Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pardon Me. Do You Have Change For a Dollar?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Upper elementary and middle school learners explore currencies from a variety of countries. They use the Internet, video, and engage in hands-on activities. They practice converting U.S. currency to foreign currency and vice versa. This...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What's All this Money Madness?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine the value of money. In this money lesson, 2nd graders read the book Money Madness by David A. Alder and watch Brain Pop Jr. videos. Students discuss why we need money and how people earn money. Students each...
Worksheet
Math Salamanders Ltd.

Column Addition Money 3 Digits Sheet 2

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
In this finding the sums of money problems learning exercise, learners add three-digit problems with decimals and regrouping. Students solve 20 problems.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Unit 6 Math Vocabulary Cards (Grade 2)

For Students 2nd Standards
Calendar, decimal point, and hour are just a few terms you'll find in a 19 flash card set. Cards offer either a bold-faced word or a picture representation with labels. 
Lesson Plan
US Mint

Coin Connections

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Help young mathematicians make cents out of the US currency system with this two-part math lesson. Children first learn the names and values for each type of coin, before learning to count and compare the values of coins using the...
PPT
Positively Autism

Travis the Train Coin Songs

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Travis the Train is hauling pennies this time. Kids sing the captions as they view the face side then the back side of a shiny new penny, and then the face and back of a tarnished penny.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Unit 5 Math Vocabulary Cards (Grade 1)

For Students 1st Standards
Boost math vocabulary instruction with a set of 16 flashcards. The cards highlight math terms with bold typing, and represent each word using a labeled picture. Topics include measurement-related terms like calendar,...
Handout
ProCon

Penny

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Twenty-nine percent of Americans want to abolish the one-cent coin, which begs the question: Is a penny saved really a penny earned? Scholars read fascinating facts about the history of the penny in preparation for a class debate or...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

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...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Combining Coins to Make Equal Monetary Amounts

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders determine how to make equivalent amounts of money using different sets of coins. For this money lesson, 3rd graders review money vocabulary and coin values before determining how to count bills and coins in different sets...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Money

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

Counting Dimes, Nickels, and Cents

For Students 2nd
In this consumer math activity, 2nd graders count the four sets of coins and write the total amount on the...
PPT
Curated OER

Math: Making Money

For Teachers 2nd
The concept of counting money is reinforced for 2nd graders through visual representations in this slide show. This interactive presentation includes slides that ask for a specific money amount, students then must click on how many coins...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Counting Change

For Students 4th - 5th
In this counting change worksheet, learners read information about making and counting change. Students then solve 4 problems that require them to draw coins for the correct amount of change in different buying situations. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

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. In this mixed currency instructional activity, students listen to a reading of If You Made a Million by David M. Schwartz before participating in...
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Curated OER

Show Me the Money

For Teachers K
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...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

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...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Divide Money

For Students 4th - 5th
For this dividing money worksheet, learners solve 5 word problems in which sums of money are divided by single divisors. Students answer in dollars and cents.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Smart- Counting Coins

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
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.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Money

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars count money using only coins.  In this money instructional activity, students read Bennies Pennies, practice counting the pennies in the story and are then introduces to the different coins, penny, nickel, dime and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Battle of "The Cents"

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
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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Curated OER

Quarters and Dollars

For Teachers 2nd
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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Alabama Learning Exchange

Coins to Bills!

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students practice using money at a grocery store. For this money lesson, students get familiar with grocery store ads and work in pairs to use these ads to select food items to purchase using money manipulatives. Students practice being...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Counting Money Activity

For Teachers 2nd
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...