Lesson Plans on Money
Coin Combinations and Fractions of Dollar
CA Standards: 2.5.1 Solve problems using combinations of coins and bills.
Time: 50 minutes
Materials (shown in Appendix)
Coin video (background knowledge)
Coin coloring handout (penny, nickel, dime & quarter) Appendix 1 Color4coins.jpg
Coin naming handout (penny, nickel, dime & quarter) Appendix 2 Labelcoins.jpg
Coin matching handout (penny, nickel, dime & quarter) Appendix 3 Matchcoins.jpg
Plastic coins: penny, nickel, dime, & quarter; Appendix 4 Nickel&DimesSpinner.jpg
Penny & Nickel and Dime combinations of dollar handout; Appendix 5 PNDQ-Spinner.jpg
Dime & Quarter combinations of dollar handout; Appendix 6 Nickels&Dimes.jpg
Quarter & Half Dollar combinations of dollar handout; Appendix 7 Quarters&HalfDollars.jpg
Spinning selectors for:
o Penny & Nickel Combinations of Dollar; Appendix 8 Penny&NickelSpinner
o Dime & Quarter Combinations of Dollar; Appendix 9 Dime&QuarterSpinner
o Penny, Nickel, Dime, and Quarter Combinations of Dollar; Appendix 5 PNDQ-Spinner.jpg
Objectives:
Students will identify coins of different value (e.g. penny, nickel, dime, quarter & half-dollar) by their front and back
sides.
Students will match coins with proper names, cent and currency notation.
Students will combine various combinations of pennies and nickels as part and whole of dime and quarter.a dollar.
Students will combine various combinations of dimes and quarters as part and whole of a dollar.
Coin Combinations and Fractions of Dollar
Grade Level: 2nd
CA Standards: 2.5.1 Solve problems using combinations of coins and bills.
Time: 25 minutes
Materials (shown in Appendix)
Coin Song video (background knowledge)
Plastic coins replicas: penny, nickel, dime, & quarter; Appendix 2 & 3 Penny.jpg and Nickel.jpg
Spinning selector for 5 & 10 Penny & 1 & 2 Nickel Combinations of Dollar;
o Appendix 4 5&10P-1&2NSpinner.jpg
Objectives:
Students will identify coins of different value (e.g. penny, nickel, dime, quarter & half-dollar) by their front and back
sides.
Students will combine various combinations of pennies and nickels in sequential counting on transparency number
matrix.
Students will combine various combinations of dimes and quarters as part and whole of a dollar.
Coin Identification by Name and Value in Cents
Grade Level: 1st
CA Standards: 1.1.5
Identify and know the value of coins and show different combinations of coins that equal the
same value.
Time: 40 minutes
Materials
Coin Song video (background knowledge) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ARNqyQ0CuY
Plastic coins replicas: penny, nickel, dime, & quarter; Appendix 1
Cardboard coin box with slot for putting coin discretely into cup taped on other side
Objectives:
Students will identify coins of different value (e.g. penny, nickel, dime, & quarter) by their front and back sides.
Students will select or verify corresponding coin when asked to pay/receive a penny, nickel, dime or quarter.
Students will select or verify corresponding coin when asked to pay/receive one cent, five cents, ten cents or twenty
f
ive cents.