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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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Penny Jar

For Teachers K - 6th
Students collect pennies to donate to charity and calculate the number of pennies.  In this penny counting instructional activity, students group pennies in tens and count how many dollars and cents they have.  Students read a book about...
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Money

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars study the value of the penny, nickel, dime, quarter and dollar. They demonstrate how different coin combinations equal the same amounts of money and write money amounts using the decimal point and dollar sign. They try...
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How Many? How Much?

For Teachers 1st
First graders recognize and learn the value of coins. In this instructional activity on money, 1st graders read the book Monster Money by Grace Maccarone, discuss the role of money in society, identify various coins, and explore making...
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Making Good Money Choices

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils identify the needs of their community. In this communities lesson plan, students use a decision-making model worksheet to determine what community service project they should donate to. Pupils count the money they have to donate...
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Dimes and Pennies

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this dime and penny worksheet, students count coins and write their value beneath, then their total value. Worksheet is part of a subscription site with links and is labeled as a sample.
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Coins

For Students 2nd
In this money worksheet, 2nd graders count and write the total value of the coins show in each of 3 boxes. They count coins which include pennies, nickels, and pennies.
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How Many Pennies? challenge

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this solving penny word problems worksheet, students solve addition problems and use dimes, nickels, and pennies to draw the least number of coins possible for the total amount. Students solve three problems.
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Pennies, Nickels, and Dimes

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this counting the values of groups of coins instructional activity, students add values of pennies, nickels, and dimes to find the total amounts. Students solve 4 problems.
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Pocketful of Change

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this math problem solving activity, students examine 4 price tags and mark the number of dimes and pennies needed to pay for each item. Students also respond to 1 math word problem.
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How Much is that Name?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore money counting.  In this money problem solving lesson, students calculate how much money their name is "worth" using the corresponding alphabet letters which have been assigned a coin value.
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How Many Pennies?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students estimate the number of pennies it takes to fill outlines of various basic shapes.
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Count on Tens to Add: Problem solving

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this addition word problems instructional activity, students work on counting on by tens. Students are given a story problem where they can count on by 10's to solve the problem. Students are also asked to draw or write to explain...
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Growing, Growing, Gone

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Budding mathematicians identify growing patterns in numbers and songs then create their own patterns. They look at number patterns and language patterns and then create their own using money and footprints.
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Counting Money

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students 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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Blocks

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Block play can teach children about gravity, physics, and spatial relationships. A hands-on lesson incorporates these concepts with an activity in which learners examine the relationship between levels in a pile. Scholars begin to...
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Counting Using Money

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders count fake money by grouping like coins together. In this counting lesson plan, 2nd graders complete worksheets provided in this activity.
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Money Bags

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify coins and their value. Using a mixed set of pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters, they sort the coins and identify the name of each coin and the value of one coin in each set. As the teacher announces a given...
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Coins

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders observe and demonstrate how to count the value of assorted coins. They discuss a story from their Math Storybook, and as a class solve a variety of problems using activity sheets. Students then independently complete a...
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Adding Two-digit Numbers Using Dimes and Pennies

For Teachers 1st
First graders study money. In this addition lesson, 1st graders count and add two-digit numbers using dimes and pennies.
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Spending Money

For Teachers K
Students complete activities to study the value of money. For this money study lesson, students read a story about money and discuss how they earn money at home. Students watch a related video clip and create a class book about the ways...
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Math -- Money

For Teachers K - 3rd
Pupils identify a penny, nickel, dime, quarter and a half dollar. They examine the value of each coin and its equivalents (to quarter/dollar). After pairing up with a classmate, each one drills the other one on each coin.
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Let's Find Out About Money

For Teachers 1st
First graders investigate the uses and development of money as part of the study of finance. They focus upon the recognition of different coins and identify the value of each. Then students solve problems involving money and coins.
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Spending Money

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice adding monetary values. In this money lesson, 1st graders discuss fair trades and then use coin values to purchase items from a class store. A video titled "Blossom and Snappy Go to the Bank, Part Two".