Learning Goals
- Identifying coins
- Sorting and sequencing coins by size and value
- Sorting, sequencing, counting and matching coins to their values
- Learning and saying the names of coins
Curriculum Connection
Students will read, represent, compare, and order whole numbers to 50, and use concrete materials to investigate money amounts.
Mathematics –
Number Sense and Numeration
Materials
- Coins or pictures of coins
Preparation
- Find coins or use paper to create coins to cut out.
- On a flat surface, place 3 or more coins beside one another.
Verbal Prompts
PART 1
First, look at the coins placed on the flat surface.
Find the…….nickel.
Find the….. dime.
Find the……
Next, listen and point to the correct coin.
Show me the……
Then, keep going with all the other coins.
When all the coins are done, you’re finished!
Time to put the coins away
I can recognize different coins!
Check your schedule for what’s next.
PART 2
First, order the coins from greatest to least in value.
Next, sort the coins based on their name and value.
Then, keep going until all the coins are sorted.
When all the coins are sorted, you’re finished!
Time to put the items away.
Check your schedule for what’s next.
PART 3
First, order the coins from greatest to least in value.
Next, sort the coins based on their name and value.
Next, add the value of the coins in each column.
Next, find the matching value on the post it note.
Then, keep going until all the coins are added.
When all the coins are added, you’re finished!
Check your schedule for what’s next.
PART 4
First, look at the coin I am touching.
Next, say the name and/or value of the coin.
Then, keep going until all the coins are done.
You named all the coins. You’re finished!
I can say the names of different coins!
Check your schedule for what’s next.
