This document provides a lesson plan for a kindergarten math class introducing students to coins and their values. The 45-minute lesson will have students identify coins by name and value through sorting activities using real or pretend money. Students will sort coins on an individual graphic organizer and the teacher will use a Promethean Board to demonstrate. The lesson goals are for students to learn about coins and their values through introduction, sorting, and by reading a book about money.

1. What’s that Coin?
Grade-Kindergarten
Subject-Math
Duration-45 minutes (1 class period)
Georgia Performance Standards: MKN1h
Identify coins by name and value (penny, nickel, dime, and quarter)
Materials:
Teacher’s edition book
Pretend/real money
Book to read orally - “One Cent, Two Cents, Old Cent, New Cent”
Promethean Board
ActivInspire computer program
Hard copy graphic organizer-one per student
Access to Internet
Goals: Students will be introduced to coins and their values. Students will also learn to
identify different coins by sorting.
Objectives:
Cognitive- Students will be introduced to coins and their values. Students will learn
to sort different coins.
Psychomotor - Auditory, musical, visual
Procedures:
1. To begin the lesson, the teacher will start out giving an overview of the lesson.

2. 2. After a brief overview of lesson, teacher will play a song for an attention grabber.
(Money Money Money!)
3. After instructing students back to their seat, teacher will begin to call on individual
students to help sort coins on a graphic organizer on the Promethean Board.
4. At this point in the lesson, the teacher should distribute all items needed for the
students to complete the graphic organizer at their seats.
a. Coins
b. Graphic Organizer
5. After this, teacher will read the book on money to the students.
6. After activity is finished and coins are collected, teacher should instruct students
back to carpet for a re-cap of the material.
Evaluation:
Oral post assessment
Monitoring of the sorting activity