Money Unit
Money Unit
Money Unit
ACHIEVEMENT STANDARD
By the end of Year 1, students describe number sequences resulting from skip counting by 2s, 5s and 10s. They identify representations of one half. They recognise Australian
coins according to their value. Students explain time durations. They describe two-dimensional shapes and three-dimensional objects. Students describe data displays.
By the end of Year 2, students recognise increasing and decreasing number sequences involving 2s, 3s and 5s. They represent multiplication and division by grouping into
sets. They associate collections of Australian coins with their value. Students identify the missing element in a number sequence. Students recognise the features of three-
dimensional objects. They interpret simple maps of familiar locations. They explain the effects of one-step transformations. Students make sense of collected information.
Students count to and from 1000. They perform simple addition and subtraction calculations using a range of strategies. They divide collections and shapes into halves,
quarters and eighths. Students order shapes and objects using informal units. They tell time to the quarter-hour and use a calendar to identify the date and the months
included in seasons. They draw two-dimensional shapes. They describe outcomes for everyday events. Students collect, organise and represent data to make simple
inferences.
CONTENT DISCRIPTIONS
Number and Algebra
Money and financial mathematics – Year 1 Money and financial mathematics– Year 2
Count and order small collections of Australian coins and notes according to their
value ACMNA034
Recognise, describe and order Australian coins according to their value ACMNA017
1 Pre-assessment: What do we know about • Whole class and individual assessment Wave 1 (All learners)
Australian coins and their values. through observations and questioning during • Activate prior learning in orientation
learning • Discuss and model tasks
2 Exploration and introduction • Participation in activities
• Educator/Peer assessment in class/peer
3 Ordering and labelling coins feedback sessions Wave 2 (Support)
4 Ordering and labelling coins • Student work samples • Individual teacher assistance
Play money games • SSO support
• Collected and reviewed work samples • Peer support (paired by teacher)
5 Investigating Australian coins and notes • Consideration of NEP requirements
• Student self-reflections • Prompts and use of multimodal recording devices for
evidence (iPad)
• Formal assessment tasks
6 Coin recognition: check in task
• Recorded student progress on checklist Wave 3 (Extension)
7 • Deeper critical and creative thinking explored through
strategic questioning in lessons
Coin comibations
8 Rotations: Money games
10 Catalogue shopping
11 Interactive games
12 Post-assessment: What do we know
about Australian coins and their values.
Review/Critical and creative thinking: How confident do you feel learning about money? (Thumbs up, side, down)
Is this the same as before or different?
2. Learning intention: Explore Australian coins.. -IWB presentation, L2
Success criteria: Identify and explain what we already know, identify what we want to learn.
Exploration and introduction. - Butchers paper/markers for
Tuning In:/ Whole class introduction: KWL chart.
Explain that we are going to be learning about Money. Create a Create a K – W – L chart to display.
-Maths books
Ask students to call out anything that they know about Money – Australian or foreign currencies? Write these ideas into
the Know section. -Word wall resources.
Proceed with the want section – asking students what they would like to learn. -Colouring and writing pencils
We will complete the Learn column in the post assessment lesson -Class ipad (photos)
Possible prompting questions:
• Which Australian coins can you name?
• How can you recognise coins?
• Why do we need coins?
• Does ever country use coins? The same ones? (I have included a Word Wall
• Do we have any other monetary values in Australia? Which ones.? resource for this in the folder.)
Show students large coin cut outs/ play money. Give them time for exploration. (a few minutes only)
Whole class task: You will need markers and cardboard strips.
Create a class word wall for the classroom– students to copy the word wall into their books.
(You could get the students to write the words on the cards to display)
Words to include
cents
Dollars
Notes
Coins
5 cents, 10 cents, 20 cents, 50 cents, one dollar, two dollars
5 dollars, 10 dollars etc.
Currency
$
C symbol
Best way to pay
Large copies of coins/ notes if you wish
Review - Game: Select students to hold a GIANT coin of each value and stand up in front of
class while the remaining students instruct their friends where to move to put the coins in the
correct order. Or you could put coins onto figurines and order them that way.
Take a photo and post to seesaw.
3 Learning intention: Identify coins and their values. -IWB presentation
Success criteria: Correctly identify Australian coins according to their value.
