This document provides an introduction to basic money skills and consumer math. It discusses key terms like currency, coins, and paper money. Specifically, it defines the "$" and "¢" symbols and what different coins and bills are worth, such as a penny being 1¢ and a quarter being 25¢. The lesson explains how smaller coins can be combined to make larger denominations, like 5 pennies making a nickel. It includes activities for students to practice identifying and adding up the value of coins through rolling dice and answering exit slip questions.

1. Basic Money Skills
Basic Consumer Math
Lesson 1 Introduction
Mrs. Stack

2. Warm Up
1. What do we use money for?
2. What does this symbol $ mean?
3. What does this symbol ¢ mean?
4. What kind of money is there?

3. I Can Statements
I can …..
• Tell what currency is.
• Tell what we use money for.
• Tell what these symbols mean $ and ¢.

4. Warm Up Discussion
• Click on Blog Post Link for class discussion and
answers.

5. Introduction
• "Today we are going to begin a lesson about
money. We will learn such things as where
money comes from, what money looks like,
and what we can do with money.“
• Does anyone know what money is?

6. What does the "$" symbol on the pig
mean?
• What does the pig represent?
• http://www.moneyinstructor.com/images/pig.gif

7. Currency

8. What kinds of money is there?
• "Money comes in two forms: coins and paper
money. Does anyone know which is which?
• What is the difference between the two?

9. Paper Money

10. Paper Money
• 1 dollar bill = $ 1.00
• 2 dollar bill = $ 2. 00
• 5 dollar bill = $ 5.00
• 10 dollar bill = $ 10,00
• 20 dollar bill = $ 20.00
• 50 dollar bill = $ 50. 00
• 100 dollar bill = $ 100.00

11. Coins
Penny
1¢
Nickel 5 ¢
Dime
10 ¢ Quarter 25 ¢

12. "You can put money together to make bigger
money. For example:
• 5 pennies = nickel
• 2 nickels = dime
• 2 dimes and 1 nickel = quarter
• 4 quarters = dollar

13. Coins

14. Coins
Pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters.
Well a penny is one and a nickel is five,
A dime is worth ten and a quarter twenty-five.
Pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters.
Five pennies make a nickel,
Two nickels make a dime.
Two dimes and a nickel
make a quarter and it's mine.
Pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters.

15. Activity: Add up the Dice
• Students pair up in groups of two/three.
• Take turns rolling the dice and add up the
amount of money rolled.
• Record answers.
• http://www.education.com/files/77601_77700/77689/play-dice-coin-counting.pdf

16. Exit slip Questions
Word Bank: Penny Nickel Dime Quarter
Quarters
1. Five pennies make a_____________
2. Two nickels make a ____________
3. Two dimes and a nickel make
a________________
4. One cent is a ______________________
5. Four ________________ makes a dollar