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A. Teaching Plan

Learning Level:  Pre-Lit, ABE 

Content Standards

Arizona Standards/Indicators: Pre-Lit Indicator A  Applies number sense to real life problems and to determine if the results are reasonable.

#3 Uses coins and currency.

    1. Recognizes the symbols for currency, e.g. $, ¢
    Identifies coins and currency using pennies, nickels, dime, quarters, half-dollars, and bills.
         Arizona Standards/Indicators ABE Math  1 Indicator A sub indicator 6. Performs the operations of  addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division on whole numbers

Learning Context: All

Lesson Overview

This lesson will provide learners the opportunity to practice counting amounts of money less than or equal to one dollar using pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters. The students will practice making change and they will also prepare a written record of their activities.

B. Instruction

1. Warm-up

Draw the symbol for the dollar sign ($) and the symbol for the cent sign (¢), identify each symbol for the class.

Draw four different size circles on the board and indicate the values of 1¢ and $0.01, 5¢  and $0.05, 10¢and $0.10, 25¢ and $0.25, 50¢and $0.50. Distribute a page with pictures of the coins and their values. (see attached) Review and identify each coin and the value of each coin to the class. Explain to the class paper bills are available in denominations of $1, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100. Inform the class that bills in denominations of $500, $1000 and higher exist but are not usually found in daily use.

2. Student Activity(s) Depending on class time and student needs, this may be one or two lesson periods
  1. Students study coin picture sheet and complete activity page 1 with both decimal ($0.01), and name (penny) form of coins. Students practice writing the forms of each coin.
  2. Instruct students to use pictures of coins to show possible combinations of coins necessary to total specific values. i.e. 4¢ , 13¢ , 24¢ , 37¢ , 46¢ , 52¢ , 65¢ , 77¢ , 83¢ , and 99¢.
  3. Instruct students on how to make change by counting up from the amount charged to amount given. Give four examples. Refer students to the concept of counting up explained on the student page.
  4. Divide the students into small groups and have them practice counting out the correct change from variety of totals of under $1.00. The students should make a record of their progress on the student record sheet or a similar type form.
  5. Instruct students to complete activity page 2
C. Branching Out Activities
  1. Have the students explore the websites listed below.

http://www.funbrain.com/cashreg/index.html

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