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How Much is that Name?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore money counting.  In this money problem solving lesson, students calculate how much money their name is "worth" using the corresponding alphabet letters which have been assigned a coin value.
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Our Town Store

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Students purchase items in their classroom store. In this money activity students create a classroom store. The students have a given amount of money and have to decide if they have enough to purchase the items that they would like to.
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Adding Pennies, Nickels and Dimes

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners add pennies, nickels and dimes and organize the coins to display a variety of price values from real life examples. They discuss the importance of money in the day-to-day world.
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Saving Makes Cents

For Teachers K - 2nd
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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Adding Two-digit Numbers Using Dimes and Pennies

For Teachers 1st
First graders study money. In this addition lesson, 1st graders count and add two-digit numbers using dimes and pennies.
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How Much for Your Name?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create different coin combinations for a single amount, practice counting, demonstrate their knowledge of the value of coins and demonstrate their knowledge of coin combinations.
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More Dimes

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this counting money worksheet, students count the money shown in a picture of assorted coins. Students write the correct amount, then determine how much money there will be if a specific number of dimes is added to that amount.
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Get Ready, Get Set, Squeeze!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore coin value and count coin combinations. In this money counting and social studies lesson, students read The Coin Counting Book by Rozanne Lanczak Williams and practice counting money and making change for a lemonade...
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Fashion Cents

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this using a math table instructional activity, students solve 2 problems in which a table is made to determine the total cost of designing lunch boxes and shirts.
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Cents Sense

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this counting money worksheet, students solve 4 problems in which students are matched with their labeled piggy banks. Students read the clues and match the banks to each person.
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Kermit the Hermit

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students consider money management. In this personal finances lesson, students read Kermit the Hermit and discuss what was done with the unexpected money that Kermit received. Students examine methods of saving money and...
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What Is the Amount?

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this counting money worksheet, students solve 8 problems in which picture symbols inside a robot's purse are decoded. Students count how much money is inside each purse. All sums are under one dollar.
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The Price is Right

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this coin worksheet, students circle the coins to show the price of each of the 4 objects on the page. The prices are all under one dollar.
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Counting Pennies

For Students Pre-K - 2nd
In this penny counting worksheet, students solve 4 basic subtraction questions using numbers between 1 and 10. They count how many pennies were in the piggy bank to start with. They then count how many pennies were left after the bear...
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File Card Bridges

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars make different variations of file card bridges and predict how much weight it will hold. For this file card bridges lesson plan, students put file cards between books in different ways and predict how many pennies it will...
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Adding Two-Digit Numbers Using Dimes and Pennies

For Teachers 1st
First graders examine regrouping when adding, by using dimes and pennies to borrow.  In this addition lesson, 1st graders work together as a whole group, working together with the teacher. 
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Subtraction with Calculators

For Teachers 1st
First graders demonstrate an understanding of subtracting one from a number of ten or less using manipulatives, work with calculators to solve subtraction problems, and create subtraction number sentences to solve on the calculator.
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Class Store

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore economics by participating in a group activity. For this commerce lesson, 1st graders conduct a role-playing activity in which they utilize goods and services to re-enact a general store's daily business. Students...
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Purchasing Power

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in a lemonade sale and record their sales in a journal. In this fundraising lesson, students donate money they have raised from a lemonade sale and make a plan for how the money should be spent.
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International Festival: France

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore French culture. In this cross-curriculum social studies lesson, students listen to Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans and identify words and landmarks associated with France. Students pronounce several phrases in French,...
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Teddy Bears Everywhere

For Teachers K - 4th
Students explore the history of teddy bears. In this comprehension lesson, students bring a bear of their own to compare and contrast with their classmates. Students read book and discuss the events and draw pictures of the scenes.
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Agriculture Counts

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students discuss the kinds of things they count and how to use tally marks. In this social science lesson, students count animal crackers by using tally marks for each kind of animal. The tally marks are changed into numbers and one...
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Investigation So What's The Difference?

For Teachers 1st
First graders investigate the differences between shapes.  In this block characteristics lesson, 1st graders work in groups to explore blocks, group the blocks by different characteristics, discuss the block attributes and record...
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Basic Equivalencies

For Teachers 1st
First graders manipulate plastic coins to show equivalencies between pennies and dimes and to show specific values using them. They practice independently to stamp different values a variety of ways.