Coin Value
TEKS Student Expectation:The student is expected to determine the value of a collection of coins less than one dollar. (2.3C)
Materials / Vocabulary / Warm-up
For teacher
· Index cards
For group
· Coins (pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters)
· Play coins
· Coin Value sheet / Per student
· Magnifier / · Coin/s
· Penny
· Nickel
· Dime
· Quarter
· Value
· Skip count / Missing Addend
12 – □ = 5
Activity: In order to count money, you must know the value of coins. Today we will use the value of coins to count money.
Part 1: Learning about the coins
1. The teacher gives each student a penny and asks them to examine both sides of the coin with a magnifier.
2. Taking turns, each student makes one statement to describe the coin.
3. The teacher asks the name and value of the coin, writes the answers on an index card, and lays the card beside the penny.
4. The teacher repeats steps 1-3 for nickel, dime, and quarter.
Part 2: Matching coins with representations of coins
1. The teacher distributes play money and has students match a play coin to each of their real coins.
2. The teacher hands out the Coin Value sheet and has students match a real coin to each picture.
Part 3: Counting sets of coins
1. The teacher puts out a set of pennies and asks:
· How much is each penny worth?
· To count the value of all of the pennies, how would we count?
2. The students count the pennies.
3. Repeat step 1-2 with nickels, dimes, and quarters.
· For nickels, skip count by 5’s.
· For dimes, skip count by 10’s.
· For quarters, skip count by 25’s.
Journal Prompt: Pick a secret coin and describe it in three statements so that a partner can guess what it is.
Number, Operation, and Quantitative Reasoning 2005 Page 1 of 3
Coin Value
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