Grade 1 - Money Unit

Standards covered:

  • 1.4 Number and operations
    • 1.4A

      Identify U.S. coins, including pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters, by value and describe the relationships among them.

    • 1.4B

      Write a number with the cent symbol to describe the value of a coin.

    • 1.4C

      Use relationships to count by twos, fives, and tens to determine the value of a collection of pennies, nickels, and/or dimes.

The Money Unit involves skip counting strategies to determine the value of a collection of coins in order to answer questions such as:

  • How many pennies does it take to equal a nickel? How could you use skip counting to figure out the value of a collection of nickels? How many pennies does it take to equal a dime? How could you use skip counting to figure out the value of a collection of dimes?
  • If you have a collection of dimes and nickels, how could you use skip counting to find its value? When you run out of dimes to count by tens, how should you count the remaining nickels?
  • How many different ways can you make change for 15ยข? How will you know you have found all of the ways?

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N/A: Denotes standards that are not applicable to problem solving.

The N/A classification refers to TEKS Standards that cannot be assessed through problem solving.

For this reason, tasks have not been included for these particular standards.

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Summative Assessment Task

Students determine two different coin combinations that equal 25 cents, to purchase juice from a machine.

Instructional Tasks/Formative Assessments

Students determine whether or not two children have the same amount of money in their hands.

Students determine different ways to show coins that equal 25 cents.

Students determine three possible sets of coins that each add up to 17 cents.

Students determine how many coins Alex and Mia each have in their hands if they each have a total of 12 cents.

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