Lesson Plans

Students will compare sets of coins and determine which group is greater than, less than, or equal to the other according to the number and value of each set. Students will read and interpret a simple bar graph to answer questions.

Students will observe the physical attributes, such as size, height, weight, and length, of coins. Students will play a game to compare coins to one another.

Using coins as the standard of measure, students will estimate and check weights of classroom objects.

Students will play a game to practice matching each coin denomination to its value. Then students will identify the name and value of each coin.

Using real or paper coins, students will discuss what they know about coins, coin values, and place their coins in value order.

Students will play a game in which they create monetary amounts using different coin combinations.

Students will explain the meanings of spending and earning and associate the correct mathematical function with each one. Students will also make change up to a dollar.

Students will review coins and their values, as well as practice skip counting using coins.

Students will explore the purchasing power of the half dollar. Students will collect and graph prices over time, and then write math problems to determine the percent increase between periods.

Students discuss and research an individual or event from a commemorative coin. They then use the information to write acrostic poems, creating stand-up accordion books to display the poems.