Irishelle Estrada

Professor Flowers

Education 214

05 May 2020

How to count money!

Concept: ​The concept of this lesson plan is giving the students a skill they will need for the rest

of their life. ​It is essential for children to learn about money because it will help them live a

successful life, secure in the knowledge that they are financially stable and have a genuine

respect for the value of the money they earn. In this day of age people rarely use any cash to pay

for items regularly, it is important for students to learn how to count change.

Grade level: ​This lesson plan is directed to second graders or third graders in the beginning of

the school year.

General goals: ​One of the main goals of this lesson is for the student to be able to identify

pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters and being able to say what is the worth of it. Another goal

is the student being able to identify dollar bills such as ones, tens, twenties, fifties, and hundreds.

Once the student knows the worth of each coin and paper money, the next step is for the student

to be able to count money and coins together to get the exact amount desired.

Specific objectives: ​The specific objective for this less is for students to be able to identify

pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters and know the value of each one. The next objective is for

the student to identify the one dollar, five dollar, ten dollar, twenty dollar, fifty and one hundred

dollar bill and know the value of each one as well.

Required Materials:
 ● Powerpoint of the lesson plan

● Smartboard

● Precut fake paper money and coins

● Counting money worksheets

● Class ipad

● Kahoot

Anticipatory Set (Lead-In): ​Who doesn’t love finding pennies on the ground? If we learn about

the values of coins and dollars, then we can save everything up to buy something fun! We are

going to learn about the values of United States coins up to dollar bills. We will be able to

associate value with coin or dollar.

Step-By-Step Procedures: ​I will begin my class with asking the students how their weekend

was and what activities they did. I will also explain to the student our class schedule for the

lesson plan and what activities I have planned for them. I will then go into my lead in and ask

them a question related to the lesson plan to catch their attention. After my lead in I will ask the

students questions relating to the lesson such as “ Who knows the lowest​ value coin is?” and ask

for volunteers to answer my questions. When students participate to answer the questions I will

encourage them after if they are wrong or right I will say phrases such as “good job” and “very

good”. The first coin I will be presenting to the class is the penny. I will have a powerpoint

presentation and with pictures of each coin. I will continuously point out how each coin looks

while I give the information to the class. If I keep pointing out how the coin looks and how much

it is worth it will stick in their head. While presenting the penny to the students I will say the

color, the worth and how many of them they need to reach a one full dollar. The same steps will
be repeated for each of the coins such as nickels, dimes, and quarters. For each of the coins I will

show various pictures while I explain what color each coin is, what the value is, and how many

you need of each specific coin to make one dollar. During each coin I will ask questions to make

sure the students are understanding the lesson and are listening. After going through these steps

for each coin I will move on to the paper bills. Much like the coin I will go through a bill and

have a picture of it on the presentation, I will say the name of the bill, how much it is worth and

how much you need of that one bill to make one hundred dollars. I will do all of these steps for

the one, five, ten, twenty, fifty, and one hundred dollar bill. After my presentation and going over

all the coins and paper money I will hand out two different worksheets. One of the worksheets

will concentrate on coins and the other on paper money. I will also have pre cut money passed

out to each student to help them on the worksheets. I will ask the students to work individually to

complete these worksheets. When the students are working individually I will walk around the

classroom and ask students if they need any help or have any questions. After working

individually for about 15 minutes I will have the worksheet displayed on a smart board and for

every question I will ask for a volunteer to come up to the smart board and show what their

answer is and explain how they got it. I will repeat this same step for worksheet #2. After

completing both worksheets and successfully helping students learn about money, I will ask

students to pass in their assignments and the fake money. After cleaning I will have students get

their class ipads so we can have a game of kahoot. After kahoot we will put away the ipads and I

will assign them homework revolving around the lesson.

Plan For Independent Practice: ​My plan for independent practice is during class they will

work on both worksheets independently then we will go over the answers as a class. I will also

assign homework for the students about counting money.

Closure (Reflect Anticipatory Set): ​For my lesson closure I will create a kahoot game asking

them questions on what I was teaching during class. This is a fun game for the students to

participate in and learn at the same time. I will also be assigning homework at the end of the

lesson.

Possible Connections To Other Subjects: ​The biggest connection to another subject during this

counting money lesson is math. This improves their adding skills while learning how to count

money.

Special Needs Accommodations: ​There are many different special needs accommodations I can

use during this lesson. For example for hearing impairment students i​f the school is able to

provide a Sign Language Interpreter that would be the best option for the student to be able to

learn at the same pace as the rest of the class. If a Sign Language Interpreter is not provided I am

able to have preferred seating and have extra note taking for this specific student during this

lesson. I am able to give the student an extra handout with all names of each coin and paper

money if needed. For visually impaired student students I can have an audiotaped of this lesson

providing the student with the names of all the coins and paper money and instead of doing

worksheets I can have a one on one with them and instead of writing it down they are able to say

it outloud. There are many different special needs accommodations I can use during this lesson
Such as clarify or simplify written directions, present a small amount of work, and provide

additional practice activities. These accommodations can be used for autism, dyslexia , and many

other disabilities.

Worksheets used in lesson plan:

Worksheet #1

Worksheet #2
Homework: