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All About Money

For Teachers K - 3rd Standards
Few topics engage young mathematicians as much as learning about money. Through a series of shared readings and hands-on activities, children explore the US currency system, learning how to count money and calculate change as they create...
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Counting Money and Making Change

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students count collections of coins and one-dollar bills. They solve problems and learn to use the dollar sign ($) with the decimal point to represent money amounts. This lesson is important as a foundation for future math concepts in...
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Lesson Plan
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Great Graph!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Here is a fantastic lesson counting coins, interpreting graphs, and the concept of "greater than" and "less than." Young mathematicians utilize worksheets embedded in the plan in order to practice these concepts. The worksheets are...
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Counting Money

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students learn how to count money.  In this money activity, 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 activities including a...
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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.
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Worksheet
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Mixed Money 2

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this counting money worksheet, students count the numbers of pennies and nickels. Students write the total amount of money for the 6 examples.
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Worksheet
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Counting Quarters

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this counting coins instructional activity, students examine the 6 sets of coins pictured and record the value of each of the sets shown.
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Money - Mixed Practice

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this counting coins worksheet, students examine the 6 sets of coins pictured and record the value of each of the sets shown.
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Show Me The Money

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the value of U.S. money. In this money lesson plan, 3rd graders print out pictures of money from the Internet and create play money. The students will play a game in which they display the amount of money called out...
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Worksheet
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Money: Half Dollars

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this counting coins worksheet, students solve 6 problems in which half dollars are counted and the total amount of money recorded in dollars and cents.
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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...
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Close Observation: Coins

For Teachers 2nd
Integrate math, science, and speaking/listening with a collaborative hands-on activity. Each group works with a single penny, examining it with the naked eye and recording observations. Repeat using magnifying glasses. Then repeat with a...
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Study Jams! Compare Money Amounts

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Elementary money makers are walked through five steps to compare two different amounts. RJ speaks slowly as animations display his explanations. He compares the price of a New York magnet to the amount of money his cousin has on hand to...
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Counting on Coins

For Teachers K - 1st
Students count coins. In this currency and mathematics instructional activity, students use skip counting to figure the value of a group of coins. Students use plastic replica coins and real coins.
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Worksheet
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St. Patrick's Day Money Activity

For Students 1st
For this counting money activity, 1st graders identify the coins in each 4 leaf clover. Students then paste the matching coin word into each clover.
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Counting Change and Changing Coins

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders demonstrate how to count change. In this consumer math lesson, 2nd graders read the book The Penny Pot and identify the value of coins. Students complete a worksheet to practice counting coins.
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Worksheet
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Math Challenge: Count Coins

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this counting change worksheet, learners count the values of pennies, nickels, and dimes to determine the total amount of each group of coins. Students solve 6 problems.
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Bunny Money

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Teach your class about saving, spending, and goal setting with a story about a couple of bunnies who went shopping and related activities. Learners keep track of the bunnies' spending, practice identifying long- and short-term savings...
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Worksheet
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Math Challenge: Counting Coins

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this counting coins worksheet, students practice problem solving skills as they find the value of the coins shown in 6 problems.
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Worksheet
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Math Challenge: Counting Coins 2

For Students 1st - 3rd
For this counting coins worksheet, students practice problem solving skills as they find the value of the coins shown in 6 problems.
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Worksheet
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Money - Dimes

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this counting money worksheet, students count the dimes in each example and write the total amount for the 6 problems on the lines.
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Worksheet
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Money Dimes 2

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this counting money activity, students count the 5 sets of dimes in each example and write the total amount of money on the lines.
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Money - Mixed Practice

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this counting coins worksheet, students count the pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters in each set. Students write the total amount of money for the 6 problems.
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Money - Nickels

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this counting money worksheet, students count the nickels in each set. Students write the total amount of money for the 6 examples.