Purdue Lesson Plan Form

Teacher Name: Sara Li, Adrian Ochoa, Alyssa Jackson

Resources: Internet
Unit: 4.M.6

Skills: Making change

Equipment Needed: computers, projectors, interactive white board, chalk or white boards
Grade: 4th

# of students: 15-20

Lesson #: Making Change

Safety: Be respectful of other students Pre-requisite Skills: Knowledge of the values of the coins and bills,
addition and subtraction of decimals and whole numbers
Technology: computers, projectors, interactive white board, chalk or white boards
Teaching Style: Student-centered
Global Goal: ablility to properly make transactions
Indiana Standards: 4.M.3 Use the four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) to solve real-world
problems involving distances, intervals of time, volumes,
masses of objects, and money. Include addition and subtraction problems involving simple fractions and problems that require
expressing measurements given in a larger unit in
terms of a smaller unit.

Lesson Objectives:
Cognitive (1), Affective (1),
Psychomotor (1)
Assessment for each
objective must be included

Time

Lesson Focus and Transitions/

Extensions/Applications/Assessme
nts (introduction to closure) (include
adaptations for students with special
needs)
Overveiw:
4th grade
students involved in College Mentors
for Kids will further their knowledge
on how to make change in a purchase
through the instruction of their
mentors as well as various activities.
Description of Learners &
Learning Environment:
Fourth grade students involved in the
College Mentors for Kids (CMFK)
program aiming to help at-risk
students.

1. 15-20 students in each

CMFK group.
2. Each student is paired with
a college student/mentor.
3. Students will be traveling
around Purdues campus to

Organization
(Draw set up)

Refinements/C
ues

participate in program.

4. Students

will be hosted in
a classroom with several
round tables.

5. Students have access to

small whiteboards and
wireless internet.

6. Classroom is equipped with

one instructor station
including a projector.
Introduction:

Good morning class!

We will start off by showing a brief

YouTube video clip of how to
subtract and add decimals so the
students will understand the general
idea for todays class.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=rO9Df3vEkN8

Lesson: The students will be taught

the place values of the numbers
placed before and after the decimal
points before adding and subtracting
decimals. Solid understanding of the
place values are understood before
continuing. Afterwards, we will
incorporate coins and bills into the
lesson and analyzing which place
value hundreds, tens, ones, tenths,
and hundreths each bill or coin
belongs in.

Objective 1:
Given a situation where
change must be made,
SWBAT make the correct
change for the item
without mistake.

Activity:
Now you that we are going to do
now is allow students to make
change on our own using an online
game/tool. Students should log on to
computers and use the link provided
to practice on their own for about 5

min.
http://www.funbrain.com/cgibin/cr.cgi?
A1=s&A14=medium&country[usa].
x=23&country[usa].y=45
I hope everyone has been able to get
a feel for how to make change.
What we are going to do now is
divide the class into two teams. A
problem will appear on the
projection screen. Each player will
be standing at a chalk/white board
and asked to write down what the
correct amount of change should be.
the first team to turn around with the
correct answer will get a point. Each
player on each team will go once to
have a chance to participate.
Problems will come from this
interactive online game:
http://justkidsgames.com/play.php?
MakingChange
(Optional: Have "gold coin"
chocolates to give out after activity
to both teams for a good job. keep
in mind the allergies of students
before deciding to use this reward.)

Objective 2:
Given a making change
worksheet, SWBAT solve
the problems within two
attempts.

Objective 3:
Given instruction to
create their own making
change problem,

Assesment:
Students will be assessed by
completing the following worksheet.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/
1vFWk_4-o06h5iBFI2Xi2pHKSa_1gxsFnmgtWLDFsoc
/edit?usp=sharing
Conclusion:
Mentors will review what the
students have learned by asking them
to write a word problem of their own

Mentors should
not assist
students with
the worksheet
and students
should work
independently.

SWBAT write out their

own change making
problem for other
students to solve.

involving making change. They will

then trade their problem with another
student and have them solve it. After,
the students are free to be dismissed
so long as their guardian is present.
Have a Great evening! See you next
time!

Journal Articles
In the first journal article, the author explains how he feels like students arent being prepared well
enough in terms of science, technology, engineering and math. He feels that this lack of preparation is
starting at the root of teachers not being properly trained and able to teach the STEM fields. This
journal really discussed how STEM education is being neglected and needs to be more of a priority in
education. So, we created a STEM lesson focusing on math that students will actually apply in their
real life.
Kuenzi, J. J. (2008). Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (stem) education: Background,
federal policy, and legislative action.
In the second journal article, the author explains how the United States needs a more organized and
strategic plan of study for teaching STEM topics in schools. He explains how he feels that most jobs
will have something to do within science, technology, engineering or math, so it is important that
students have a building block in the STEM field. Again, this lesson discussed how important it is that
students have a proper STEM education. Our lesson falls under the math field and also is extremely
relatable to the real-world.
Bybee, R. W. (2010). What is STEM education?. Science, 329(5995), 996-996.
We believe that students need to apply adding and subtracting decimals in the real world in
order for them to succeed in life later on. Using coins as a demonstration would optimize their
understanding in decimals and the value placeholders for each bills and coins. What inspired our lesson
is that people add or subtract decimals when they go out to a restaurant and receive their bill at the end.
They need to be able to double check what they ordered is equal to the total purchase. They would have
to add the decimals depending on the right place values in order to avoid mistakes and extra charges.
This helps people to avoid losing money and knowing how to add and subtract decimals also comes in
handy when paying for bills. We used a video on YouTube that demonstrates adding and subtracting
decimals by using coins and bills. We searched up. We also located our simulation on funbrains and
justkidsgames.com to futher help the understanding of students on adding and subtracting decimals
with coins. We looked up the variety of teaching methods that are suitable for our lesson plan and

decided the student teaching approach was the most qualified. Student-centered approach is an inquirybased learning and is more interactive. Instead of teacher-centered approach where students simply
receive information and then being tested on, students will be more active and involved in the lesson
activities given.
Teaching Methods. (n.d.). Retrieved November 9, 2014.