Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Counting Up the Cost!
Fourth graders love to shop! In this exciting lesson plan, 4th graders will discover how to count money using some real world activities. This lesson plan includes a detailed lesson plan, printable worksheets, and a link to an online...
University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: Lesson Plan: Money, Money, Money
It all about money! Explore the concept of money in this real-world, unit plan. A collection of six lessons where learners practice skills such as coin identification, mental math, menu math, making change, math operations with coins,...
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Change Due
This lesson explains what making change is, contains a game and other resources to help you practice this important skill.
Crayola
Crayola: Money in the Bank
Young bankers and storekeepers practice counting money and making change. They keep their money in this recycled-box bank.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Consumer Math
From basics such as adding and subtracting money, converting coins, and making change to more advanced topics such as sales tax and simple interest, this interactive tutorial offers help with consumer math issues.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Change Due
Students can practice counting change in a series of self-check exercises and timed learning games.
Starfall
Starfall: Coin Monkey
This lesson focuses on coins and how to count them to make other coins: pennies, nickles, and quarters.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Counting Coins
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will identify coins and their value. Students will count change up to $1.00.
Other
Nearpod: Making Change
In this lesson on making change, 2nd graders learn key vocabulary, explore skip counting on number lines, and apply their learning to a real-world scenario.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Making Change
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart students will drag various coins and paper money to count up to make change. They will also solve real life situations to make change.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Counting Mixed Change
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart will help students identify coins and determine the values of coins.
Other
The Actuarial Foundation: Math Academy: Dining Out [Pdf]
Students will understand and apply concepts of fractions, decimals and percents to count money, make change, figure tax/tips and participate in other restaurant-related activities.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Flavor Fiesta: Money Word Problems
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will investigate money through an ice cream parlor activity. Students will determine the cost of an ice cream sundae using a recipe and price list. Students will use their Activotes to select...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Making Change
Second graders count by 5s, 10s and 25s to add money amounts and make change.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Tea Store: Subtraction With Money
These interactive games will explore hexagons, counting, making change, and sorting objects.
Fun Brain
Fun Brain: Change Maker
Play games that let you practice making change in five different currencies: Australia, Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom, and United States.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Lets Go Shopping With Change
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students count out coins to pay for different items and different ways you can write cents. There are various items and opportunities for students can practice shopping. This makes a great center activity.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Change From One Dollar
[Free Registration/Login Required] Using a dollar to buy items and count the change.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Count How Much Money You Have
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart makes a great center or an addition to your money lesson. Students work in pairs or groups. One student drags an amount of money out for their partner and the partner counts the total.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Exchanging Pennies and Nickels
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart students will practice exchanging nickels, pennies. This flipchart works great as a center or an activity to go along with your lesson. There are pages with existing problems and pages...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Exchanging Nickels and Dimes
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart students will practice exchanging nickels and dimes. This flipchart works great as a center or an activity to go along with your lesson. There are pages with existing problems and...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Exchanging Nickels, Dimes, and Quarters
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart students will practice exchanging nickels, dimes, and quarters. This flipchart works great as a center or an activity to go along with your lesson. There are pages with existing...
University of Missouri
Wise Pockets: Personal Finance Lesson Plans, Grades 3 6
The Wise Pockets World Schoolhouse presents a dozen lesson plans based on children's books and teaching money management. All include lesson descriptions, cross-curricular connections, instructional objectives, activity sheets,...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.rp Currency Exchange
Students use ratio and rate to answer this performance task: Joe was planning a business trip to Canada, so he went to the bank to exchange $200 U.S. dollars for Canadian dollars (at a rate of $1.02 CDN per $1 US). On the way home from...