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Quarter Combos

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students play a review game that allows them to practice identifying coins and their values and create coin combinations that equal 25 cents.
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Money Match

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners review coin identification and play a game in which they must match a coin to its value.
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A Mountain of Myths

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students examine myths and the reverse of the Colorado quarter. They define myth, view and discuss a transparency of the Colorado Quarter Reverse, and create a myth to explain the formation of a landform in Colorado.
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Letters from the Road

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students examine and differentiate between rural, urban, and suburban communities. They describe their local areas, view and discuss the images on the West Virginia Quarter, and write a friendly letter describing a camping trip.
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Discovery, Ship to Shuttle

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students define the meaning of discovery, and view and discuss the images on the Florida Quarter. They read about Ponce de Leon and the space shuttle, and complete a chronological order activity.
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Trading Faces

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars use addition to determine values of coin combinations. They play a game where they come up with possible trades: two nickels for a dime and complete a tally worksheet. There are other lessons in this unit.
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Riddle Me Cents!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners use their creativity and logic skills as well as their knowledge of coin values and history to solve a variety of riddles. The lesson prompts students to compose their own riddles, exchange them with classmates, and solve them.
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Explosive Ideas!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the layers of the Earth and the dynamic changes that they cause on Earth's surface. Volcanoes and earthquakes become the focus of the lesson as the Oregon State quarter and its Crater Lake images are linked to the topic.
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Counting Coins

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students practice counting and adding or subtracting coins. The lesson plan includes many different selections of coin types and number of coins that you may configure and select. Pennies, Nickels, Dimes, Quarters are the coins used.
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Counting Money- Count Coins COUNTING MONEY - COUNT COINS

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice counting money by counting coins.
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Ancient Story Problems

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Pupils research ancient civilizations, and develop story problems using symbols and coins from those times. They retell these story problems using modern terms and coins.
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Adding Pennies, Nickels and Dimes

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students add pennies, nickels and dimes and organize the coins to display a variety of price values from real life examples. They discuss the importance of money in the day-to-day world.
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Introducing money (Elementary, Mathematics)

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars study the penny, nickel, dime and quarter, one each day for four days, using a magnifying glass to identify the similarities. Then students discuss differences and value and learn a 'rap' to memorize values.
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How Many Pennies?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students estimate the number of pennies it takes to fill outlines of various basic shapes.
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A Fraction of the Cost

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars use various coin denominations to explore the concept of fractions. They demonstrate an understanding of the fractions 1/2 ($.50), 1/4 ($.25), 10ths ($.10) and 20ths ($.05) by using fraction circle pieces to create whole...
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Money

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students complete online activities to identify coins and their given values. In this coin values lesson, students identify pictures of various coins and write their values. Students may then complete other activities based on a varying...
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Math Challenge: Coins

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this counting coins worksheet, students identify the coins and count the total. Students identify quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies to complete the 6 problems.
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Coins

For Students 2nd
In this money worksheet, 2nd graders count and write the total value of the coins show in each of 3 boxes. They count coins which include pennies, nickels, and pennies.
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Quarters and Equal Amounts

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this counting coins worksheet, students learn to count with quarters to find the equal amounts. Students solve six counting coin money problems.
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Nickels and Pennies

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this counting money worksheet, students find the value of the coins and count the coin with the greater value first. Students then complete the penny and nickel chart using the word problem.
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Value of Coins

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this coin values worksheet, students study the pictures of the coins in each problem. Students label the coins with their amounts and then add them all up and write the total value.
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Shopping Trip 2- Coin Identification Worksheet

For Students 1st
For this coin identification worksheet, 1st graders cut out pictures of coins that are labeled with their value in cents. They place the coins next to the pictures and coin amounts.
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Grocery Shopping Trip 2- Coin Values

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this coin value worksheet, students cut out coins that are labeled with money amounts. They place the coins in the circles next to the pictures of grocery items. They make the coin values add up to the price that is given for the item.
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Grocery Shopping Trip - Coin Values

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this coin value matching worksheet, students cut out pictures of coins that show the monetary amounts on them. They place the coins on the worksheet to show what is needed to pay for each grocery item.