Order and labelling coins. -Spin +cover game
Open powerpoint and go through the Did you know pages on slides 3 mats/counters
and 4.
-Large coins
-Play coins
Classroom Tuning in: In pairs or small groups use spin + cover
mats to expose and build coin recognition. -Math books
-Task card for student books
Whole class introduction: Using the large printed coin values go through each coin and their values. When talking -Scissors, glue, pencils
about Australian coins in particular, we need to talk about value rather than size given our $2
coin is one of our smallest physically yet the largest in value.
Randomly hand large coin cards out to students and without speaking have those students order themselves from
smallest value to largest value. Choose new students and have them order from largest value to the least value.
Continue this ordering of coins but eliminate 1-2 different coins each time.
Individually:
Put the Australian coins in size order. Now draw them in order of value, largest to smallest. What do you notice?
Student task: Create your own coin creature, by making rubbings of each of the coins.
Wave 2 discussion questions:
Which coins made up their creatures?
Wave 1 discussion questions:
Which coins made up their creatures?
Which coin was the largest in size? Which was the
largest in value?
Wave 3 discussion questions:
Add up their creature - how much was it worth? How can
we count lots of coins of the same value quickly?
How do we write it in expanded form? Can we write it
another way?
Early finishers:
Coin patterning
Students will be provided with play coins
They will try make as many coin patterns as they can
After each pattern, they can count the value and write it next to
the pattern.
I have included the discussion questions on slide 5 for you to discuss prior to watching with your class if you
wish.
What do you use money to buy? In this clip we look at Australian money. See the different coins and notes that
make up our money system. We investigate if size, (in coins) does matter. Check out how many 5 cent pieces you
need to make two dollars. We also look at some currencies used around the world. Find out which country has the
yen.
After viewing – discussion questions
What did people do before money was invented?
List all the bank notes in the Australian money system. Which note has the highest value?
By size, what is the biggest Australian coin? However which Australian coin has the highest value (worth most)?
Whole class activity: Provide students with the opportunity to explore and investigate different coins and notes
from other countries – in small groups give them a few coins and magnifying glass. Come back together as a class
and ask whether they knew which currency the coins belonged to.
As a class you could research other countries and their currencies using ipads.
Use post-it notes to write currency and the country that it comes from eg. Yen is used in Japan. If you have a
world map in your room stick the post it note alongside that country.
On slide 7, I have included a table that you could input the country and tehir currency into.
If you have time: some students could play spin + cover or have a go at the stinger question on slide 8.
How many fifty cent do you need to make up the amount of $1.50 (one dollar and fifty cents)? Imagine if you had
only 10 cent pieces. How many would you need to make $1.50? How many 10 cent pieces make fifty cents?
Review/Critical and creative thinking: Which strategy did you use to help you solve the challenge question?
6. Check in task Learning intention: -IWB presentation
Success criteria:
-Mini coin book
Tuning In with a check in: Power point file is In folder -Play money
-
When you get to slid 11, stop and hand out the cut and paste worksheet. There is a copy of the worksheet in
the Money folder – please leave this as the master.
Once completed, proceed to slide 12.
Have the students complete the rubbing of each coin next to where they have cut and paste from the
previous activity.
Continue through the powerpoint and if time allows work on the notes activity where students draw
to size and design their own note.
Early finishers: Can play games from previous lessons (spin + cover/ connect 4 coins) or complete a 3 piece or 10
piece coin puzzle.
7. Learning intention: To create amounts of money using different coin combinations. -IWB presentation, L6
Success criteria: Create and explain the strategies used to make different coin amounts.
Coin combinations
-Speech bubble amount
Warm up: Open money matching powerpoint and complete sheet
-Play money
Tuning In: Run around activity. On each of the students desks, place a coin (5c, 10c or 20c,
50c).
To differentiate start small. Teacher to call out.
1. Find someone who has the same value as you do.
2. Find someone who has a smaller value than you/ larger than you. Can you find someone –
why/why not?
5. Can you group yourself with other in the class to make a dollar amount.
Whole class introduction: Introduce the term ‘best way’ and explain the meaning. Most efficient
way to make an amount (least amount of coins). Add this term to the word wall.
Go through the next few slides as a class and decide on which coin combination is the best way to
pay for the item.
