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Oklahoma Academic Standards - 2nd Grade Math
Money Math
Overview
A second-grade lesson plan focused on helping students learn how to count change.
Prior to Learning
Overview: A 2nd-grade lesson plan designed to help students learn how to count change up to $1.00.
Oklahoma Academic Standards: 2.N.4.1 Determine the value of a collection(s) of coins up to one dollar using the cent symbol. 2.N.4.2 Use a combination of coins to represent a given amount of money up to one dollar.
Objective: Students will be able to count change up to $1.00 in order to buy a prize.
Focus question: How does learning how to count change help me in the real world?
Vocabulary:
Change: currency in the form of coins
Penny: a coin worth 1 cent
Nickel: a coin worth 5 cents
Dime: a coin worth 10 cents
Quarter: a coin worth 25 cents
Materials: Computers, whiteboard, a bag of change (2 quarters, 5 dimes, 5 nickels, and 5 pennies, $1.30 total) for each student, candy (taffy, bubble gum, suckers, and mini chocolates), and a SMARTBoard or projector.
Accommodations: for ELLs, we will review the equivalent change for their native language's culture. For special needs, students may buddy up and help each other with counting.
Lesson and Activity
Instructional Procedures:
1. Introduction: the teacher will start with a discussion about counting change. Students will be informed of the objectives and asked the focus question: How does learning how to count change help me in the real world?
2. First, we will go over what each of the coins looks like. Students will take all of their coins out of their bags and sort them into piles based on looks. 1) Silver versus bronze/copper, 2) bigger versus smaller, and 3) all 4 different types.
3. Next, we will go over how much each of these is worth. 1) quarters are worth 25 cents (demonstrate the cent symbol on the board) and are the biggest out of the four, 2) dimes are worth 10 cents and are the smallest, 3) nickels are worth 5 cents and are the second biggest, and 4) pennies are worth 1 cent and are the second smallest.
4. Then, we will watch the video "Counting Coins Song for Kids | Learning About Money Song For Kids" on YouTube.
5. Finally, we will discuss how to add up coins to make bigger coins, as talked about in the video. A penny is worth 1 cent; a nickel is worth 5 cents, or 5 pennies; a dime is worth 10 cents, or 10 pennies, or 2 nickels; a quarter is worth 25 cents, or 25 pennies, or 5 nickels, or 2 dimes and 1 nickel. Important note: "penny" and "cent" are not interchangeable terms, pennies are worth 1 cent and therefore you can use 5 pennies to equal 1 nickel.
Activity/Formative Assessment:
1. Students will practice giving out change through this interactive game: https://mrnussbaum.com/cash-out-online-game
Instructions: Visit the website. Select "PLAY." Difficulty settings should be Easy, display hints No, and show change amount Yes. Select "BEGIN GAME." Once the game loads, click on the correct coins to make change for the animals. Continue until the timer runs out.
2. Students will practice buying things by playing this game: https://www.abcya.com/games/counting_money
Instructions: Visit the website. Once it loads, click the big play button on the screen. Select Level 1 and then select Beginner. Click "OK" to continue after you listen to the directions. Then, drag and drop the correct coins into the yellow box. Once you finish your answer, click "CHECK" to check your answer. Keep going until you collect all 10 fish.
3. As a prize for their hard work, students will get to keep the change given to them at the beginning of the lesson. After playing both games, students will then transfer this into real life. With the coins that they were given, they will have the option to buy different candy from the "store," which will be at my desk. Students will come up one-by-one with their change and buy candy, making sure they don't go over the amount of money they were given. If they have the exact change, they will need to give it to me as so. If they don't have exact change, they will need to tell me how much money I should give back to them as change. If they don't use all of their money, they will be allowed to keep it.