Money Eggs

Duration
Less than 1 hour
Lesson Type
Traditional Lesson
Collections

Essential Question

How can we organize and count different coins to find the total value in cents?

Grade(s):

  • 1
  • 2

Subject(s):

Recommended Technology:

Other Instructional Materials or Notes:

Materials: plastic eggs, fake money (printable version available in resources tab), student recording sheets. Fill plastic eggs with various collections of coins.

Lesson Progression

  1. Review names and values of coins together as a class. 
  2. Watch The Coin Song (linked in the resources tab)
  3. In small groups, give students plastic pre-filled eggs and their worksheets (linked in the resources tab)
  4. Model the pink egg together with students. Open the egg, identify coins and their values, find the sum of the values, and record on the sheet.
  5. Have students complete the remaining eggs. 

*note - the bonus challenge at the bottom of the student recording sheet is great for early finishers.

Teacher Notes

differentiation: Decrease the amount of eggs. Decrease the amount of coins inside each egg. Work with students in small groups to remediate as necessary, going back to the foundational knowledge of the value of each coin and the name.

extension: Include whole dollars. Increase the amount of money inside each egg.

Student Recording Sheet

Print one out for each student.

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Printable Money

Use this link to access printable money if needed.

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Coin Song

Play for students.

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Assessments

Use the student recording sheet (linked in the resources tab) as an assessment of learning.