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Kindergarten Money

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Students identify the various coins and their values through presentations, a rubric, a value pretest, and coin manipulatives. Money is incorporated into various activities whether at home or in school. Students create money webs using technology programs. They read and interpret books about money as they relate to tangible items.

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making decisions, needs vs. wants, economic principles, supply and demand, coins, money, pennies, quarters

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choice, dime, needs, nickel, penny, quarter, supply and demand, wants, math
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Grade
K
Subjects
Math
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Resource Type
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For Teacher Use
Duration
21 days
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