Subject and Grade
Level: Math, First Grade
Skill Number and
Name: TLW name and identify coins, penny, nickel, dime, and
quarter, and their values.
Materials: small
ziplock bag, penny, nickel, dime, and quarter (real or cutouts)
Procedure:
1) Give each student a small ziplock bag to use as their bank.
Each bag should contain 10 pennies, 10 nickels, 10 dimes, and 5 quarters.
2) Tell each student to empty their bank onto their desk. They
should then sort the coins into groups according to the kind of coin. Count
each group to verify the student has the correct number of each kind of coin.
3) Tell students to indicate the correct group of coins to
demonstrate coin recognition.
4) Ask students to state the value of each kind of coin.
5) After the lesson, tell students to return the coins to their
bank to be placed in their vault (their school supply box) for safe keeping
until the next lesson.
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This activity was
developed by teachers of the Bedford
County Department of Education.