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Adding Pennies, Nickels and Dimes Lesson PlanAdding Pennies, Nickels and Dimes Lesson Plan
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Adding Pennies, Nickels and Dimes

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Learners 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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currency, coins, money, counting

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coins, counting, currency, math
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Grade
K - 2nd
Subjects
Math
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Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
45 mins
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Skills Practice
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