Money Match

Review Coin Types and Introduce Game (10 minutes)

• Bring up images of circulating coins (penny, nickel, dime, quarter) from usmint.gov/kids or hold up examples of each coin.
• Ask the class to review the name of each coin and how much each one is worth.
• Explain that everyone will now get to practice identifying each coin and its value by playing a game.

Play Money Match and Complete Worksheet (40 minutes)

1. Demonstrate the game for the entire class (see instructions below).
2. Break students into groups of two. Give each pair one set of Money Match cards and each student a printed Making Sense of Cents worksheet.
3. Allow 20 minutes to play the game.
4. After 20 minutes has passed, ask students to stop playing and focus on the Making Sense of Cents worksheet. Remind them of the instructions: write in the name of each coin and then draw a line from each coin to its value. Allow them to work with their partner.
5. After students have completed their worksheets, review the answers as a class.

How to Play "Money Match"

1. Spread cards face down on floor, table, or desk.
2. The first player turns over a coin card and a value card.
3. If the coin and the value match, the player keeps the cards and takes another turn. Otherwise, he turns the cards back over in the same place.
4. The second player takes a turn, repeating steps 2 and 3.
5. Players take turns until all cards have been paired up and collected.

Play another round of Money Match using coin combinations and corresponding values (e.g., two dimes and 20 cents).

Use the worksheets and class participation to assess whether the students have met the lesson objectives.