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🧮 2nd Grade · Math2.MD.C.8Unit 7: Money

Counting coins

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🎯 Objective: Students count mixed coins, starting with the largest value.

Lesson outline

  1. Model ordering coins then counting on.
  2. Count handfuls of coins.
  3. Record totals with ¢.
  4. Exit: 2 quarters, 1 dime, 3 pennies.

Lesson 2 of 4 in this unit. In the Lesson Planner this lesson takes 1–3 class periods depending on your timetable: day 1 introduce & model, then practice, small-group reteach and a quick check.

📐 Standard

2.MD.C.8

Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, Grade 2 — typical US scope & sequence

🏁 Unit goals

  • Count dollars, quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies
  • Solve money word problems using $ and ¢

✅ Check for understanding

End with the exit ticket in the outline. Sort answers into got it / almost / not yet and start the next lesson with a 5-minute reteach for the “not yets”.

Practice & resources on Thinkabara

🎯 Practice: Money & time to 5 minutes📚 All 2nd Grade skills🎮 Learning games⚡ Capy Live class quiz

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More lessons in “Money”

  1. Coins and their values
  2. Counting coins
  3. Dollars and cents
  4. Money word problems

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