In this making change worksheet, students complete a chart in which change is calculated after purchasing two toys with one dollar.

In this lower elementary activity, student count the number of pennies in each of 8 rows and place the answer on the blank at the end of the row.

In this addition of nickels worksheet, students add nickels in each of the addition problems. Students complete 4 problems total on this worksheet.

Give your class a fun St. Patrick's Day "brain booster." Keeping the holiday magic alive, your class will practice subtraction by determining how many clovers found had four leaves and how many coins out of the total "pot of gold" were...

In this matching activity, students draw lines to match the description of a shop and what it sells with the person who words there and sells the items. Students then count coins and match money with objects.

In this bingo worksheet, students cut out money cards that can be used as bingo cards. Students cut out 40 bingo cards with money amounts and pictures.

Learners practice sight word recognition using dolch word lists, or high frequency words. They' mastering of these words helps with reading skills, and builds reading confidence. This worksheet combines sight words with money recognition.

Students complete various small group activities to classify items and determine the types of combinations that can be made with these items. In the second lesson, students create menus for a restaurant to help them gain money sense and...

In this counting quarters worksheet, students solve 5 problems in which the correct number of quarters is cut and pasted to show the coins necessary to buy each circus souvenir. The highest price is $1.25.

Students study buoyancy with an in-class experiment.  In this water properties instructional activity, students create a boat from aluminum foil and float it in a bucket of water.  Students utilize coins to change the weight of...

In this graphing learning exercise, students look at a bar graph of allowance and dollars. They answer 6 questions related to the bar graph. 

Students use their non-dominant hand to catch candy which they tossed in the air. They estimate how many they catch in a second round. They record and determine how the probability changed the second time.

Here is another State Quarter instructional activity. This one uses the Mississippi State Quarter. Pupils utilize beautifully-designed worksheets embedded in the plan, to practice calculating which combinations of flowers they can afford...

Here is a great problem-solving activity for young mathematicians. Intended solely for instructional purposes, the activity is appropriate for learners to add four numbers together. Not only must they add four numbers together,...

Although this set of 16 word problems aren't the most riveting, they give clear practice opportunities for learners to solve missing factor and dividend problems. Each scenario is only a sentence or two, and some don't even involve...

Students examine concept of time, and explore difference between analog and digital clocks; students make art project to represent time and create a time-story problem and solution.

Turn your classroom into a farmers' market! Reading Applesauce Season by Eden Ross Lipson or Monica Wellington’s Apple Farmer Annie, launches this investigation of apples, farmers' markets, and the people selling products. The class...

Students complete a simulated book order form for their class. In this book club lesson, students budget and plan an order form for their fellow students, discussing why they chose specific books.

Primary graders develop strategies to assist them with addition and subtraction. They discover number combinations and numerical facts which enable them to add and subtract more effectively. Students use these techniques to complete...

These four scenarios all contain graphable data; can scholars match them to the correct bar graphs? All the data is in single-digit whole numbers. Some of the scenarios instruct kids to make a graph, while others don't. Clarify...

Do you remember the days when a cup of coffee cost five cents? At A.W. Dennett restaurant in 1894, you could buy a five-cent cup of coffee and as well as a five-cent slice of pie to accompany it. The menu from that year is a primary...

Students read The Wheels on the Bus by Maryann Kovalski. They complete a variety of cross-curricular activities surrounding the study of travel and transportation. Included are reading, art, math, science, writing, social studies, and...

Students estimate, calculate, and count back the amount of change needed from purchases made during small group activities.