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Flipping for a Grade
What happens when your teachers get tired of grading tests and want to use games of chance to determine your grade? How would you decide which game they should play? Learn how to use expected value and standard notation to compare two...
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The Price Is Right - TV Game Show
Learners play variation of TV game show "The Price is Right" to identify coins and their values.
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Pocket Change
Students practice identifying coins and their values. In this money identification lesson, students play a game, where they toll a coin, determine the value, and compare totals to win.
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Common Sense Cookie Shop
First graders shop for a bag of cookies using toy money. In teams, they choose which variety to buy and decides which bills and coins are necessary to buy the bag of cookies and a cashier makes change. They tally the cookies purchased...
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Deena's Lucky Penny
Learners discover the coin denominations of U.S. Currency. In this money lesson, students read the book Deena's Lucky Penny, then complete a coin matching activity using the Internet. Learners also read Shel Silverstein's...
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Model Counting Pennies and Nickels
First graders provide monetary value of coins. In this counting pennies and nickels lesson plan, 1st graders practice counting money with a partner.
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Change Mixer
Students use their abilities to recognize coins and their values in this game that focuses on locomotor skills (skip, slide, gallop, run, jump). This game also requires students to add coin values.
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A Fraction of the Cost
Students explore the concept of fractions with coin denominations. They play a game involving trading equal fraction parts to coin values, and complete a 'Fraction Circles' worksheet.
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Matching Pairs
Learners take turns matching the appropriate shapes (listing coin values) to those with numerical values listed on them. When pupils are successful, they win a blank shape for their collection.
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Working With Coins
Students arrange coins based on their value. In this coins lesson, students trace and record the value of each coin. Students count up to find the total value of all the coins.
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Mexican Money Activity
In this Mexican money worksheet, students read about Mexican money values, then complete a chart, filling in amounts as fractions, decimals and US dollar equivalents.
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Counting One, Two, and Five-Cent Coins
In this European money worksheet, students write the total amount in cents for one, two, and five cent coins. Students complete 9 problems total.
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Counting One, Two, and Five-Cent Coins
In this money worksheet, students add up the money that is represented in European coins. Students complete 9 problems on this worksheet.
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Counting Money- Count Coins COUNTING MONEY - COUNT COINS
Students practice counting money by counting coins.
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Rolling For Money
Second graders examine several coins to determine their values. Pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters are counted. Music is added to the lesson to enhance the experience.
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The Odyssey of a Coin
Middle schoolers create a fictitious newspaper article to document the travels of an ancient Greek coin. They evaluate the economic conditions that existed in ancient Greece and analyze the impact Alexander the Great had on the ancient...
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Relating Coins to Bills: Enrichment
In this fractions and money worksheet, learners use the chart that lists coins, their values, and the fraction they represent in a dollar. Students then use the chart to answer the questions.
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Beat the Bank
Students play a coin identification game to familiarize themselves with coin values. They add coin values to determine the game's winner.
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Identify Coins Worksheet (color)
In this coin identification worksheet, students look at the pictures of the coins on the left and the names of the coins on the right. Students draw a line to match the 4 coins to their name.
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Medieval Money
Students investigate the history of money as it was back then compare to now. In this algebra lesson plan, students analyze the type of money used in medieval times, the value of the currency and the coins used. They make a budget using...
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Let's Go Value Shopping
Students count, figure change, and find the value of saving in a classroom store.
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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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Quarters, Dimes, and Nickels
Second graders add and subtract coins, decide which coins to use to purchase an item, and compare values of sets of coins.
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The Quarter Fold
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...