Integrate math, science, and speaking/listening with a collaborative hands-on activity. Each group works with a single penny, examining it with the naked eye and recording observations. Repeat using magnifying glasses. Then repeat with a...

Second graders count up coins of money that add up to one dollar. In this money lesson plan, 2nd graders also spend money and keep track of how much they have spent.

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.

Students identify ways in which the principles and subject matter of other disciplines taught in school, specifically math, are interrelated with those of music.

Young scholars determine how to make the largest sum of money using the least amount of coins. In this mixed currency instructional activity, students listen to a reading of If You Made a Million by David M. Schwartz before participating...

Here is another in the interesting series of lessons that uses money as a learning tool. This one is especially clever! During the lesson, pupils pretend they are eating at "George's Place" diner. Small groups are given one bag of play...

Play with money! There are 10 word problems given; can your learners count the money in each and provide the correct answer? If possible, consider providing change for each learner to physically work out the answer. 

Learners become familiar with the various coins in our money system as well as amount of each coin. They help develop their ability to count change and find different ways to show equal amounts.

Help your kids develop strategies for counting. In this base-ten lesson, learners use matching cards, base 10 blocks, and dry erase markers and boards to examine the base 10 counting system.

Students count money using only coins.  In this money activity, students read Bennies Pennies, practice counting the pennies in the story and are then introduces to the different coins, penny, nickel, dime and quarter. ...

Students learn how to count money.  In this money lesson, students review the names and values for each coin.  Students learn how to count bills and coins and how to write amounts of money.  Students complete web...

In this counting up worksheet, students learn strategies to help them solve problems involving change. Students study a number grid and number line to help them count up to make change.

Here is a fantastic lesson counting coins, interpreting graphs, and the concept of "greater than" and "less than." Young mathematicians utilize worksheets embedded in the plan in order to practice these concepts. The worksheets are...

In whole group practice, children count together and identify how many objects are drawn on butcher paper, increasing the number when they have achieved fluency. In pairs, they count manipulatives. They then copy series of numbers from...

Students explore counting money. In this money counting and gingerbread house construction lesson, students use a calculator to determine how much and what type of candy they can buy given 25 cents.  Students construct gingerbread...

Students are introduced to coins and bills in American currency. After watching a video, they practice making the same amount of money out of different combinations of coins and bills. Using the internet, they discover how much each...

Students evaluate various approaches to spending money.In this spending money literacy lesson, students broaden their financial goals by reading "Alexander Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday" and "A Chair for My Mother."Students use a Venn...

Students read a story about spending and saving money and talk about the difference between goods and services. In this money lesson plan, students also play a matching game to review the story and practice rhyming words from the story.

Students discover the importance of exchanging money in a market. In this economics lesson, students discover natural resources and how one can barter with those resources. In addition, students complete worksheets and discover the...

Young learners will view a math adventures video and practice math concepts.  Afterwards they will navigate through Internet sites to participate in teacher selected math adventures. This guide walks you through integrating...

Students investigate money. In this consumer math lesson, students use coins, identify their value, then group them in various ways to equal a dollar.

Second graders examine the value of money. In this money lesson, 2nd graders read the book Money Madness by David A. Alder and watch Brain Pop Jr. videos. Students discuss why we need money and how people earn money. Students each...

Students view a money transaction on video and identify the steps involved in making a purchase and calculating change. They write out original money math problems and exchange them with classmates.

Students practice counting money.  In this counting and comparing money lesson plan, students review the value of coins and use play money to count out five dollars.  Students complete a worksheet to determine what items they...