.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Making Change

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart students will drag various coins and paper money to count up to make change. They will also solve real life situations to make change.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Making Fair Trades

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students make fair trades using pennies and nickels or pennies and dimes. They will also review coins and their names.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Let's Go Shopping

For Teachers K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart allows students to count change and dollars to pay for different items. Use this flipchart in addition to your lesson or as a center activity.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Lets Go Shopping With Change

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students count out coins to pay for different items and different ways you can write cents. There are various items and opportunities for students can practice shopping. This makes a great center activity.
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Activity
Expansion Learning

Expansion Learning: Math Activity: What Coin Is This?

For Students 3rd
Activity provides students the practice they need to master the skill of identifying coins. Immediate feedback is given.
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Activity
The Franklin Institute

Franklin Institute: Coin Identification

For Teachers K - 1st
Two very basic coin identification activities and a teacher lesson plan are available at this website. These activities may require an explanation before primary age students can use them.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Time for Change

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about $1 coins featuring different Presidents being minted in 2007. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.