Lesson Six-Money
Objectives:
Students will identify, sort, and classify pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters and their value.
Students will explore the value of a penny, nickel, dime, and a quarter.
Students will compare the value of a penny, nickel, dime and a quarter.
Time Required:
One Week (introduce one coin at a time)
Vocabulary:
cents
penny
nickel
dime
quarter
$
Materials:
Bennies Pennies by Pat Brisson
Pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters
Computer with Internet Access
Coin Poems (you can also use other songs and poems)
Clip Art of Coins (scroll down to Money and click on Clip Art)
Money Worksheets (scroll down to Money and choose from the different ones)
Store Display Sheet (print and copy)
Coin Record Sheet ( print and copy)
Spreadsheet Program
Procedures:
Read Bennies Pennies by Pat Brisson. As you read the story have students count aloud the pennies in the story. After reading the story discuss how Benny spent his money and ask them what they would have bought.
Introduce the penny on the first day, then the nickel, dime and quarter. Each day you introduce a coin use the money poems pertaining to that particular coin and use the clip art of coin. Discuss characteristics and information of each coin (whose face is on it, heads, tails, etc). Pass out the coin and have students examine and describe the coin. State the value of the coin.
Use the money clip art to put various amounts on the board and students count how much money.
Give each student ten to fifteen pennies (nickels, dime, quarters on the day you introduce). Have students model different amounts you ask for using their pennies.
Day Two
Review value of a penny.
Introduce nickel. Read poem and show students a nickel. Discuss characteristics of the nickel and state the value of the coin. Show students the penny. Discuss how the penny and the nickel are alike and how they are different.
Give students nickels and pennies. Have students sort the nickels and pennies. Have them count the pennies and their value. Have students show how many pennies each nickel is worth.
Have students model different amounts you ask for using the nickels and pennies.
Do the same on each day with dimes and quarters.
Evaluation:
As students work, observe how they describe the coins, how they model and count different amounts asked by you.
Use a Worksheet on each day at the end of the lesson.
Extension Activity:
Create a class store where students can experiment the roles of vendors and consumers. Provide students with a play cash register and play items which can be used to sell (toys, food, school supplies, sports items, jewelry, stuffed animals, etc). Have students use play money to buy and sell various products. Students can use a Store Display Sheet (you can use the amounts they have on the sheet or change them each time or leave them blank and students write in the amount of what they want to buy). Have students draw pictures of the things they want to purchase at the store. Next pass out a Coin Record Sheet and coin stamps or clip art of coins. Have students model what coins they would use to make the purchase by using the coin stamps or the coin clip art on the Coin Record Sheet.
Students can create Money Flashcards. Students use coin stamps or coin clip art and blank index cards. Students will stamp or cut out the clip art and glue different simple combinations of coins on the flashcards. Place the flashcards into baggies. Students can count how much money on the cards. (This can also be done for Home Learning.) They can also play with a partner. To play, have each player turn over the top of his/her stack. The child with the coin or combination of the greatest value keeps all the exposed cards. Continue playing until all the cards have been used; then ask each child to count and compare the number of her collected cards with the other players.
Students can visit the U.S. Mint where they can play all kids of online games about money.
Home Learning:
Students will create a Coin Graph for Homework. Provide students with a baggie with pennies, dimes, nickels, and quarters. Place different amounts (1 - 7) of each in the baggie. Give students a copy of the Coin Graph. Students will count how many of each coin is in their baggie and color the appropriate boxes. When students return to school the next day they can share their graphs with the class. Students can also use any spreadsheet program and make a graph on the computer as an extension activity.
Students can also complete the Store Display Sheet and Coin Record Sheet or complete any of the worksheets for Homework.