Teacher(s) Name: Stephanie Moinot, Jessica Moody, Jo Ann Noonan, Elizabeth Dyal
Thematic Unit Theme/Title/Grade Level: Economics/ Third Grade
Wiki space address: http://3rdgradeeconomics.wikispaces.com/
Daily Lesson Plan Day/Title: Characteristics of Money
Learning Objectives
What will students
accomplish / be able to do at
the end of this lesson?
NCSS Theme/Sunshine
State Standards List each
standard. Cutting and pasting
from the website is allowed.
These can be downloaded from the
Florida Dept of Education
http://flstandards.org.
Student Activities &
Procedures
Teacher Activities/Student
Activities
 What best practice strategies will
be implemented?
 How will you communicate student
expectation?
 What products will be developed
and created by students?
The students will understand the value of money
The students will write amounts of money
The students will identify coin/money values
SS.3.E.1.2: List the characteristics of money.
LA.3.1.6.1: The student will use new vocabulary that is introduced and taught
directly;
MA.3.A.4.1: Create, analyze, and represent patterns and relationships using
words, variables, tables, and graphs.
LA.3.1.6.2: The student will listen to, read, and discuss familiar and
conceptually challenging text;
Introduction
1. Read "Smart" by Shel Silverstein from Where the Sidewalk Ends.
Did the character in the poem know money values?
2. Ask how many of them think they can count money really well, and how
many think they could improve with some practice.
3. The teacher will show the students a penny, a nickel, a dime, a quarter, $1
bill, $5 bill, $10 bill and $20 bill.
Example: How much is 1 dollar bill, 2 quarters, 3 dimes and 4 nickels and 4
pennies? ($2.04)
Instruction
1. Split the class into groups of three to five students.
2. Give the groups fake bills and coins and keep in a plastic bag.
3. Continue with questions. Choose volunteers to demonstrate and explain
how they got their answers.
Process Questions
1. How much is 2 dollar bills, 1 quarter, 1 dime, and 2 pennies? ($2.37)
2. How much is 4 dollar bills, 3 quarters, 1 nickel and 4 pennies? ($4. 84)
3. How much is 1 five dollar bill, 1 dollar bill, 3 dimes, and 1 nickel? ($6.35)
4. How much is 1 ten dollar bill, 1 five dollar bill, 2 dimes, 1 nickel, and 1
penny? ($15.26)
5. How much is 1 twenty dollar bill, 1 ten dollar bill, 2 five dollar bills, and 1
dime? ($40.10)
6. How much is 1 five dollar bill, 2 ten dollar bills, 1 dollar bill, 4 nickels, 1
dime, and 1 quarter? ($26.55)
7. You want to buy a candy bar for $.45. You have a quarter, a dime, and 3
pennies. Do you have enough? (No, $0.38)
8. You want to buy a soda for $.75. You have 2 quarters, 2 dimes, 2 nickel
and 3 pennies. Do you have enough? (Yes, $0.83)
9. You want to buy a soda for $0.75 and a candy bar for $0.45. You have 3
quarters, 3 dimes, 4 nickels and 2 pennies. Do you have enough? (Yes, $1.22)
10. You want to buy a pencil for $0.28, a pen for $0.33 and a glue stick for
$0.47. You have 3 quarters, 2 nickels and 4 pennies. Do you have enough?
(No, $0.89)
11. You have four coins. They add up to $0.46. Which coins do you have? (1
Resources/Materials
Assessment
 How will student learning be
assessed? Authentic/Alternative
assessments?
 Are you using a rubric?
 Informal assessment: participation
rubrics, journal entries,
collaborative planning/presentation
notes
Exceptionalities
What accommodations do you make
for ESOL, Gifted/Talented students,
Learning/Reading disabilities, etc
Discussion Notes
quarter, 2 dimes and 1 penny)
12. You have eight coins. They add up to $0.82. Which coins do you have?
(2 quarters, 2 dimes, 2 nickels and 2 pennies)
13. You have six coins. They add up to $0.86. Which coins do you have? (3
quarters, 2 nickels and 1 penny)
14. You have nine coins. They add up to $1.32. Which coins do you have?
(4 quarters, 3 dimes, 2 penny)
1. Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Sliverstein
2. 40 pennies, 40 nickels, 40 dimes, 40 quarters, 40 $1 bills, 40 $5 bills, 40
$10 bills, 40 $20 bills For each group = 10 pennies, 10 nickels, 10
dimes, 10 quarters, 10 $1 bills, 10 $5 bills, 10 $10 bills, 10 $20 bills
3. Fake bills and coins in plastic bags
4. Written directions
Pre-Assessment: Students will fill out a KWLH chart at the beginning of the
lesson on what they know and what they want to learn
Post-Assessment: The students will finish filling out the KWLH chart on what
they learned and how they can learn more. The chart will be turned in and
graded based on the accuracy of the information.
ESOL/SLD: Each group will be provided with written and oral directions then
given manipulative to solve the process problems.
Gifted/Talented: