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Money

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners complete online activities to identify coins and their given values. In this coin values lesson, students identify pictures of various coins and write their values. Learners may then complete other activities based on a varying...
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Coin Carnival

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students investigate the value of coins. In this coin value lesson, students read The Penny Pot by Stuart Murphy. Students expand on skills learned in the book and engage in activities to determine the value of a mixed set of coins while...
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The Price Is Right - TV Game Show

For Teachers K - 5th
Students play variation of TV game show "The Price is Right" to identify coins and their values.
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Saturday Sancocho

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students barter with each other in order to get ingredients to make chicken sancocho. In this trading lesson plan, students read a story about a family in Central or South America who have to barter to get their needs. Then students try...
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U.S. Penny to Get Four New Designs

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students look at U.S. currency and read about plans to change the back of U.S. pennies. In this current events instructional activity, the teacher introduces a news article with a discussion of money and a vocabulary activity, then...
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A Dollar for Penny

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students demonstrate different ways to make a dollar. In this consumer math lesson, students read the book A Dollar for Penny and identify the value of each coin. Students determine combinations of coins that can make up a dollar.
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Pocket Change

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners practice identifying coins and their values. In this money identification activity, students play a game, where they toll a coin, determine the value, and compare totals to win.
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The Quarter Fold

For Teachers K - 3rd Standards
Little ones identify the US quarter and explore the concept of one-fourth or one-quarter. Using real coins or coin manipulatives, they divide a square piece of paper into quarters, discuss halves and quarters, and create a design that...
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Making Change

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate how to make change when purchasing items.  In this making change lesson, students examine a scenario to calculate the correct change.  Students play Bingo based on information and calculations to determine...
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Estimation

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders practice using money. In this estimation lesson, 3rd graders show their ability to figure out the cost of lunch. Students then set up a "store" and students choose the products and estmate the cost. Students visit...
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One Dollar

For Students 1st - 4th
In this money practice instructional activity, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems that involve sums of 1 dollar.
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Act it Out

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this money instructional activity, students solve 5 word problems where they are given an amount of money in written form and make a list to help organize the information in order to add the coin values. Students make change in 4 of...
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Touring Delmarva

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students plan a trip.  In this trip planning lesson, students use a map to find where they would like to visit with a pretend family of 4. They get a specific amount of money and time and need to decide where they will stay and what...
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Piggy Bank Math

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this math worksheet, students learn to count coins to show a certain amount of money. Students are asked to use an indicated number of coins to total an amount. There are 8 problems. Students make a chart to solve each.
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Past Meets Present

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine coins to become familiar with architectural structures.  In this past meets present lesson, 3rd graders research and complete worksheets on Guam.  Students combine their group research into pieces of the...
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What's on Sale?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore sale items.  For this money and percent math lesson, students work in groups to locate food ads in the newspaper.  Students identify sales and calculate final prices using percentage discounts.  Students...
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Adding Greater Numbers

For Students 3rd
In this addition worksheet, 3rd graders solve 12 addition math problems dealing with 4-digit numbers and money. Students answer 3 addition word problems and 2 addition problems with multiple choice answers.
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Scuba, Dooba, Do

For Students 3rd
In this money learning exercise, 3rd graders read a math scenario about 6 people going on a snorkeling trip. Students add together how much each person has to spend and what two items each person buys. Students choose 3 items they would...
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Right on the Money

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students watch a video about different ways of making the same amounts of money and view a clip about the Denver Mint to discover how coins are made. They complete a Web activity on each coin's worth and find out facts about the penny.
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Money Skills (Using Coins)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars pretend to purchase items at their class store using coins. At the store, they are to state the amount of the item they want to buy by reading the label. They give the cashier the correct amount of coins and are given a...
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Counting Money

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Pupils discover the importance of economics through Shel Silverstein's poem Smart. Students are introduced to the concept of earning money and using money to purchase necessary items, after becoming familiar with U.S. money.
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Making Change with Dollars anc Cents

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders increase their knowledge of how to make change with dollars and cents by correctly identifying coins along with their values and then using coins to make an assigned amount which will be written on envelopes. They then...
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Coin Combinations Lesson

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students identify how many coins: quarters, nickels, dimes, and pennies equals a given dollar amount.
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Allowances and Spending Plans

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Help youngsters understand how to manage small amounts of money by discussing an allowance and the difference between spending, saving, and giving.  

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