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Smart- Counting Coins
Students discover the name and value of coins. In this counting money lesson, students identify heads and tails of coins and the value of each coin. Students visit websites and play games. Students then write a poem about money.
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Counting Money
Students learn how to count money. In this money lesson plan, 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 activities...
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Show Me The Money
Third graders explore the value of U.S. money. In this money lesson plan, 3rd graders print out pictures of money from the Internet and create play money. The students will play a game in which they display the amount of money called out...
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Estimation
Select items to purchase from a store, add up the total cost, then estimate the total cost! Kids count out the money needed to make the purchase and pay for the items. An excelent way to connect real life math and estimation!
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Barter vs. Money
First graders listen to the book, Sheep in a Shop, that leads them to think about making financial decisions, trading, and the barter system. After the book is read aloud, a discussion ensues about some of the things that the sheep...
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Estimating and Counting Money
Students explore the concepts of estimating and rounding. For this estimating and rounding lesson, students play a game of tic-tac-toe. Students pick items and must estimate their cost by rounding. Students estimate the costs of pretend...
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Money Math Carnival
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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Counting Money Activity
Second graders explore commerce by practicing monetary transactions. In this consumer math lesson, 2nd graders practice using math functions to add and subtract different amounts of money. Students identify the different monetary units...
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Battle of "The Cents"
Learners explore money. In this counting money lesson, students play a card game using the rules of "War." Learners turn over cards, determine the money value represented, and the student with the highest value keeps the cards.
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The Price Is Right - TV Game Show
Young scholars play variation of TV game show "The Price is Right" to identify coins and their values.
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Money in Action
Students become familiar with the various coins in our money system as well as amount of each coin. They help develop their ability to count change and find different ways to show equal amounts.
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Money Counts
Fourth graders identify bills and coins to $20 bills and make equivalencies. They organize bills and coins in groups from greatest to least and least to greatest. Students count out change.
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Quarters and Dollars
Second graders determine value of quarters and dollars, solve real-life problems involving money, and compare values of sets of coins and bills.
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Money Talks Canadian Money
Students use newspapers, games and journal writing activities to examine the importance of money and the role it plays in daily life. They complete several math problems, fill out worksheets and practice changing varying amounts.
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Money: Demonstrating Coin Value up to $1.00
Students examine coin values up to $1.00 using paper coins. In this coin value lesson, students compare and contrast various coins to aid in identification, sort coins from smallest to largest, and match an equal number of pennies to...
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Small Change Snacks
In this counting coins worksheet, students count the value of the coins at the bottom and match them with the snack they can buy at the top. Students complete 9 problems and 9 matches.
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Nickel/Penny Grab
First graders examine the coins nickels and pennies. In this math lesson, 1st graders compare the value of the two sets of coins and determine their value. Additionally, students explore counting sets of coins that have pennies and...
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Money, Money, Honey Bunny!
Students read a story about spending and saving money and talk about the difference between goods and services. In this money lesson plan, students also play a matching game to review the story and practice rhyming words from the story.
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Money Versus Trade
Learners discover the importance of exchanging money in a market. For this economics lesson, students discover natural resources and how one can barter with those resources. In addition, learners complete worksheets and discover the...
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Quarter, Nickel, Dime....
An engaging game called, "Quarter, Nickel, and Dime" is presented in this math lesson. Players are given an envelope with slips of paper that represent the three coins. In pairs, they play the game 18 times, and the whole class charts...
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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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Musical Money
Third graders participate in the game Musical Money. The game Musical Money is fashioned after the game Musical Chairs, but students count money using a time limit.
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Money Makes the Fair-Go-Round
Students explore the value of money. In this money lesson, students investigating combining amounts of money and making change. Students count sets of money and make fair trades. Resources are provided.
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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.