Kellie McGrory

ELD 375
Lesson Plan: How To Make 10 cents
Standard: K.OA: Understand addition as putting together and adding to, and understand
subtraction as taking apart and taking from.
1. Represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers, mental images,
drawings, sounds (eg. claps), acting out situations, verbal explanations, expressions, or
equations.
Objective: Students will be able to make 10 cents by using different combinations of
nickels and pennies.
Lesson Elements:
 Introduction: Students are starting to learn about money, and how to make
different combinations of coins. I will be reading them a book called One Cent,
Two Cents, Old Cent, New Cent. This week is Read Across America week so I
decided to read a book from the Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library. For this lesson
students will be helping me count out different ways to make 10 cents by adding
nickels and pennies together to fit into my piggy banks.
 Closure: After I have finished reading the book students will be given a worksheet
with three different piggy banks, and will be asked to create combinations to add
nickels and pennies up to 10 cents. Now that students have learned how to make
coin combinations for 10 cents, next lesson they will be learning how to make
coin combinations for 25 cents.
 Grade: This lesson is appropriate to be taught in Kindergarten.
 Lesson Sequence:
o Students will sit quietly at the small group table, while I read to them the
book One Cent, Two Cents, Old Cent, New Cent.
o I will then give each student a nickel and a penny, and ask them what
color and how much each coin is worth.
o I will then pass out the piggy bank worksheets to each student, and let
them use their scissors to cut out all of the nickel and penny pictures.
 o I will guide students through the first 10 cent coin combination, as a group
prompting them that there are only two coin spots for the piggy bank.
o Students will then be allowed to complete the other two coin combinations
on their worksheet independently, giving assistance if needed.
o Together as a group, we will review the worksheet and I will answer any
questions that the students might have.
 Materials: One Cents, Two Cents, Old Cent, New Cent. Pencil, scissors, glue,
piggy bank worksheet, nickel and penny math manipulatives.
 Questions: Students why is it important that we know more than one way to make
10 cents? How can we tell the difference between a nickel and a penny? If you
find 10 cents in your piggy bank when you get home today, what would you buy?
 Origin: I received this idea from my cooperating teacher Mrs. Fasoli to help
reinforce students on a newly learned concept on how to make different coin
combinations for 10 cents. I also thought that since it was Dr. Seuss’s birthday
and Read Across America Week, it would be a great idea to create a math lesson
based off of his book.
 Behavior Management: First I want to make sure that all students are paying
attention, and assign seats so that certain students are not sitting next to each
other. I want to monitor the calling out during the read aloud book, as well as the
instruction. Students will be reinforced for raising their hands to ask or answer
questions. I will also allow students to play with or observe the coin math
manipulatives for a minute, so that they do not get distracted during the lesson.
 Reactions: I believe that students are going to be very excited about the lesson.
Students will be very interested to see that Dr. Suess talks about math and money
in his book. I think that it will positively reinforce the concept that the students
have been learning and let them take risks. A misconception would be that the
students will not count on when adding the nickels and pennies together.
Differentiation: For visual learners I will write prompts on the student’s worksheets, and
for auditory learners I will give the students verbal feedback. If students need extra help
they can work in pairs within the small group. Physical coin manipulatives will also be
available for students to use in addition to the pictures.
Assessment: I will know when students are successful when they are able to use pennies
and nickels to make different coin combinations of 10 cents.