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Money

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students practice counting money.  In this counting and comparing money activity, students review the value of coins and use play money to count out five dollars.  Students complete a worksheet to determine what items they...
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Income and Expenses

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students discuss income and expenses. In this lesson on money, students define income and expenses, after whith they keep track of their income and expense transactions on a basic ledger.
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The Digits

Telling Time: The Digits

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Time to teach your students how to read a clock? This resource is here to help! Engaging young mathematicians with two fun videos and a series of hands-on activities, these lessons offer a multimedia approach to teaching this important...
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Counting Money

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
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...
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Lesson Four - Making Change

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners practice making change. In this money lesson, students complete worksheets in which they find the amount of change they would receive from a dollar bill amount. Learners go online and play games on this same concept. 
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Math Magic

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners work in pairs, and take turns pretending to be a magician. There are a set of instructions for the magician to follow. A penny and a dime are used, and odd and even numbers are employed for multiplying. There is also a nifty...
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St. Patrick’s Day

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Combine math, creative writing, and leprechauns in a fun St. Patrick's Day activity! Using a bag of gold coins and marshmallows, kids write a math story about a leprechaun that includes a multi-step equation to solve.
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TESCCC

Place Value to 999,999

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Master place value with a series of lessons that use math journals, manipulatives, and place value mats. Kids follow the instructions to represent numbers of all sizes with base ten blocks and recording sheets. 
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Simple Strategies

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Here is a fabulous lesson plan on problem solving strategies for your charges. In it, learners are presented with many excellent techniques they can use when faced with a multi-step math word problem. Some terrific blackline masters are...
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Slowly But Surely

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
The US mint has created this fabulous lesson plan, which practices language arts and mathematics skills. Learners will use the provided worksheets and step-by-step instructions to experiment with different sentence structures, use...
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Reviewing Money

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students review the concepts on money. In this consumer math lesson, students review the vocabulary and value of each coin. Students are shown coins and identify each one's name and value. Students take an included test on the value of...
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Money, Money, Honey Bunny!

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students determine the differences between goods and services, and saving and spending. For this economics lesson, students listen to a rhyming story about a bunny with money. They play a matching game with the associated cards and work...
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Money Math Carnival

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore money in a carnival format. In this money lesson, 3rd graders create a carnival of mathematics activities. Students determine the value of money in mixed amounts and explore how to create representations of money.
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Give Me the Money

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
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.
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SMART Project

Shop with Us at Whelan School

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use their math and research skills to create and manage a classroom/school store. They use a computer to manage, organize and access information. They practice pricing products, computing sales, counting money and...
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Fractions and Wholes

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Lower elementary learners recognize solid shapes distributed for making fractions. Each individual uses a wheel and determine which part of a fraction is missing. This is a great lesson for your visual learners!
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Buggin' Out (Identifying and Adding Amounts of Money)

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore consumer math by participating in estimate exercises. In this currency lesson, students identify and define each piece of U.S. currency and their value to the monetary system. Students complete several money worksheets...
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Money

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders review the values of quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies. They discuss how the different types of coins can equal the same amount. Students give examples of ways to make a given amount under $1.00. They explain what the...
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Money: Count Pennies, Save a Dollar

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students determine how to make the largest sum of money using the least amount of coins. For this mixed currency lesson, students listen to a reading of If You Made a Million by David M. Schwartz before participating in money counting...
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Money in India: Comparison Shopping

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students are exposed to a monetary system different from their own. They learn to exchange currencies between two monetary systems. Practice the necessary mathematical functions to find comparison. Compare prices of items sold in India...
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Grocery Store Math- Home/School Activity

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this home/school consumer math activity, students examine ways to save money at the grocery store. They work with a family partner to write a menu and write a shopping list. They shop for the items noting the prices and using a...
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PricewaterhouseCoopers

Credit and Debt: Decisions, Decisions...

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Borrowing money seems like a great idea until you are in over your head. High schoolers learn the benefits and risks associated with credit and how to be a responsible borrower. More than just credit cards, they...
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Lesson Plan Positive and Negative Numbers- An Introduction with Addition and Money

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars discover the significance of positive and negative numbers when working with money. In this addition and money lesson, students connect positive and negative numbers to money, solve practical examples together, and...
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Spending - Maintaining the skill of money

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders practice making change with money. For this subtraction lesson, 3rd graders watch a video about money. Students investigate what it means to earn money, spend it, and find their change.