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Unit 9- Coins
This unit bundles student expectations that address identifying U.S. coins by value, recording the value of coins using a cent symbol, determining the value of a collection of coins using skip counting.
Prior to this unit, in Kindergarten, students used attributes to identify U.S. coins by name. Students have had no prior experience identifying coins by value or counting coins according to the Kindergarten standards.
During this unit, students use attributes to identify pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters by value and record the value using the cent symbol. Students explore the relationships that exist between the values of different coins and use these relationships to exchange coins or sets of coins for other equivalent denominations. Students apply skip counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s and compound counting to determine the value of a collection of pennies, nickels, and dimes up to 120 cents, where the collection of coins may include only like coins or a mixed collection. No QUARTERS when determining the value of a collection of coins!
After this unit, in Grade 2, students will extend using counting strategies to determine the value of a collection of coins up to one dollar that includes pennies, nickels, dimes, and/or quarters. Students will record the value of the collection of coins using either cent symbol notation or the dollar sign and decimal symbol notation.
Love this Anchor Chart with a Few Tweeks
Penny:
- Picture of front
- Pictures of different backs (did you know there are at least 3 different backs in circulation)
- name
- value in words
- value with cent sign (DO NOT do decimal and dollar sign)
- Abraham Lincoln is on the front (include a picture of him)
- Different backs
Nickel:
- Pictures of front (2 different looks)
- Picture of back
- name
- value in words
- value with cent sign (DO NOT do the decimal and dollar sign)
- Thomas Jefferson is on the front (include a picture of him)
- Monticello is on the back, Monticello is Jefferson's home
- Equivalent value- 5 pennies = a Nickel
Dime:
- Picture of front
- Picture of back
- name
- value in words
- value with cent sign (DO NOT do the decimal and dollar sign)
- Franklin D. Roosevelt is on the front (include a picture of him)
- Torch and branches on the back
- Equivalent Values- 10 pennies = a dime; 2 nickels = a dime
Quarter:
- Pictures of front
- Pictures of backs (At least do eagle and Texas, the U.S. Mint has all the different backs)
- name
- value in words
- value with cent sign (DO NOT do the decimal and dollar sign)
- George Washington is on the front (include a picture of him)
- Eagle back and Texas back at least
- Equivalent values- 25 pennies = a quarter; 5 nickels = a quarter; 2 dimes and a nickel = a quarter
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