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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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Pocket Change

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students practice identifying coins and their values. In this money identification lesson plan, students play a game, where they toll a coin, determine the value, and compare totals to win.
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Rice Cookies Addition

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders practice adding rice cookies. For this mental math lesson, 4th graders get into groups and call out numbers to each other to add mentally. Students use the rice cookies to show the answer.
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Valentine Shop

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
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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More! A Lesson on Comparing

For Teachers K
Students practice counting and comparing objects.  In this math instructional activity, students view a Count on It! episode. Students examine the value of what they are counting.  Students estimate number in groups of...
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A Dollar for Penny

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners 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. Learners determine combinations of coins that can make up a dollar.
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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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Agriculture Counts

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students discuss the kinds of things they count and how to use tally marks. In this social science activity, students count animal crackers by using tally marks for each kind of animal. The tally marks are changed into numbers and...
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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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Agriculture Counts

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars understand the importance of counting in their lives.In this counting lesson plan, students participate in a counting agricultural goods activity. Young scholars complete worksheets and understand why counting is important...
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Profit From Pumpkins

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders cut open a pumpkin. In this math lesson plan, 3rd graders complete the worksheet "From Seed to Pumpkin" and then clean out their pumpkins to see how many seeds are in it.
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Glo Goes Shopping

For Teachers K - 3rd Standards
Making decisions can be very difficult. Show your class one way to evaluate choices with this instructional activity, which is inspired by the book Glo Goes Shopping. Learners practicing using a decision-making grid with the content of...
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Making Choices

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore financial decision making. In this introductory economics lesson, 2nd graders listen to the book Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst, and discuss making financial choices based on wants and...
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Money Math

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students investigate the characteristics of the different coins. The teacher presents each coin, and the students identify the distinguishing characteristics of each side of the coin, and the value of each coin. The students complete a...
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A Present for the Teacher

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this math word problems worksheet, students read the story about Gina and the gift she wants to buy and make for her teacher. Students then determine if she has enough money to make the specific patterned necklace.
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Math -- Money

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students 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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Tzedakah: How Can We Help?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students define what constitutes a nutritious meal, the price of a healthy meal, and understand that some people can't afford healthy meals. In this healthy meals lesson, students estimate and research the cost of a nutritious meal, add...
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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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Lemonade Stand: Making Money the Old-Fashioned Way

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners run their own lemonade stand and are to figure out what to sell the lemonade at to gain the maximum profit.
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Mental Math Blocks

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this mathematics worksheet, students solve various types of problems in each of the squares. They use symbols to compare numbers. They also divide and multiply.
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Money

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders show combinations for $1.00. In this dollar combinations lesson plan, 2nd graders use nickels, dimes, and quarters to model and count combinations equaling $1.00.
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Money Sense

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students identify the value of quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, and use a variety of coins to show the value of a dollar. They count the exact amount of purchase.
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Money

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students use play coins to solve problems. They imagine that someone handed them two coins. One is a quater and one is a dime. Students are asked by feeling the shapes of the coins, how could they tell which one was the quater? They are...
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Money Madness

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders review coins and their values. For this coin recognition lesson, 2nd graders review the coin values as they read 'Smart' by Shel Silverstein. Students use class computer demonstrations to identify the coin's names, worth,...