Teacher: Mrs.

Johnson
Grade Level: 1st grade

Subject Area: counting money(math)

Length of Lesson: it will take about 4 days for each student
to get to me in rotation of the math stations. But each lesson
a day will take about 30 minutes
Desired Results

Indiana Academic Standard(s)

1.2.4 add and subtract number up to 20
1.3.1 write and solve number equation using adding and subtraction
1.5.7a Identify pennies, nickels, and dimes.1.5.7b State the value (in cents) of a penny,
nickel, and dime.1.5.7c Calculate the value of a collection of pennies, nickels, and/or
dimes.

Enduring Understandings

Essential Question(s)

They need to recognize coins and their values

How much is a quarter, dime, nickel, and a penny

worth?
What are the differences between the coins?

Knowledge and Skill Objectives

Be able to use different arrangements to make dollar amounts
Assessment Evidence
Using play money is a physical toch that has been proven to improve how they retain
the information.
Learning Plan
Learning Activities
In the classroom they havemath stations, for one of their station instead of them doing a math
game or a worksheet they will come to me to learn about money. I use the play money and
describe the difference in the coins. I will then give them certain dollar amounts to which they
have to figure out the coins needed to make the dollar amount.

Resources and Materials

I will use play money and white boards to write their dollar amount

Required Accommodations/Modifications
There is a group of kids who are not as high up in math and I will need to give them lower
amounts of money. They will not be able to handle working with a high dollar amount.
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Lesson Plan Evaluation & Teaching Reflection
Was the content worth knowing? Support your response.
yes, money will be use for the rest of their life. It is used to buy everything needed, for example
food, clothes, toys, electronics, etc.

Describe how the activity was developmentally appropriate.

they were not give large amount of money to create, i made sure to restrict it to under two dollar
so that they had time to process the information. Although some children excelled very quick and i
ended up giving them more advanced amounts
Give an example of how you know the activity was interesting to the children.
the problems i used to explain the money was based on thing they use themselves. For one
problem I included toys and another i used food. This made it easier for them to picture it in their
head. They could picture themselves in that situation.
Describe how the activity included opportunities for the children to test their knowledge.
They had to explain and count the money out to me to see if they had gotten the answer correct.
When i had assessed how well they were with money only then would i increased their dollar
amount.

Describe a follow up activity that would build on concepts you have presented.
Having play money and creating a store or the classroom where they had to use the money to
buy the specific items. /this would also be very interactive, which the student are able to
understand better.
What behavior(s) did you observe while presenting the activity? What do you think caused
the behavior(s)?
the ones who were better at money wanted to be challenged more and listened to me more.
Those that were not as good with money kind of drifted off into another land. I think this because
the kids at this age are so use to being handed things that when something is a little bit
challenging they chose to not even try. Then that were they stop listening.
How did you involve the children in the closure of the activity?
At the beginning of the lesson I gave the whole group the same dollar amount, each kid had to
come up with a different way to make that dollar amount. None of the ways could be the same.
/that is when i transitioned into giving them their own problems to see if they could do it on their
own.
Describe what changes you would make and what you would keep the same if you
presented the activity again.
I would have broken up the lesson more, this week felt rushed because i had to teach them about
the money and ask questions to see if they had retained the information given to them. /after that i

was able to give them the dollar amounts. something i would keep the same is having the smaller
groups. I am able to get the attention of smaller groups better than the whole class at once.