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Subjects: Mathematics and Social Studies
Topic : Money
Grade Level: First Grade
Student Lesson name and URL:
http://ctap295.ctaponline.org/~nlege/student

Social Studies
1.6 Students understand basic economic concepts and the role of individual choice in a free-market economy.
      1.Understand the concept of exchange and the use of money to purchase goods and services.
 Mathematics 
Number Sense
1. Students understand and use numbers up to 100.
     1.5 Identify and know the value of coins and show different combinations of coins that equal the same value.

Mathematical Reasoning
2.0 Students solve problems and justify their reasoning:
      2.1 Explain the reasoning used and justify the procedures selected. 
      2.2 Make precise calculations and check the validity of the results from the context of the problem.

3.0 Students note connections between one problem and another.

Statistics, Data Analysis and Probability
1.0 Students organize, represent, and compare data by category on simple graphs and charts:
      1.1 Sort objects and data by common attributes and describe the categories.
 

Instructional Objectives

• read and learn about U. S. coins and the history behind the use of coins.
• discuss the use of money in the US economy and participate in a short dramatization on the exchange of goods
• take virtual field trips via the internet to historic sites represented on the coins. 
• identify the profile of the person on the penny, nickel, dime and quarter

• sort and identify coins and their value.
• sort and graph the dates on the coins
• use plastic coins to make pretend purchases
• identify variety of paths, both concretely and abstractly,  to arrive at an amount of money under $1.00

Introductory Activity

Pass out pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters.  Have students take rubbings of each coin.  As a group discuss the figures on the coins and what is on the reverse side.  Have the students fee the edges and the sizes.  Compare the coins.  Talk about the value of each one. 
Take virtual field trips of  Mount Vernon, Monticello, and Lincoln's home.

Day 3. Visit the web site of the US Mint,  View the animated video about how coins are made.
Also work together to calculate the value of a random number of coins.  (This is a good activity to practice daily  before, during, and after this unit.)

Day 4  Read The Story of Money by Betsy Maestro to help students understand why we use money.  Dramatize the reason for money by having students assume roles from the book. 

Day 5 .  Students will make a list on different ways to make 25¢.  Students make work alone or in pairs, but each students should turn in a paper.
 
 

Day  6. Shopping Spree- Have students collect pictures of toys, art supplies and other items they might enjoy.  Make cards with various amounts written on them between 1¢ and 25¢. ( You may go higher if you like.) Each student picks a picture of an item that he or she likes and picks a card for the amount that the item will cost. The student makes a poster showing what she/he would buy, how much it would cost, and what coins would be needed to pay for it.  A poster could have more than one picture on it. If the student uses more than one picture, the coins should be for the total of all the items on the poster. 
 
 
 

Assessment will be based on the portfolio, participation in class, and the post test. For  rubric to evaluate portfolios, please visit  public_html/student/teach.html
 

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