Intern Name: Kayla Rockhill

Lesson Title (Subject/Topic): Counting Money - Math

Grade: 2
Length of Lesson: approx. 1 hour
(concept will be practiced throughout the week)
Date Taught: X
LESSON PLAN TEMPLATE
In this lesson…
Overview Students will learn how to count money with different interactive activities.
2.7 The student will
a) count and compare a collection of pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters
Standards of whose total
Learning value is $2.00 or less; and
b) use the cent symbol, dollar symbol, and decimal point to write a value of
money.

Essential Questions How can you order coins to get the total value?

Objectives Students will be able to…master skip counting, find total values, and compare
Learning Target I can use pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters to count money.
Necessary Prior Students should know how to count by ones/skip count by 5, 10, & 25
other basic math skills (knowing values and sizes of coins?)
Knowledge
computer & board
Materials coins - put different amounts of coins in ziplock bags
paper worksheet/pencils
Introduction/Hook Brainpop video or song
Powerpoint
- will cover the following: review skip counting with the whole class &
Instructional introduce the new concept of identifying coins/counting money
Activities & Groups
Strategies - students will be split into groups/work with partners to touch the coins
and practice counting them (when they have the correct answer they will
switch bags with another group)
Key Vocabulary or Vocab: dollar, dollar sign, cents, quarter, dime, nickel, penny, count, total value,
decimal point
Concepts
This concept will be continuously practiced throughout the week -
Assessments by the end of the week the students students will test
(something like Seesaw or another handout)
An individual worksheet will be used as an “exit ticket” to determine how much
Closure Activity the student understands from the concept (look at image below)
Accommodations N/A

Adapted from the Teacher Cadet Curriculum, Property of CERRA—South Carolina © 2004, and/or the Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow Curriculum
John M. Merritt, English Teacher at Kellam High School (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)
 https://jr.brainpop.com/math/money/countingcoins/
Resources https://www.education.com/resources/second-grade/money-math/

Adapted from the Teacher Cadet Curriculum, Property of CERRA—South Carolina © 2004, and/or the Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow Curriculum
John M. Merritt, English Teacher at Kellam High School (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)