Lyndsay Sheehan

All About Money

Content Area: MathGrade Level: 2nd GradeSummary: The purpose of this lesson is to help students

practice solving word problems involving money.Learning Objective: Given a money word problem, the

student will be able to correctly figure out the answer with 100% accuracy.

Content Standard: CCSS.Math.Content.2.MD.C.8 Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately. Example: If you have 2 dimes and 3 pennies, how many cents do you have?

Accomplishment: Be able to solve word problems involving money.

First thing’s first.Get out a sheet of paper.Write down five facts that you know about

money.This could be what the different coins are,

how much they are worth, or what they look like.

After you have written down five facts, you may move on.

What Do You Know?

The next few slides will give you a poem about pennies, nickels, dimes, and dollars and their worth.

First, Let’s test your knowledge of money.Click on the link below and answer the

questions provided about how much each coin is worth.

http://kinderwebgames.com/coins_01.html

Money Poem

Penny, penny, easy spent,Copper brown and worth one cent.

Penny

Nickel, nickel, thick and fat,You’re worth 5. I know that.

Nickel

Dime, dime, little and thin,I remember—you’re worth 10.

Dime

Quarter, quarter, big and bold,You’re worth 25, I am told.

Quarter

Dollar, dollar, green and long,With 100 cents you can’t go wrong.

Dollar

This game will help you practice your addition skills using money. Let’s see how well you can do!

http://kinderwebgames.com/coins_addition_01.html

Adding Money

Click on the website given below. This is a fun math game to practice our knowledge of money. Play the game until you think you know it all.

http://www.math-play.com/money-game-2/Money-Game.html

Time to Practice our Money Skills

Quiz Time

Abby went to the store and bought two bottles of water. The water bottles were $1.00 each. How much money did she spend?

$2.00$1.00$1.50$2.50

Question 1

Way to go! You solved a word problem using money!

Correct!

Hank’s Mom gave him four dimes and two nickels for ice cream money. How much money does he have for ice cream?

$0.20$0.75$0.50$0.90

Question 2

Way to go! You solved a word problem using money!

Correct!

Tony and Hallie found some coins in their car today. They found a quarter, a dime, and three pennies. How much money did they find?

$0.78$0.98$0.38$1.08

Question 3

Way to go! You were able to solve a word problem using money!

Correct!

After finishing this lesson, you should be able to solve word problems with money. You should also be able to recognize all coins and the dollar bill and tell how much they are worth. If you still need some help, keep practicing! We will get it together!

Summary

Uh oh! Check your addition and try again!

Incorrect

Dime Picturehttp://www.bing.com/images/search?q=dime&view=detail&id=31D2D80E8CC424896312663924D3C776CC9E2309Money Poemhttp://www.teachingheart.net/moneyp.htmNickel Picturehttp://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Nickel+Coin&view=detail&id=5A57EBE4EEDDAB16ACBC1FD2CBF7FFB35328DF05

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