Samantha Sampson

October 2016
Practicum 501B

Lesson: Counting Coins

Lesson Aim:

Have students understand counting up to two dollars.

Student Learning Objective (SOL):

2.10 The student will a) count and compare a collection of pennies, nickels,
dimes, and quarters whose total value is $2.00 or less; and b) correctly use the cent
symbol (), dollar symbol ($), and decimal point (.).

Introduction (5 minutes):
Will inform students that today they will be using their knowledge of coins
to count up to two dollars.
Explain that they will use actual coins and do several worksheets as visual
aids.
Ask students
Ask if they can list all the coins theyve learned?
Show each coin: Who is on this coin? What is this coin
called? What is this coin worth?
Show them a couple coins at a time: What is the value of all
of these coins in my hand?

Lesson Content:
Students to understand coins. They will be able add up several different coins to
an amount up to $2.00.

Teach the Lesson:

Teacher Modeling (5 minutes):
Tell students that they will be looking at examples of pennies,nickels,
dimes, and quarters to add them together.
Use the worksheet and an actual coins as visual examples and aids.
Show the ways the values can be written.

Guided Practice/Interactive Modeling (10 minutes)

Read through the examples on the worksheets and read through the
worksheets with the students. Ask them to do the examples after I provide the
first one as a model out loud.

Differentiation
I will read the worksheets out loud and provide many examples with actual
coins. I will also work with the students if they need extra support.

Activities/Independent Working Time (15 minutes)

Once the students have completed Counting Money worksheet.
I will then give the students the Count the Change worksheet to do on
their own. I will read the directions and help students as needed, but will make
this as independent work. This worksheet will incorporate all the other coins.
After this one, if the students are still interested and time willing, I will use
the Money Practice Test worksheet.

Materials:
Counting Money worksheet
Count the Change worksheet
Money Practice Test worksheet

Check for Understanding/Assessment (5 minutes):

Use real coins. Give the students a pile of coins and ask them to make a
certain number in cents. Example: two pennies and a nickel and two dimes is
twenty seven cents. Try to get to larger numbers if they can.

Closure (5 minutes):
Ask students again:
Ask if they can list all the coins theyve learned?
Show each coin: Who is on this coin? What is this coin
called? What is this coin worth?
Show them a couple coins at a time: What is the value of all
of these coins in my hand?
Reidentify the coins and their values.