“Exploring Coins”
Learning Context
- Purpose:
- To have students practice recognizing and sort coins into the four coin groups, then to have them practice finding the total value of coins in each group by counting by the specific coin value. Penny’s we count by 1. Nickels we count by 5. Dimes we count by 10. Quarters we count by 25, using a hundreds chart to help us.
- To help student recognize that even if you have more pennies then nickels, the nickels are worth more than pennies, therefore if I have 5 pennies and 2 nickels, I would rather have the 2 nickels because they are worth more.
- Goals:
- Successfully sort a bag of coins onto the coin sort work mat and count them to see how many of each coin they have.
- Successfully count the value of the coins in each bank, using the method of: counting by 1’s for pennies, counting by 5’s for nickels, counting by 10’s for dimes, and using a hundreds chart to count by 25’s for quarter
- Enduring Understanding:
- Prior knowledge of coins: what they look like, how much (value) they are worth and what the coin names are would benefit the students.
- When counting coins we can do it two ways, simply counting the total number of coins we have or by counting the value of the coins we have.
- It is important to be able to recognize and count the value of coins in everyday life.
- Essential Question:
- If I have more of one type of coin, does it always mean that the value is worth more than fewer of another type of coin?
(ie. 10 pennies, 5 nickels; even though there are more pennies than nickels, the nickels are worth more than the pennies.)
- Guiding Question:
- What special characteristics does each coin have?
- How much (value) is each coin worth?
- Did I count by the right number when finding the total worth.
- Objectives:
- Students will be able to sort coins based by their value and name.
- Students will be able to orally count numbers 1 through 50, by 1’s.
- Students will be able to orally count the total number of each coin.
- Students will be able to write numbers 1 through 50.
- Students will be able to orally count by 5’s and 10’s.
- Students will be able to calculate the value in each piggy bank by counting the coins by their corresponding value.
Grade Level/ Ability:
This learning experience is designed for students in kindergarten. All students are currently being taught in a general education classroom and are instructed on a kindergarten level. There are 18 students in this class, 9 boys and 9 girls. Three students currently have an IEP mainly due to speech related delays. There are four students who require prompting and repeated directions due to behaviors exhibited by those students. Two students occasionally need additional support to complete work. Their ability levels range from above average/ above grade level, average/ at grade level and below average/ below grade level.
Overview of What Students Need to Know and Be Able to Do:
In order for students to successfully complete the objectives of this learning experience, students need to be able to:
Prior:
- Cut
- Follow oral directions
- Count by 1’s, 5’s, 10’s
- Use an 100’s chart to count by 25’s
- Write numbers up to 50
- Write tally marks
- Recognize and identify U.S. coins
During:
- Work in small groups
- Recognize and identify U.S. coins
- Sort U.S. coins by name and value
- Count by 1’s, 5’s, 10’s
- Use an 100’s chart to count by 25’s
- Write numbers up to 50
- Write tally marks
- Operate a calculator, knowing to press add (+) after each amount and then press equal (=) to get the total.
After:
- Orally read numbers up to 50
- Know that the higher a number is the more it is (25 is larger than 10).
- Orally identify coins by name and value
The Final Product of this Learning Experience Requires Students To:
- Follow oral directions
- Recognize and identify U.S. coins
- Sort U.S. coins name and value
- Mark a tally for each coin on the chart
- Count the number tallies and write the corresponding number for the tallies
- Calculate the total amount of each coin by counting by 1’s, 5’s, 10’s and 25’s
- Write the amount in cents on the chart
- Use a calculator to find the total amount of coins all together
Key Vocabulary necessary for interpretation and implementation:
- Value: the amount or worth of an object, coin or money.
- Worth: the value of something, sum of money.
- Coins: a piece of metal which is circular in shape and stamped with its value.
- Sort: to arrange things in groups based on it characteristics/ attributes.
- Penny: a coin worth one-cent(1¢)
- Nickel: a coin worth five-cents(5¢)
- Dime: a coin worth ten-cents(10¢)
- Quarter: a coin worth twenty-five-cents(25¢)
 Classroom Layout (123 KB) :
To better assist the reader in understanding the layout of the classroom and where the learning takes place, a classroom floor plan can be found in the attachments at the end of this learning experience.
Classroom Rules (111 KB):
1. Listen and follow directions at all times.
2. Raise your hand and wait to be called on.
3. Keep hands and feet to yourself.
4.
Use walking feet i the classroom and school.
Students are reminded of the classroom rules prior to the lesson and during the lesson as needed. A copy of the rules can be found in the attachments at the end of this learning experience.
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