Mindy Nickerson

Meghan Arment

Alex Roux

 

Unit Topic: Math

Grade 2

The Value of Money

Lesson Objectives: Students will be able to:

·       Display money conversion and counting

·       Recognize different U.S. coins and the dollar bill

·       Convert cents to nickels, quarters, dimes, and dollars
Instructional Technique: individual work, group work, demonstration

Instructional Materials: (see attached)

·       Value of Coins hand-out

·       Coin Chart hand-out

·       Computer Game Instructions hand-out

Theoretical Perspective: Learning the value of coins and having the ability to make change is a very important skill for students to have. Money is used every day in life. All though students may not have their own money, they will be using money for things like buying lunch or keeping money in a piggy bank. This lesson allows students to understand which coins represent what value. They will also learn different ways of displaying the same amount of money.

Procedure:

A. Introductory Activity: Teacher will begin asking students questions as a class to see what they already know. Students will raise their hand and wait to be called on by the teacher. Questions will be things such as: “how much is a nickel worth?”; “what is the name of this coin?”; “how many pennies are in a dime?”; ect.

B. Step-by-step: The teacher will pass out the Value of Coins hand-out along with the Coin Chart hand-out. Students will use to Value of Coins hand-out to fill in the Coin Chart hand-out individually. When all students are finished, they will pass the Coin Chart in to the teacher. The teacher will then place the students into groups of four. Each group will be given a bag of coins. The teacher will explain the game to the students. Students will be given a random value, ranging from 0 cents to 1 dollar. Each group must create the given amount using the least amount of coins. When the teams are done, one student from each group will go to the board and write their answer. If the group got the correct answer, they will earn a point for their team. The teacher will explain why each answer is or is not correct. This will be repeated eight times, giving each student in the group two chances to go to the board to write their answer.

C. Closure: As a review, students will play an online game. The teacher pass out the Computer Game Instructions worksheet. Students will go to the computers and follow the instructions to access the game. They will work individually to complete the game and record their final results on the bottom of the worksheet. The worksheet will be passed into the teacher upon conclusion.

 

Evaluation:

A.     How/ when will you determine if you have met your objectives?

The teacher will grade the hand-outs passed in by the students to see if objectives have been met. If the Coin Chart hand-out is correctly filled in, the students are meeting the objectives. The objectives, display money conversion and counting, recognize different U.S. coins and the dollar bill, and converting cents to nickels, quarters, dimes, and dollars, will be determined as met if the majority of answers on the Coin Chart are correct and by completion of the game.

B.     Concerns or questions you have about teaching this lesson?

Will the students have prior knowledge about money? Will they be able to understand the values just based on the Value of Money hand-out? Will they be able to access the computer game and understand how to work it? Will they remain on task?

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