Ciara Dunlea

Professor Pesavento
EDUC 344
2.17.2015
Title
Subject Area
Grade Level
Summary of the Lesson

Title of the Lesson

Academic Standards

Objectives

Vocabulary: Three Tier

Estimated Time
Materials Required

Money
Mathematics
2nd grade
Students will learn about money,
how money is used, and how to
create different amounts of money
using coins and dollar bills.
Money Cafe
CC.2.4.3.A.3
Solve problems and make change
involving money using a
combination of coins and bills.
Students will be able to
explain how money is used.
Students will be able to
determine the value of
different amounts of money.
Students will be able to create
different amounts of money
by using different coins and
dollar bills.
Value - the regard that something is
held to deserve; the importance,
worth, or usefulness of something.
Amount - quantity of something,
typically the total of a thing or
things in number, size, value, or
extent
1 hour
Math Journals

Procedure
(Science Lesson Plan-Planning for Inquiry6E Model)

Money
Money Song video
The Coin Counting Book by
Rozanne Lanczak Williams
Cash Register
Money worksheet
ENGAGEMENT
To capture the students interest,
students will journal about their
experiences with money in their
math journals. The teacher will
write the following journal prompt
on the board, What do I know
about money? When have I seen
money being used? What is money
used for? and give students time to
write in their math journals.
During and after this engagement
activity, students will think about,
when have I seen money being
used?, what is money used for?,
what is the value of a quarter,
dime, nickel, etc.
EXPLANATION
Students will watch The Money
Song video which explains the
relationship between the different
coins and a dollar. After the video,
the teacher will introduce the
vocabulary words: value and
amount. The teacher will read The
Coin Counting Book by Rozanne
Lanczak Williams to the class. The
teacher will have students count

coins and use coins to make

different amounts of money.
Higher Order Thinking
Questions What is another way I
can make this amount of money?
How can I make this amount of
money using the least amount of
coins?
EXPLORATION
Each group of students will be
given bags of money. The teacher
will put different amounts of money
on the board. Students will work
with their group to come up with
two ways to make the amount of
money using the money they were
given. Students will explain how
they arrived at their answer.
Big Idea Conceptual Questions
- How do I use money to
represent a specific dollar
amount?
- How do I know how many
coins I need to make a certain
amount of money?
ELABORATION
The students will have a coin
caf. Students will be broken into
two groups: customers and waiters.
The waiters will serve the
customers at the restaurant. When
the customer is done, the customer
will have to pay the bill using the

money they have been given. Then,

the waiters will have to count the
money to make sure that the
customer has correctly paid the bill
before putting the money into the
cash register. The students will then
switch roles.
EVALUATION
After the activity, students will
individually complete a worksheet
where they will be given an amount
of money and will have to use
different coins and dollar bills to
make that amount of money. This
will be collected by the teacher.

Student Resources

E-LEARNING
I infused technology into the
lesson by incorporating the Money
Song video.
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