Lesson Plan: Gabrielle Pate

Counting Change
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2nd
Mathematics
Four 15 minute sessions
Many kids will ask their parents for money but in all reality they do not know
what money really is. This lesson with help children understand that money is
not just something that is made, even though the change is so small it only
goes so far. This will also help children understand working with money is all
math skills, critical thinking, sales etc.
International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE): National Educational
Technology Standards for Schools (NETS-S)
Standard 2: Communication and Collaboration
Standard 3: Research and information Fluency
Standard 5: Digital Citizenship
Standard 6: Technology Operations and Concepts
Michigan Common Core State Standards for Mathematics: Grade 2
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Number and operations in base Ten
Measurements and Data
Students will understand the value and meaning of each coin
They will count, add, subtract and understand that each coin can be
used in many ways.
Students will take notes on a piece of paper as to what each coin is worth,
once they take the information and finish the project they are responsible to
type up a half sheet of paper to explain what they learned throughout this
lesson.
Quarters
Dimes
Nickels
Pennies
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Pencil
Computer
Printer
1. First start with Pennies, pull 10 pennies out and explain that each
penny is one cent. So if you have two pennies, how much is that? It
would be two cents. Add another penny, so you now have 3 pennies,
how much is that? I would be 3 cents. Etc.
2. Second, take about 2 or 3 pennies and ask how many pennies they
have? Then add two or three more, see if they understand.
3. Third, pull out 10 nickels and explain that each nickel is five cents. So
if you have two nickels, how much is that? It would be ten cents. Add
another nickel, so you now have 3 nickels, how much is that? I would
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be 15 cents. Etc.
4. Second, take about 2 or 3 nickels and ask how many nickels they
have? Then add two or three more, see if they understand.
5. Repeat steps 1 and 2 with dimes quarters, dimes are 10cents,
quarters are 25 cents.
6. Once these steps are complete now you can do random stuff with
these coins. Add two nickels and a dime, thats 20 cents. Etc.
Assessment

Students will be assessed based on:

How well they can present how much each coin costs.
How well they can explain each value of each coin