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Counting Coins

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Young scholars practice counting and adding or subtracting coins. The lesson includes many different selections of coin types and number of coins that you may configure and select. Pennies, Nickels, Dimes, Quarters are the coins used.
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Money Bags

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify coins and their value. Using a mixed set of pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters, they sort the coins and identify the name of each coin and the value of one coin in each set. As the teacher announces a given...
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My Test Book: Money

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this online interactive math skills learning exercise, students solve 10 multiple choice math problems that require them to count coins. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Coins

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders observe and demonstrate how to count the value of assorted coins. They discuss a story from their Math Storybook, and as a class solve a variety of problems using activity sheets. Students then independently complete a...
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Money word problems

For Students 4th - 6th
In this money worksheet, students complete word problems where they add, subtract, round, and more with money amounts. Students complete 10 problems.
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Place Value: Making Change with Canadian Money

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this place value:  making change with Canadian money activity, learners use a spreadsheet and certain coins to practice and record how much change would be given from a $5 bill.  A parent or tutor adjusts the questions to...
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Coin Hunt and It's Variations

For Teachers K
Students play a game designed to give them practice identifying coin names and values. They form two lines with coins spread out in between the teams and when the teacher calls out a coin, the two in front scramble to find the specified...
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Making Amounts with Money

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discuss how to make correct change. In this lesson on money, 2nd graders practice making an amount using the correct number of coins.
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Reviewing Money

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars review the concepts on money. For this consumer math lesson, students review the vocabulary and value of each coin. Young scholars are shown coins and identify each one's name and value. Students take an included test on...
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Money Matters

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students practice spending money by completing math word sentences.  In this economics lesson, students utilize problem solving strategies to complete word problems written on the board involving making purchases with money....
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Counting Money- Count Coins COUNTING MONEY - COUNT COINS

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice counting money by counting coins.
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Musical Money

For Teachers 3rd
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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Valentine Money

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders identify money as decimals. They spend and receive change in a real-life situation.
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I Can Buy...Matching Money

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this money/coin worksheet, students match coin sets to toys with prices attached. Coins used: pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters.
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Children's Literature Across the Curriculum Ideas-If You Made A Million

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students read If You Made A Million by David M. Schwartz. They complete a variety of cross-curricular activities surrounding the study of earning, saving and spending money. Included are reading, art, math, science, writing, social...
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Small Change Snacks

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
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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Dollar Word

For Teachers K
Students review the value of coins prior to adding up values to equal one dollar. Letters of the alphabet are assigned monetary values and students use calculators to add up the value of a word. Students work with a partner to try and...
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Iditarod Math Challenge

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this Iditarod worksheet, students complete word problems about the money, booties, time, and more about the Iditarod. Students complete fifteen problems.
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Pennies and Nickels and Dimes...Oh, My!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students play a game in which they determine the number of cents that equal a nickel, dime, and quarter. They identify which set of coins has more, fewer, or the same amount while also counting each collection and writing the...
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Coins

For Students K - 1st
In this money worksheet, students cut paper money to be used for manipulatives in money exercises. Ten pennies, ten nickels, ten dimes and five quarters are included.
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How Many Ways?

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students estimate the amount of money they have in groups of pennies, nickels, and dimes. In this money lesson plan, students then count up the amounts they have and exchange money amounts.
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Counting Money: Nickels, Dimes and Pennies

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this math worksheet, students examine photographs of 8 sets of coins. Students count the money and write the total under the picture. Note: The coins on this page are only nickels, dimes and pennies; there are no quarters.
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Money

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this counting change worksheet, students look at 7 rows of various coins and then add up each row of coins. Students put their total amounts on the lines at the end of each row.
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Money Lessons That Cash In

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Every child is fascinated by money. Teachers can use money lessons that expand on this inherent interest.