My Money Book
Students create a money book that gives them a chance to name and identify a penny, nickel, dime, quarter, and dollar.

Money, Money, Money!
Students will identify and name coins and dollar bill through handling them.

Number Cents: Unit Overview:
In this Unit Plans (6 lessons), students explore the relationship between pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters. They count sets of mixed coins, write story problems that involve money, and use coins to make patterns.

Bagful of Money:
In this lesson, students will use a bag of money to review the name and worth of the following coins: penny, nickel, dime, and quarter.

My Coin Book:
In this lesson, students make a coin book. This lesson is a continuation of the above lesson Money, Money, Money!

An Introduction to Coins
Students will examine different coins, identify their characteristics and value, and place the coins in order according to value.

Authentic Writing Experiences and Math Problem-Solving Using Shopping Lists
Students use their problem-solving skills to stay within their budget as they choose items they plan to buy and create their personal shopping lists. If their lists don’t stay within budget guidelines, students are highly motivated to revise and edit. Once their lists work, students can actually go to the class store and buy their treats.  This activity is a great way to integrate writing with math problem-solving.
 

Simple Coin Poems
These poems will help students learn to recognize pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters.

Printable Money Page
Introduce students to the penny, nickel, dime, quarter, and dollar.  Includes printable pages for early money identification.

h.i.p. pocket change:
This website from the U.S. Mint offers lots of neat things about coins and money. Check out the cartoon page.

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