In class Student task: This is a differentiated task. Wave 1 will work on amounts from 5c to 95c,
wave 2 will work on single coin amounts and wave 3 will work on amounts larger than a dollar.
This follow-on activity from the run around game is to draw all the different coin
combinations that might make up different amounts. Students draw/trace or cut coins to make
their coin combinations next to each amount.
There are coin cut outs in the folder if you wish for your students to cut and paste instead of
tracing.
Review/Critical and creative thinking: Come back as a class and share ideas and reasoning as to how students made
the combinations they did. Which addition strategies helped us make these?
8. Set up or use existing groups in your class. You can use any money maths games you might
have but these are set up in money folder.
Money games: rotations
Set up game stations
1. Connect 4
2. Spin + cover
3. 3 piece/ 10 piece puzzles
6. Sort and match – this includes the matching cards, and the pig sorting
This is for the wave 2 – you could include concentration sets in this for other students.
9. Coins and notes Learning intention: Sort and order australian coins and notes. -IWB presentation, L9
-whiteboards
Success criteria: Students can say the value of coins and notes,and order the values from smallest
to largest value. -Play money
- Maths books
Warm up: Open ordering coins and notes powerpoint and go through this. Your students will need -How much is in my piggy bank
whiteboards for this. sheets
-Coloured paper
-Paper money cut outs
Open lesson 9 powerpoint and as a class complete the interactive ordering of coins and notes on
slide 3 . There is a copy of this activity in the lesson 9 folder if you wish to give this to wave 2
students to complete in a small group.
Photocopy the strips, piggy bank outline, and money templates for students. They will need to cut
the pig and strip and paste it onto coloured card.
Students will need to cut and paste coins and notes into their piggy banks and calculate how much
there is altogether. This can be differentiated by supported wave 2 students in a small group with a
certain number of coins only (eg. 3-5 coins) and wave 3 students (must use 3 notes and 5 coins etc.)
Whole class introduction: Give students an item that has been cut from a catalogue. Discuss how
much this item is. Question students to use play money to make this amount.
Who has the most expensive item? Who has the least expensive item?
Student task: Students cut 10 pictures from shopping catalogues and order them from
smallest to highest price. You could use this as an opportunity to introduce rounding up or
down if you want to.
Students paste them into their maths books with labels smallest price to highest price. (There is a
worksheet pictured below that you could photocopy as differentation, with further questioning)
Wave 3: students could draw the combination of coins and notes they might use to buy these
objects.
Review/Critical and creative thinking: How did you know which item had the smallest value/largest value share
your ideas with a friend and then report back to the class.
11. Students can complete seesaw activities or can use one of the following websites to play money - Ipads
Money games – **Book games.
ipads for -Money games
You can use the laminated pouches or ipads
this lesson, use your ipad
lesson or borrow ipads
from JP block.
Extra lesson Tuning In: I didn’t do a power point slide for this. Just go with your discretion.
Review task - another run around activity to start lesson with a variation if you feel like your class
is ready otherwise do it as you did in previous lesson. The variation is below.
This time place different combinations of coins on each student's desk in differing values. Eg. On
one desk a single 50c coin, another 2 x 20c and 1 x 10c, another 10 x 5c while on another desk a
single 20c coin and 2 x 10c on another and so on. Student task this time - to find people who have
the same value as you.
Once everyone has sorted themselves into groups, reviewed everyone's coin collections, the person
who has the least amount of coins is the winner with the best way to pay...
Whole class introduction: Ask students to go back to their speech bubble sheet from previous
lesson and circle ‘the best way to pay’. Use this opportunity as a prompt to ask students whether
the combination they circled was really the best way to pay, and whether they could now think of a
better way to pay – a better combination of coins to draw. As a class ask students to share what
they did and get them to prove their thinking.
Next place a selection of toys in the middle of circle - all with different prices on them. Ask
students to sort them from the least to the most expensive then find the best way to pay for them
using our giant coins.
Student task:
Wave 1 and 2:
talk about what we could buy if we had $1 or if we had $2. Would you buy just one toy or would
you be able to buy more than one?
Wave 3 students:
Give these students specific amounts to spend at our classroom toy shop and had them write/draw
what they had spent their money on.
Have students record their thinking to this question in their books.