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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Saving Money 2

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
The purpose of this task is for students to relate addition and subtraction problems to money and to situations and goals related to saving money. A problem is given that will contain multiple solutions, this allows students to think...
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Better Lesson: Fractions of Time and Money

For Teachers 2nd Standards
People talk about quarters of the hour, or quarters in a dollar. This lesson lets students in on what that means.
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PBS

Pbs Mathline Lesson Plan: Money Counts [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This PBS lesson plan features an assortment of interactive learning activities on number sense and computation that conform to NCTM standards. You get a list of materials, activity worksheets, related resources, and extension activities....
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Writing for Math Class: Follow the Path of Five Dollars

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this instructional activity, Pat Brisson's book Benny's Pennies is used as a mentor text. Students will discover ways to spend money that meets specific criteria. Students must explain their process for their spending choices, and...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Recognizing the Penny

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
As an introduction to a unit on money, students will work with teacher to recognize the penny and its value. Then students will go shopping at the classroom store to practice counting pennies.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Smart Math and Writing

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this lesson plan, the poem "Smart" from Where the Sidewalk Ends, by Shel Silverstein, is used as the mentor text. Young scholars will write a map of the poem and then analyze it to discover what happened when trades with money were...
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University of Texas at Austin

Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Math Bargains

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Students use real coins to explore and solve problems involving the purchase of items.
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Other

The Actuarial Foundation: Math Academy: Dining Out [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
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.
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Other

Nearpod: Making Change

For Teachers 2nd
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.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Million Dollar Giveaway [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The lesson plan has students apply measurement skills to determine the capacity of a suitcase in dollar bills. Educators can download printable version of the lesson in pdf format.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 6.rp Currency Exchange

For Teachers 5th - 7th
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...
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Better Lesson: Adding and Subtracting With Decimals

For Teachers 6th Standards
Sixth graders fluently add and subtract money with decimals using the standard algorithm.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Pat Brisson's Benny's Pennies

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learners will listen to the book Benny's Pennies and demonstrate their ability to count pennies, understand proper sequence and rewrite a story.
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University of Missouri

Wise Pockets: Personal Finance Lesson Plans, Grades 3 6

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
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,...
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Other

Pbs: Grocery Store, Making Change

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This grocery store lesson plan will help your students understand the process of making change with real-life examples. Try adapting this Ohio State Standard based activity to your state standards.
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Better Lesson: Cheerful Shoppers

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Second graders love to shop! Students will use their own shopping list to compose a word problem using addition and subtraction with and without regrouping, in order to help them better understand how to problem solve.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Pizza! Pizza! Pizza!

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In groups of two or three, students decide on what to order at a pizza place given a set budget and a menu.
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Better Lesson: Making Change

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Second graders count by 5s, 10s and 25s to add money amounts and make change.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 2.md Susan's Choice

For Teachers 2nd
In this lesson plan students count the money and use symbols correctly to solve the word problem.
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Better Lesson: It Is About Time

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Second graders worked on telling time to the hour and half hour earlier in the year. Now they will apply their understanding of counting by 5s to telling time to the five minute interval.
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Better Lesson: Smiley Faces and Up

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Automaticity with patterns that allow students to easily manipulate larger numbers is the aim of this activity.
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Better Lesson: Identifying Tens and Ones

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Second graders will be given set amount of money to add, and identify how many tens and ones.

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