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Shopping
Students demonstrate how to count money through a simulated shopping experience. In this consumer math lesson, students read the book Just Shopping With Mom and count play money to illustrate how much the items in the book cost.
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It's On Sale
First graders read the book The Great Pet Sale to learn about economics and advertisements. In this economics lesson plan, 1st graders read the book The Great Pet Sale and define related vocabulary words. Students compare prices to find...
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Valentine Shop
Students use Coin Critters software to practice coin recognition. Students complete a printing project for the cover of Valentine cards and use monthly calendars or a hundreds chart to count by 5's and 10's. Students use KidPix to create...
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Money Madness
Second graders review coins and their values. For this coin recognition lesson, 2nd graders review the coin values as they read 'Smart' by Shel Silverstein. Students use class computer demonstrations to identify the coin's names, worth,...
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The Value of Coins
Students examine the Iowa state quarter and discuss things they value. They draw a picture of something they value and then practice identifying the values of coins.
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Four Famous Faces
Each one of our quarters is embellished with a famous face or image representing the state it came from. This lesson uses South Dakota's state quarter to get kids thinking about monetary value, what the president of the United States...
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Buying Protein Bars and Magazines
Packing for a trip? This activity allows learners to decide how many magazines and protein bars they can buy with twenty dollars. They can organize their work in a chart to track how many items they can purchase. There are two different...
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Adding Pennies, Nickels and Dimes
Students add pennies, nickels and dimes and organize the coins to display a variety of price values from real life examples. They discuss the importance of money in the day-to-day world.
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Penny, Nickel, Dime
Second graders recognize and compare the value of pennies, nickels, and dimes. They review counting pennies, nickels, and dimes.
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Riddle Me Cents!
Students use their creativity and logic skills as well as their knowledge of coin values and history to solve a variety of riddles. The lesson prompts students to compose their own riddles, exchange them with classmates, and solve them.
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Super Cents
Second graders study money amounts less than a dollar. In this math instructional activity, 2nd graders practice counting coins. Students read various stories and discuss how money was used in the stories.
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Coin Content
Students calculate ancient Greek coin values as compared to their weight, equivalence in grain, and determine their worth today. They explain how to calculate fractions of a given weight and how to use decimal numbers.
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How Many? How Much?
First graders recognize and learn the value of coins. In this instructional activity on money, 1st graders read the book Monster Money by Grace Maccarone, discuss the role of money in society, identify various coins, and explore making...
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Piggy Bank Math
Students practice solving money problems. In this counting coins lesson, students follow the outlined steps and use mixed operations to determine the coin combinations needed to solve a math word problem.
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I'll Have an Order of Subtraction Please!
Young scholars explore number values by completing consumer math worksheets. In this math functions lesson plan, students identify the use of a decimal in numbers and the place values that are represented when dealing with money. Young...
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What In The World Would You Have?
Students calculate value of money in other countries, and explore how the economy affects the rate of exchange.
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It Pays to Spell
In this spelling worksheet, students write their spelling words and connect each letter to a value of money and add up the amount for the words. Students complete 6 problems.
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The Dollar Cookie
Second graders recognize, count, and write money amounts using the cent symbol and identify equivalent amounts of money. In this money lesson plan, 2nd graders add money amounts using plastic coins and magnetic money.
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Count Coins and Bills
Students study the names and values of different denominations of paper money, count sets of money that include both coins and bills. They complete a money chart, read and solve word problems.
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Exchange of Goods and Ideas in the Ancient Mediterranean
Ninth graders begin the lesson by discussing and locating the trade routes in the Mediterranean. Using pieces of pottery and coins, they discuss how it shows the culture of an area and create a chart showing the value of the coins. ...
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Wants and Needs
Here is an outstanding activity on wants versus needs designed for 1st graders. Pupils listen to the book, Something Good which presents themes on wants, needs, choice, resources, and counting money. Pupils complete worksheets embedded...
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Calculating Sales Tax
Observe and demonstrate how to calculate state sales taxes. Learners create a sales tax chart by calculating the sales tax amount and tax inclusive retail price for school store items, then calculate the subtotals, sales tax amounts, and...
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Comparing and Ordering Greater Numbers
Students compare and order greater numbers. In this place value lesson plan, students use a place-value chart to identify which set of numbers has the greatest value.
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Counting Money
Students read, write, and identify different coin combinations and use this information in real-world situations.