1st Grade Money Lesson Plan
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- Money Song
- Coin History
1st Grade Math
Objective:
The student will be able to identify the value of coins and know how to equal a value by
using different type of coins.
TEKS 1.1 Number, operation and quantitative reasoning. The student uses whole
numbers to describe and compare quantities. The student is expected to:
( C ) identify individual coins by name and value and describe relationships
among them.
Materials:
*Large Paper coins * Song Poster
* Plastic Velcro coins * Worksheets
Procedure:
1. Prior Knowledge/ History of Coins
a. When starting the lesson, I will ask the students how many of them
know what coins are, what are they for, if they know their value, and
their meaning.
b. After talking about their prior knowledge, I will talk about the History
and meaning of the coins penny, nickel, dime, and quarter. (Page
Attached)
2. Introducing coin values
a. I will have large paper coins up in the board and make a chart with the
value of each cent. After explaining each of the value of each coin,
then I will talk on how putting different coins together it could equal
the same value as other coins (ex.10 cents = 10 pennies, 1 nickel 5
pennies, and 10 pennies)
b. After practicing, I will ask each student to come up to the board and
with plastic coins I will ask each student starting with 1 cent to put
how many different coins will equal the value.
c. Teach the students the money song by showing them the lyrics in a big
poster and showing them the dance one line at a time (Lyrics
Attached)
3. Guided Practice
a. Play the game called “Around the World” this game starts by starting
with the first 2 kids in the classroom. I will put up coins up in the
board and they have to tell me the value of what I put up in the board.
Who ever tells me the value first will move on and challenge the next
child till everybody gets a turn and were back where we started.
Assessment:
Distribute count the money worksheet for students to complete individually. Worksheet
will have 10 problems and students have to count the coins and circle the correct answer.
Worksheet Website: [Link]
Money Song
//Money, Money, Money, I want some!
Money, Money, Money, Counting money is Fun!//
A Penny’s worth 1
A Nickel’s worth 5
A Dime is worth 10
And a Quarter’s 25
Money, Money, Money, you know that it’s true
Counting Money is easy to do
Penny, Penny easily spent
Small and brown
And worth 1 cent
Nickel, Nickel thick and fat
It’s worth 5 cents I know that!
A dime A dime small and thin
Dime, dime it’s always worth 101
Quarter, Quarter big and bold
Its worth 25, so I’m told!
Money, Money, Money, I want some!
Money, Money, Money, Counting money is Fun!
A Penny’s worth1
A Nickel’s worth 5
A Dime is worth 10
And a Quarter’ s 25
Money, Money, Money, you know that it’s true
Counting Money is easy to do
Song Website: [Link]
Coin History
Penny
• A U.S. coin worth one cent; can be written 1¢ or $0.01
• Named after the British penny
• Copper plated; smooth edge
• First penny was printed in 1787; designed by Benjamin Franklin; it
had an “Indian Head”
• Lincoln penny first issued in 1909, the 100th anniversary of Lincoln’s
birth; this was the
first coin to picture a President
Front of Penny
• Abraham Lincoln—16th President of the United States
• “In God We Trust”; “Liberty”
• Mint mark (D means Denver, S means San Francisco and P means
Philadelphia)
Back of Penny
• Lincoln Memorial, located in Washington D.C.; If you look closely you
can see a tiny
picture of Lincoln sitting inside the Lincoln Memorial.
• “United States of America”; “One Cent”;
• “E Pluribus Unum”=”Out of many, one”
Nickel
• U.S. coin worth five cents/five pennies; can be written 5¢ or $0.05
• Made out of a mixture of nickel and copper; smooth edge
• Was an “Indian Head/Buffalo” nickel until 1938 when it became the
Jefferson nickel
Front of Nickel
• Thomas Jefferson—3rd President of the United States and principal
author of the
Declaration of Independence
• “In God We Trust”; “Liberty”
Back of Nickel
• Monticello—Jefferson’s house, which was designed by Jefferson
himself
• “E Pluribus Unum”; “Monticello”; “Five Cents”; “United States of
America”
Dime
• U.S. coin worth ten cents/ten pennies/two nickels; can be written 10¢
or $0.10
• Before 1965, was made out of silver; now made out of nickel/copper
mixture; 188 ridges
around the edge; smallest, thinnest and lightest U.S. coin
• Used to be the “Liberty Head “dime until 1946; now, the Roosevelt
dime
Front of Dime
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt—32nd President; the only four-term
President of the United
States
• “Liberty”; “In God We Trust”
Back of Dime
• Torch with an olive branch to the left and an oak branch to the right
• Torch signifies liberty
• Oak branch signifies strength and independence
• Olive branch signifies peace
• “United States of America”; “E Pluribus Unum”; “One dime”
Quarter
• U.S. coin worth twenty-five cents/twenty-five pennies/five nickels/two
dimes and one
nickel; can be written 25¢ or $0.25
• Made out of copper and nickel; before 1965 it was also made out of
silver; edge has 119
ridges
• George Washington quarter replace the Liberty quarter in 1932
• There will be 50 state quarters, honoring each state’s history,
traditions and symbols
Front of Quarter
• George Washington—First President of the United States
• “Liberty”; “In God We Trust”;
Back of Quarter
• Presidential coat of arms (an eagle with outstretched wings)
• “United States of America”; “E Pluribus Unum”; “Quarter Dollar”
