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What Is Money?
Early learners participate in a bartering activity during which they make connections to money and consumer concepts. They simulate buying and selling situations with one another then visit an exhibit at the Federal Reserve Bank of...
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Jelly Beans for Sale
Students connect literature (story Jelly Beans for Sale by Bruce McMillan) to math concepts. In these estimating and money lessons, students work with jelly beans, unifix cubes, pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters, to estimate and make...
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What's Missing
In this money worksheet, students solve 4 word problems where they are given an amount of money and must determine how much more money they need to reach a given amount. The coins used are pennies, nickels, and dimes. Pictures of the...
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Money Subtraction Math Questions
Challenge your students with this activity in which students use coins to answer subtraction questions. Using this 6 question worksheet, learners could practice identifying pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters, and hone their subtraction...
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Addition With Coins and Dollar Bills
In this coins and bills worksheet, 2nd graders solve 5 addition problems using coins and bills instead of numbers. Students write their answers up to $5.00 on the lines provided.
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Pennies, Nickels, and Dimes
In this value of coins worksheet, 2nd graders find the value of 4 rows of coins. Students write the amount of each penny, nickel and dime underneath their picture and then add up all the coins on each row.
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Smart Shopping
For this exact change worksheet, 3rd graders look over a price list and circle each item that Danielle can buy with 3 quarters, 2 dimes, a nickel and a penny. Students find five groups of items that Danielle can buy together with the...
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Grocery Shopping Trip 3
In this different types of coins activity, students participate in a grocery shopping trip where they cut out and paste from the bottom of the activity the correct coins in the correct places to purchase five different items.
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The History of Money
In this social studies worksheet, young scholars investigate the history of paper money and coins. Students read paragraphs about what early people used for money and what kinds of banks were used. Young scholars complete a crossword...
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Presidential Scavenger Hunt Internet Research
In this Internet activity worksheet students search for the answers to 10 questions. All pertain to U.S. presidents. Students write the answers on this sheet when they have located the information on the Internet.
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Show Me the Money
Students review the terms in the "Money Vocabulary Word Bank." They make a wallet or purse to keep their money in. Students learn the song "Show Me the Money." They participate in five centers: 1) Head or Tails Tally, 2) Piggy Bank...
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The Cube and Coin Challenges
Second graders participate in several games based on colored cubes and coins. They try to figure out the relative rate at which things happen and assess the concept of playing a fair game with their peers. Each student compare familiar...
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Money
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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Right on the Money
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...
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National and Regional Identity
Students examine state quarters to identify symbols that represent national and regional identity. They discuss the process used to determine what is put on the quarter. They review colonial money, and euros to look for cultural images.
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Coin Motion
Students recognize coins and their values and count coin groups. They play a game where when music is turned on they skip, hop, jog and when it is turned off, they go to a spot in the room marked with the same coin or value as is in...
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Scoot for Money
Students rotate through a group of centers counting the coins that are in a cup placed at each spot. After completing the entire circuit, papers are graded as a whole class and each student gets to spend the money in their cup at a class...
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What is Money?
Students identify the names of coins and grasp their relative values in terms of purchasing power. They engage in activities and games that help them acquire this knowledge.
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Give Me the Money
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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Money Bags
Third graders explore different combinations of coins that can be used for specified amounts of money using paper money and tree diagrams. They write money amounts in different forms. Groups utilize a tree diagram imbedded in this lesson...
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Problem Solving Using Coin Identity and Coin Value
Students identify characteristics of a penny, nickel, dime, and quarter, match the value of coins, and practice using money for a purchase.
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Coin Counting
First graders identify value of coins and complete coin counting activities.
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The Price Is Right - TV Game Show
Students play variation of TV game show "The Price is Right" to identify coins and their values.
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Money in the Bank
Students write and draw the pictures and words they see on each coin. They discuss the presidents or other images on the coins' faces. Students are told that each coin represents a specific amount of money. They trace their coins with...