Learning Library

August 17, 2015

|

By Sarah Marten

Lesson plan

Add It Up! Counting Money

Download lesson plan

Contents

Grade

Subject

Maths Money maths Adding Money Money Word Problems

View aligned standards

2.MD.C.8 2.NBT.B.5

Mathematics Grade 1 1.4.C Grade 2 2.5.A Grade 3 3.4.C

Mathematics Grade 1 MG.1.8 Grade 2 MG.2.7.a Grade 3 MG.3.6.c

Mathematics Grade 1 K Grade 2 L Grade 3 N

No standards associated with this content.

Mathematics Year 2 ACMNA034.b ACMNA034.b

Mathematics Level 2 VCMNA111.2 VCMNA111.2

Which set of standards are you looking for?

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to solve story problems by counting money.

Introduction

(5 minutes)

Explain to the students that they will be reviewing how to count money to solve story problems in today's lesson.
Pass out the money (or manipulatives) to each student.
Review how many cents a penny, nickel, dime, and quarter represent.

Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling

(5 minutes)

Hand out the Counting Money Word Problems document to each student.
Model the first word problem for the class by reading it aloud and demonstrating with coins how to solve the problem.

Guided practise

(10 minutes)

Have the students, with the help of their partner, complete the rest of the word problems.
Walk the room and monitor students.

Independent working time

(10 minutes)

Hand out the year 3 Counting Coins I and year 3 Present maths worksheets to each student.
Allow the students to continue working in pairs to complete the worksheets.

Download to read more

Differentiation

Enrichment:Have advanced students write a counting money word problem on their own on the back of the Word Problem worksheet.
Support:Have struggling students work with a student that understands the lesson, or shorten the amount of work for the students to complete on the Word Problem document.

Assessment

(10 minutes)

Hand out the year 3 Counting Coins II and the year 3 How Many Coins worksheets to each student.
Have students complete the worksheets independently as an assessment.

Review and closing

Create a group work station that has students counting money for on going practise and review.

Add to collection

Create new collection

Create new collection

Collection name

New Collection

0

New Collection>

0Items

How likely are you to recommend Education.com to your friends and colleagues?

Not at all likely

Extremely likely

What could we do to improve Education.com?

Please note: Use the Contact Us link at the bottom of our website for account-specific questions or issues.

What would make you love Education.com?

What is your favorite part about Education.com?