Appendix 1

LESSON PLAN
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

LESSON ORGANISATION
Year Level: 1 Time: Date: Students Prior Knowledge:

Learning Area: Maths - Have used money

- Have seen the coins before

Strand/Topic from the Australian Curriculum

Recognise, describe and order Australian coins according
to their value (ACMNA017)

General Capabilities (that may potentially be covered in the lesson)

Literacy Numeracy ICT Critical and Ethical Personal and Intercultural
competence creative thinking behaviour Social understanding
competence
Cross-curriculum priorities (may be addressed in the lesson)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Asia and Australias engagement with Asia Sustainability
histories and cultures
Proficiencies:(Mathematics only)
Lesson Objectives (i.e. anticipated outcomes of this lesson, in point form beginning with an action verb)

As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:

Rank the coins in their value by smallest to largest
Show the

Teachers Prior Preparation/Organisation: Provision for students at educational risk:

- Interactive whiteboard - Ask the students who struggle following
- Hand camera instructions specifically what the task is
- Australian coins
- Crepe paper
- Meter ruler
- Pictures of coins
- whiteboard

LESSON EVALUATION (to be completed AFTER the lesson)

Assessment of Lesson Objective and Suggestions for Improvement:

Teacher self-reflection and self-evaluation:

[OFFICIAL USE ONLY] Comments by classroom teacher, HOPP, supervisor:

LESSON DELIVERY (attach worksheets, examples, marking key, etc, as relevant)

Resources/References
Time Motivation and Introduction:
Align these with the
Class sitting on the mat segment where they will
be introduced.
Introduction:
Today we are going to look at coins and the different value of those coins
Who knows an Australian coin?
Name it and describe it using colour and size

Lesson Steps (Lesson content, structure, strategies & Key Questions):

1. Introduce all of the Australian coins one by one under the hand Hand camera
camera discussing all of the features Interactive whiteboard
Australian coins (5c,
2. Ask the class which one they think is worth the most amount of 10c, 20c, 50c, $1, $2)
money and why
3. Explain that we are going to look at the value of the individual
coins representing them with crepe paper Sticky tape
Crepe paper
Visual representation of the value Coins cut out
Eg: Meter ruler

4. Introduce the musical partners game

Bag
Now what we are going to do is lucky dip a coin out of the bag Laminated coins
It is not a real coin because I dont have that much money so it
will really just be a picture of a coin
I want you to keep your coin to yourself and not show anyone
Then when I say I am going to play you some music and you are
going to walk around the room music
When the music stops you need to stand together with the person

that is next to you and show them your coin and then you need to
discuss which one is smaller
Once you have the answer than stand with your hands on your
head
Then you need to swap coins with your partner and start again
5. Check for understanding
6. Model the behaviour and expectations
7. Start the game

Lesson Closure:(Review lesson objectives with students)

Give 5 students a coin and ask the rest of the class to put them in order from
most expensive to cheapest

Transition: (What needs to happen prior to the next lesson?)

Pack up read for lunch

Assessment: (Were the lesson objectives met? How will these be judged?)

Participation