Objective+6

Demonstrate the ability to foster effective verbal and nonverbal communications during ongoing instruction using assistive technologies as appropriate.
 * Objective 6**

=Lesson Plan:=

**Lesson Plan Title:** Counting Money

**Concept/Topic to Teach**: Coin Identification and the Value of Coins

**Standards Addressed:** 5.) Demonstrate concepts of number sense by counting forward and backward by ones, twos, fives, and tens up to 100; counting forward and backward from an initial number other than 1; and using multiple representations for a given number.

• Determining the monetary value of individual coins and sets of like coins up to $1.00

**Specific Objective(s):**
 * Students will be able to identify half-dollars, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies with 90% accuracy.
 * Students will be able to assign worth to each coin and know how much it is worth with 90% accuracy.
 * Students will be able to count up to a certain amount combining coins in order to purchase certain items in the play store with 90% accuracy.

**Required Materials:** whiteboard, marker, play coins, cut-out of items that display different prices, a coin-u-lator

**Anticipatory Set (Lead- In):** 1. Ask students if they know why it is important to be able to identify coins and how much each is worth. 2. Hold up a half-dollar, a quarter, a dime, a nickel, and a penny and ask students to identify each. 3. Hold up a half-dollar, a quarter, a dime, a nickel, and a penny and ask students how much each coin is worth.

**Step-By-Step Procedures for Teaching the Lesson:** 1. Today we are going to play a game that involves you all counting out money in order to purchase items. 2. Place cut-outs of different items with price tags attached on a table. 3. Each student will be given a handful of play money. 4. The teacher will call each student up one-by-one to purchase an item of choice 5. Each student will then count out the correct amount of money to the teacher/cashier. 6. The teacher will then allow the student to use the coin-u-lator to see if the amount they have is correct or not. 7. If they count out the incorrect amount the teacher and student will go over why their answer is incorrect and count out the correct amount together and use the coin-u-lator to make sure they are correct. This process will continue until each student has had a turn.

**Guided Practice/ Monitoring:** 1. Review the value and identity of a half-dollar, a quarter, a dime, a nickel, and a penny. 2. Students will work together with the teacher and with the use of the coin-u-lator to determine whether or not their answer is correct for the item that they decide to purchase from the play store.

**Closure (Reflect Anticipatory Set):** 1. Today we have learned about different coins and their value. 2.Instructor prompts students by holding up each coin and asking the name of each and its value. 3. Discuss responses. 4. Knowing the value of coins and being able to identify them are skills that we will be able to use everyday. These are application skills that are valuable in everyday life.

**Assessment Based on Objectives:**
 * Students will be able to identify half-dollars, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies with 90% accuracy.
 * Students will be able to assign worth to each coin and know how much it is worth with 90% accuracy.
 * Students will be able to count up to a certain amount combining coins in order to purchase certain items in the play store with 90% accuracy.

**Assessment:** Provide students with a worksheet of about 10 to 15 problems where they have to count out coins and write the total amount of coins in a blank or box after counting each coin.

**Adaptations for Students with Special Needs:** An accommodation for this lesson is to help students that are struggling count out the coins and count up to the amount that they need in order to purchase the item of their choice.

**Extension for Advanced Students:** As an extension of this lesson after each student has purchased an item from the play store the teacher can individually call up each student and have them count out a certain amount of money to him/her.

**Possible Connections to Other Subjects:** Understanding how to identify money, how much each coin is worth, and being able to count out up to a certain amount of money in order to purchase items. By being able to do these things students will be able to use these application skills in everyday life. These skills will tie in to other subjects because it will allow students to be aware of and able to recall coins if they are every mentioned in any other subjects or if they have to use them in any other subject. The students will already have some background knowledge and have some insight on this topic.

**Reflection**: I feel as if this math lesson went very well for me. I think that this lesson went well because all of the students were engaged throughout the entire lesson and activity and during the activity you could tell that they were engaged and motivated because all of these students were laughing and hoping that the item they wanted to purchase would still be there by the time I called them up to purchase something. The students thoroughly enjoyed using the coins and the coin-u-lator. The coin-u-lator allowed them to press each coin they used and add them together to find out if their answer was correct or not. One thing that I think did not go well during this lesson is that when it was another student’s turn to purchase their item and count out their money to me to make sure that it was correct the other students were playing with their paper item if they had one and/or socializing with other students and not paying attention. I think that I could re-teach this lesson by coming up with some type of activity for the other students to do while other students purchase items and count out their money to me. I also think that if given the chance to re-teach this lesson I would come up with some effective consequences for talking and playing when it is another student’s turn. From this lesson the children learned how to identify a penny, nickel, dime, quarter, and half-dollar and the value of each. The students also learned how to count money up to a certain amount. During our activity I placed paper cut-outs of different items on a table that each had a price tag attached. I then modeled what the students would have to do when their name was called, which was first find an item that they wanted to purchase. I would then hand the student a handful of plastic coins and they were to count the correct amount out to me aloud and place each coin in my hand as they were counting in order to make sure that they knew the worth of each coin. If the student did not count out the correct amount then as a class we would count out the coins together so the student could see where they made their mistake. I know that this learning occurred because during the activity majority of the students counted out the correct amount for the item that they wanted to purchase. By the students being able to count out their own money and use plastic coins to do so I think it made it easier for them because it showed that they could identify each coin and that they also knew the worth of each. This showed that the students had a real understanding of the concepts that were being taught. Overall, this lesson went great. The students stayed engaged and all objectives were met. After getting feedback from the students they told me how much fun they had with lesson. They all loved how hands-on the lesson was and they loved that they were able to purchase items from a store and check their answers using the coin-u-lator. I have never seen my students more enthused and into a lesson more than they were into this one. It showed me how much more fun hands-on activities are opposed to lessons straight from the book.

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