Christina Stokes

Bret Harte Elementary School

3.5 Math Lesson Plan
Grade: 2
Number of Students: 21
Subject Area: Math
Duration: 55 minutes
Lesson Title: Spend $1.00
Standard:
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.NBT.B.5
Fluently add and subtract within 100 using strategies based on place value, properties of
operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction.
Objective:
Students are able to find ways to subtract numbers to spend a $1.00.
Materials:

Chart Paper
Black marker
Two number cubes
100 chart
Money (dollar bills included)
Recording sheet per player (page 52 from Student Activity Book)

Procedure
1. Lesson Introduction/Review (15 minutes)
a. I will ask students what they remember when playing the game Collect $1.00. I will
ask students if they remember what I told them about imagining buying their favorite

ice cream from an ice cream truck that cost $1.00. I will tell students that today, they
are going to play a game with a partner and find ways to spend their $1.00.
b. Before the game, I will ask students how many dimes and pennies are in $1.00. I will
tell the students to turn to their neighbor and discuss this problem as a warm up.
c. We will go over how many dimes and pennies are in a dollar using the money.
(Expected Answers: 10 dimes and 100 pennies.) Once students understand the
concept, I will go over the rules and the materials students will need to play the
Spend $1.00 game.
2. Teach and Model (15 minutes)
a. I will choose a student to demonstrate to the class how to play the game. I will help
and guide the student to record his/her turns, so students can see how it works.
b. The student will play at least 2-3 rounds to make sure students have a solid
understanding of the game.
c. If students have difficult subtracting from a $1.00, I will use the 100 chart to model
how students can use the chart as a tool to help solve the problem. For example, if the
student rolled a 6 which is 6 cents from $1.00, I will explain that the student is
subtracting 6 from 100. The answer would be 94 cents.
3. Independent Practice (25 minutes)
a. Students will play Spend $1.00 game with their partner while completing their
recording sheet.
b. I will circulate and confer to each pair to see what strategies students are using to
subtract from $1.00.
c. For homework, students will complete page 52.
4. Assessment
a. I will be able to determine that the lesson was a success if, students are able to
distinguish different equivalencies of money and finding ways to spend money
through class discussion, observation, and reviewing homework.