This lesson is for students at the second grade level. They will be learning American currency in coins.
Objective- With the use of the smart board the students will learn the value and appearance of the Quarter, Dime, Nickel, and Penny.
Ÿ Each student will receive one of each coin at his/her desk. They will be able to feel and see the differences of each coin.
Ÿ Using the smart board I will bring up the website, http://www.arcytech.org/java/money/learn_coins.html. This website will show the coin by itself with a description of each coin. It also shows how each coin relates to each other. (Ex: how many pennies are in a nickel)
Ÿ In addition I will also use the website, http://www.coe.uh.edu/archive/math/math_lessons/mathles3/index.htm. This website provides a tutorial on learning coins. I will call on students to come up and use the smart board during the tutorial. This tutorial will assist in teaching the students the coin value and how each coin is counted.
Conclusion- To test the effectiveness of the smart board lesson I will give the students a quiz. The quiz will have pictures of each coin and of the worth of that coin. I will also test the students of what coins can they use to equal the value of another coin. (Ex: what coins would you use to equal the value of a quarter. They would have to know the value of each coin to do that.)
