Use the special Tennessee State Quarter as a learning tool. During this lesson, discuss why the Tennessee Quarter has musical instruments on it. You can also utilize a worksheet embedded in the plan to help your class compose a song that...

Fourth graders examine the role of money. In this money instructional activity, 4th graders read a chapter from Judy Blume's, Double Fudge, to see how money is made and how people make money. They finish a worksheet, and play a game...

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.

Practice real-world application of decimals by viewing the U.S. National Debt Clock online and discussing the level of outstanding debt. A skit, vocabulary, and various other resources are available.

Students use manipulative to identify the ones and tens digit in a number, use pictorial representation to identify the ones and tens digit in a number and determine the value of a number given tens and ones.

Constructing decimals correctly is a crucial concept for elementary students to grasp. Here, have the young mathematicians in your class explore standard and expanded form while comparing decimal values. This unit is taught while...

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...

Students identify ways in which the principles and subject matter of other disciplines taught in school, specifically math, are interrelated with those of music.

An engaging game called, "Quarter, Nickel, and Dime" is presented in this math lesson. Players are given an envelope with slips of paper that represent the three coins. In pairs, they play the game 18 times, and the whole class charts...

The US mint has created this fabulous lesson plan, which practices language arts and mathematics skills. Learners will use the provided worksheets and step-by-step instructions to experiment with different sentence structures, use...

Students explore the value of money. For this money lesson, students investigating combining amounts of money and making change. Students count sets of money and make fair trades. Resources are provided.

Students discover the names and values of different monetary denominations. In this money lesson, students examine the different combinations that money can be added in to find specified amounts. The students complete worksheets based on...

Third graders explore different combinations of coins that can be used for specified amounts of money using paper money and tree diagrams. They write money amounts in different forms. Groups utilize a tree diagram imbedded in this lesson...

Students count coins. In this currency and mathematics lesson, students use skip counting to figure the value of a group of coins. Students use plastic replica coins and real coins.

Students complete activities to study the value of money. In 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...

Students identify money values. In this money lesson, students sort and group coins by value and investigate the cost of supplies needed for a snack. Students prepare snacks for a snack sale.

Master place value with a series of lessons that use math journals, manipulatives, and place value mats. Kids follow the instructions to represent numbers of all sizes with base ten blocks and recording sheets. 

Fifth graders share the book, "The Story of Money" and discuss the uses of money, bartering, trade and the history of money. Students discuss various ways of spending: cash, check, debit/credit cards and review the check writing process....

Second graders demonstrate how to count change. In this consumer math instructional activity, 2nd graders read the book The Penny Pot and identify the value of coins. Students complete a worksheet to practice counting coins.

Students create different coin combinations for a single amount, practice counting, demonstrate their knowledge of the value of coins and demonstrate their knowledge of coin combinations.

Help young mathematicians make cents out of the US currency system with this two-part math lesson. Children first learn the names and values for each type of coin, before learning to count and compare the values of coins using the...

First graders identify coins (pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters), and their attributes, including physical characteristics and value.

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.

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".