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Lesson Plan
Counting Coins
Help your students learn to count money with this teacher-approved lesson. They'll love learning how much their favorite things are worth.
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Learning Objectives
Students will be able to recognize coins and identify their values.
The adjustment to the whole group lesson is a modification to differentiate for children who are English learners.
Introduction
(5 minutes)
- Ask your students to name the different coins used in the United States.
- Show the students the different coins, and tell them what each coin is called.
Beginning
- Pre-teach coin names and values to students prior to the lesson and have students orally share the names and values with you after the lesson to check for understanding.
- Provide students with a chart that lists the names on the coins with corresponding visuals and the coin's worth.
Intermediate
- Have students do a think-pair-share, explaining the different coin names to their partners.
- Ask students to repeat the names of the coins aloud after you say them.
