Intern Name: Janet Greraney

Lesson Title (Subject/Topic): Counting Money

Grade: Second Grade
Length of Lesson: 30 minutes
Date Taught:
LESSON PLAN TEMPLATE
In this lesson…
Overview Students will learn how to write the price of money correctly using the cent
symbol, dollar symbol, and a decimal point.
2.7 The student will
a) count and compare a collection of pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters
Standards of whose total value is $2.00 or less; and
Learning b) use the cent symbol, dollar symbol, and decimal point to write a value of
money.

How much is each coin value worth?

Essential Questions What does a dollar sign look like?
Where is the cent sign placed?

Students will be able to…

Determine the value of each coin value, and be able to correctly place dollar and
Objectives cent symbols correctly.
Students should be familiar with writing the value of the coin collection with a
dollar sign and decimal as well as with a cent symbol.
I can... count and compare a collection of pennies, nickels, dimes, and
quarters whose total value is $2.00 or less
Learning Target I can... use the cent symbol, dollar symbol, and decimal point to write a
value of money.
Necessary Prior Being able to determine the value of each coin would be beneficial to move
forward with the lesson.
Knowledge
● Plastic coins
Materials ● Worksheet
Discussing the two ways to write money
Introduction/Hook Using the cent sign vs the dollar sign

Instructional ● Introduction to the topic with a PowerPoint

Activities & ● Video to further explain
Strategies ● Worksheet with plastic coins to help visually explain the value of money

Dollar sign – ($) symbol used to represent dollars. It is a large “S” with one
or two vertical lines through it.
Key Vocabulary or
Concepts Cent sign – (¢) symbol used to represent cents or hundredths of a dollar. It
is a small “c” with one vertical or diagonal line through it.

Assessments None
Closure Activity Counting coins worksheet
Working with small groups of students in the bump out who need extra
Accommodations one-on-one further explanation
https://youtu.be/MbtmucV-U2c
https://www.k5learning.com/free-math-worksheets/second-grade-2/counting-mo
Resources ney/counting-money-four-coins-plus-one-dollar

Reflection on a Lesson Plan Taught

Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow
Intern Name: Janet Greaney
Lesson Title (Subject/Topic): Counting Money
Date of Lesson Taught:
Cooperating Teacher & School: John B Dey, Stava
Grade: 2
Time of Day:

1. What steps did you go through to create this lesson? With whom did you talk, discuss, or edit your lesson?
From teaching previous lessons, I learned what has worked and what hasn't. I went through the process of
creating these lessons with what the students enjoyed from previous lessons in mind. With the help from my
cooperating teacher, I was able to create an educational lesson.

2. How did the SOLs and Objectives help focus your instruction?
The SOL and Objectives assisted me in creating a lesson plan that aligned with the curriculum and further
helped them succeed.

3. What parts of the instructional plan worked as you anticipated?

The plastic coins that I had already prepared for them a few weeks ago, helped them succeed in adding coins
together.

4. What, if any, adjustments needed to be made once you began?

Once I began, I could have slowed down the lesson because it went by faster than anticipated.

5. How well did you anticipate the materials needed?

The students only needed a few materials as we started the lesson, they had already had their desks clear and
coins ready.

6. How effective was the assessment you chose to use? (If no assessment was used, what will the future
assessment be and how will you gauge its effectiveness?)
My cooperating teacher will do an assessment in the future to gauge the effectiveness of the lesson I prepared
for them and their understanding on the topic.
7. To what degree do you feel that this lesson was a success? What evidence do you have for the success of
the lesson? (Hint: Student learning is the key to a lesson’s success!)
The students afterwards felt like they had a more clear understanding of the topic and could differentiate
between using a dollar sign and a cent sign.

8. How did the time spent preparing for your lesson contribute to its success?
The time I spent preparing the lesson made the lesson effective to the students learning and ultimately
contributed to its success.
9. If you could do this lesson again with the same students, would you do anything differently? If so, what?
I would add more aspects of the lesson. I would add something to make the lesson longer and elaborate on the
topic further.
10. Any last comments/reflections about your lesson?
The lesson went well and the students enjoyed using the coins as a visual in front of them to learn how to count
the value of money.