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Illustrative Mathematics

Money in the Piggy Bank

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
It's time to crack open that piggy bank and see what's inside. First, count up the pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters, identifying what fraction of them are dimes. Then calculate the total value of the coins, writing another fraction...
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Count Coins and Bills

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Lower graders recognize coins and paper money and understand its value. They participate in a variety of money problems to appreciate the value of money. Students add, subtract, chart and solve money problems.
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Using Counting-on Strategy for Purchasing

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Intended for learners with autism and developmental disabilities, this lesson uses the strategy of counting-on to enhance independent shopping skills. Learners will practice counting on to the next dollar value in order to purchase items...
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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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Stamping Coins

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners demonstrate that they can use a variety of coin combinations to make a single amount. They study all the ways to make 50 cents using coins using different coins.
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Primary Counting Skills

For Teachers K - 1st
Class members drill and practice counting skills from 1 to 20. They count along with a puppet and when the puppet makes a mistake, they correct it. In pairs, they connect cubes to make a train and count the number used. On the last of...
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Barter vs. Money

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to the book, Sheep in a Shop, that leads them to think about making financial decisions, trading, and the barter system. After the book is read aloud, a discussion ensues about some of the things that the sheep...
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Money - Using R & R to Teach Mathematics

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders count up coins of money that add up to one dollar. In this money lesson plan, 2nd graders also spend money and keep track of how much they have spent.
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Counting Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 2nd
In whole group practice, children count together and identify how many objects are drawn on butcher paper, increasing the number when they have achieved fluency. In pairs, they count manipulatives. They then copy series of numbers from...
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Agriculture Counts

For Teachers K - 3rd Standards
Agricultural survey and the documentation of livestock or goods was the basis for the first written language. Youngsters discuss sorting and counting, and how these skills have been used for thousands of years. They accent their class...
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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 instructional activity is important as a foundation for future...
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Choosing Coins

For Teachers 1st
In this mathematics worksheet, 1st graders identify what coins can be used to buy a toy train. Then they count out how much money is given and write that amount in cents. Students also trace or draw the coins to match each price listed.
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Show Me The Money

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the value of U.S. money. For this money lesson, 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 by...
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Money in Action

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students become familiar with the various coins in our money system as well as amount of each coin. They help develop their ability to count change and find different ways to show equal amounts.
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Money Counts

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify bills and coins to $20 bills and make equivalencies. They organize bills and coins in groups from greatest to least and least to greatest. Students count out change.
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We're In The Money

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learn about the history of money, as well as counterfeiting, budget vocabulary, and money management. Much of the lesson requires a Nova video; however, it also includes numerous worksheets that may be useful even without the video....
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Ten Money Word Problems

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Play with money! There are 10 word problems given; can your learners count the money in each and provide the correct answer? If possible, consider providing change for each learner to physically work out the answer. 
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Counting with Base - Ten Models

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Help your kids develop strategies for counting. In this base-ten lesson, learners use matching cards, base 10 blocks, and dry erase markers and boards to examine the base 10 counting system.
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Saving Money

For Teachers 1st
After listening to the wonderful book, A Chair for my Mother, young mathematicians engage in an awesome lesson about coins and the value of saving money. The lesson is done in a classic style - everything is beautifully organized, and...
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Count On It!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students investigate money. In this consumer math lesson, students use coins, identify their value, then group them in various ways to equal a dollar.
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Right on the Money

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students are introduced to coins and bills in American currency. After watching a video, they practice making the same amount of money out of different combinations of coins and bills. Using the internet, they discover how much each...
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Thinking About Money

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students evaluate various approaches to spending money.In this spending money literacy lesson, students broaden their financial goals by reading "Alexander Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday" and "A Chair for My Mother."Students use a Venn...
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Money, Money, Honey Bunny!

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students read a story about spending and saving money and talk about the difference between goods and services. In this money lesson plan, students also play a matching game to review the story and practice rhyming words from the story.
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Characteristics and Functions of Money

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discuss the function and characteristics of money. In this financial education lesson plan, 4th graders read the book The Go-Around Dollar by Johnston Adams. This book sparks a conversation on how money is used and the...

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