Money Lesson Plans
Penny Saved is a Penny Earned - Students will develop the understanding
of how money is an intricate part of every day life.
Makes A Difference- Students are given different amounts of money
to see if they can figure out a budget and compare and contrast what life
is like now with a child and what life would be like if they were older
and had someone else to help them raise a child.
and Round Money - Make Change. Play a game to foster mastery of concept.
- Currency Strength Meter - This site helps students understand the realtive value of currency at a set point in time.
Values and Money - The students will be able to recognize and identify
each coin and its value.
Spending, and Saving Money - The learner will count money with different
coins up to totals of one dollar.
Money - I wanted students to be able to look at the money by themselves,
but also be able to talk to others about it, so think-pair-share was the
perfect structure for this lesson.
Use and Function of Coins - Kids will investigate a penny, nickel,
dime, and quarter -identify and explain similarities and differences between
With Counting Coins - Learn to distinguish the coins quarter, penny,
nickel, and dime.
Shopping! - TLW create different sets of coins for a given value by
using the money stamps.
Money - Students will be able to determine the value of a collection
of different bills and coins.
Money- Learn the coin rap and coin values.
to Canadian Coins - An introduction to new centers store & Canadian
currency sorting and patterning station.
Excel Budget Project - Students will be able to determine Gross Pay,
Annual Taxes, and Net Pay.
Identification - Visually Identify money, label each denomination
with proper values and addition of various types of currency.
Madness - The students will be able to find the amounts of simple
combinations of the coins together.
Makes Cents - Learning to identify coins by name and value.
Management - Students will be able to gain an understanding of Budgets,
saving and life choices through basic math.
in Money - How percentages are used in the various daily exchanges
Store - Students will also be able to make simple change based on
individuals purchasing items of set values and given simple dollar counts.
Money- Students will be able to identify coin/money values. Students
will be able to write amounts of money.
Price is Right! - hat students will gain an understanding of what
a profit is and how to make a profit rather than loose money.
Do You Know About Money? - Students will break up into small groups
to complete handout puzzle on "What do you know about money."
Fine Face? - The learner will identify money and it's value; count
groups of money and write the amounts up to 100 cents.