TITLE OF LESSON: Counting Coins and Making Change with The Penny Pot

Grade: 3rd
LESSON CONCEPTS LESSON OBJECTIVES PLAN FOR ASSESSMENT
What do you want the
students to
learn as a result o this
a!ti"ity#
$ow will the students
de%onstrate
understanding o the
!on!e&t#
$ow will you assess student learning
o the !on!e&t# '(tta!h a !o&y
o the data !olle!tion
instru%ent to this do!u%ent)*
Con!e&t +: Coins
and ,ills ha"e a
"alue and !an ,e
!ounted and
!o%&ared)
Con!e&t -: The
total a%ount o
%oney !an ,e
%ade through a
"ariety o !oin
!o%,inations)
+) The students will !o%,ine
their !oins to %ake a gi"en
a%ount o %oney)
-) The students will ind an
alternate %ethod o showing a
gi"en a%ount than that shown in
The Penny Pot.
3) The students will des!ri,e
their &ro!ess o %aking the
a%ount o %oney re.uested or
a%ount o !hange needed)
O,/e!ti"e +) Students will asse%,le
the !o%,ination o !oins des!ri,ed in
The Penny Pot and deter%ine what
the "alue o that !o%,ination is) (s a
!lass we will dis!uss what the "alue
should ,e) I we ha"e !onli!ting
ideas as to the "alue0 we will !ount
together and rea!h an a%ount that
e"eryone agrees is !orre!t) I will note
on o,ser"ation sheet i students are
!ounting "alues in!orre!tly)
O,/e!ti"e -)Students will draw the
!o%,ination o !oins that they used
and at least one alternate !o%,ination
on their res&onse sheet) I will !olle!t
these sheets at the end o the lesson)
O,/e!ti"e 3) 1uring the lesson0 I will
ask or "olunteers to des!ri,e how
they ound their alternati"e
!o%,inations with the rest o the
grou&) These !o%,inations will ha"e
,een re!orded on their res&onse
sheets) I will ha"e an o,ser"ation
sheet on whi!h I note whether
students shared su!!essul alternati"e
%ethods)
2EL(TE1 3I2GINI( ST(N1(21S OF LE(2NING
3)4 The student will deter%ine0 ,y !ounting0 the "alue o a !olle!tion o ,ills and !oins whose
total "alue is 56)77 or less0 !o%&are the "alue o the ,ills and !oins0 and %ake !hange)
M(TE2I(LS NEE1E1
Mur&hy0 S) '+884*) The penny pot) New 9ork0 N9: $ar&erCollins)
:aggies o %oney or ea!h student
El%o ;ro/e!tor < :oard
=uestion and res&onse sheet
;en!il or other writing utensil
Money E.ui"alen!y Sort
;2OCE1>2E
BEFORE:
I will ,egin ,y introdu!ing our lesson to&i! or the day: %oney) This will ,e the irst day
students are !o"ering %oney this year0 so we will start with a %at!hing a!ti"ity) Students will
sort and %at!h %oney deno%inations with their "alue or e.ui"alent 'See Money E.ui"alen!y
Sheet atta!hed*) I will then tell the !lass a,out the ,ook we are going to read during our
lesson: The Penny Pot) ?essie is at her s!hool air and des&erately wants to get her a!e
&ainted0 ,ut she does not ha"e enough %oney) We are going to ind out how she sol"es her
&ro,le%) I will ask or so%e &redi!tions o what ?esse %ight do to sol"e her &ro,le%)
I will then e@&lain that as we read through the story0 we are going to use the %oney in our
,ags to %ake the dierent a%ounts that we !o%e a!ross) I will also let the% know that as we
%ake the dierent a%ounts0 I will ask or "olunteers to !o%e show how they %ade the
a%ount on the &ro/e!tor) This is i%&ortant ,e!ause there !an ,e se"eral dierent
!o%,inations that all add u& to the sa%e a%ount0 so what one student does %ay ,e dierent
than what the other do)
DURING:
We will now read through The Penny Pot. (s we go through0 I will sto& when we rea!h a
new a%ount o %oney and ha"e the students show that a%ount with their !oins)
;age A0 B: C?esse e%&tied her &o!kets and !ounted her %oney) She had 3 di%es0 + ni!kel0
and D &ennies)E Together we will use our !oins %ake that !o%,ination I will show it on the
&ro/e!tor) CShe has 38 !ents) Sin!e it !osts 67 !ents to ha"e your a!e &ainted0 we know ?esse
does not ha"e enough %oney) 1o we think there is another way to show 38 !ents using less
!oins#
;age ++: C$e had a .uarter0 a ni!kel0 two di%es and three &ennies)E I will ask the !lass to
tell %e how %u!h %oney Miguel has '63 !ents*) I will ask the% to show %e that sa%e
a%ount another way) I will ask or a "olunteer to share their alternate way o showing 63
!ents)
;age +6: CThere was a .uarter0 a di%e0 two ni!kels and se"en &ennies)E I will ask the !lass
to tell %e how %u!h %oney Sa% has '6- !ents*) I will then ask the% to show %e that sa%e
a%ount using a dierent !o%,ination o !oins) I will ask or a "olunteer to share how they
showed 6- !ents with the ewest !oins)
;age +4: CI know /ust how %u!h %oney I ha"e0E he said0 CI ha"e 6D !ents)E I will ask the
!lass to %ake 6D !ents using their !oins) I will ask or a "olunteer to share how they %ade 6D
!ents) (ter this student has shared0 I will ask i anyone else %ade it another way) I so%eone
"olunteers0 I will ask the% i they would like to share how they did it) I we do not ha"e
anyone to "olunteer0 I will ask the !lass i they !an ind a dierent way to show 6D !ents)
;age -3: (nnie has 63 !ents) I will ask the !lass to %ake 63 !ents using their !oins) (ter
they ha"e %ade it one way0 I will ask the% to see i they !an ind another way to %ake 63
!ents with their !oins using ewer !oins than ,eore) I will ask the !lass how %u!h !hange
will ,e let o"er ater (nnie gets her a!e &ainted)
;age -A: C?esse took all her %oney out o her &o!ket) Then she turned o"er the &enny &ot
and du%&ed the %oney out onto the ta,le)E We will igure out how %u!h %oney ?esse has)
C2e%e%,er0 ?esse had 38 !ents to ,egin with) ;lease %ake 38 !ents with your !oinsF)Now
we are going to add in the &ennies that the other students donated to the &enny &ot) (s we go
through add those to the 38 !ents) Miguel donated 3 &enniesFSa% donated - &enniesF
?onathan ga"e D &enniesFand (nnie /ust &ut in 3 &ennies) $ow %u!h %oney does ?esse
ha"e with the &ennies ro% the &enny &ot#)))Will she ha"e !hange let o"er ater getting her
a!e &ainted#)))$ow %u!h will ,e let o"er#E
(s we are reading through The Penny Pot I will ,e o,ser"ing the studentsG %ethods) I will
,e looking at the dierent ways students !o%,ine their !oins to %ake the a%ounts and
%aking sure that they are %aking the !orre!t a%ount o %oney) I will also ,e asking students
to draw &i!tures o how they %ade ea!h a%ount o %oney)
AFTER: To wra& u& I will !olle!t studentsG res&onse sheets) (s I a% !olle!ting0 I will ask i
anyone would like to share what heHshe liked a,out or learned ro% the a!ti"ity) I will also
share that I really en/oyed seeing the dierent ways that we !ould %ake the sa%e a%ount o
%oney) CFor e@a%&le when we were %aking !ents0 used CthisE !o%,ination o
!oins0 ,ut used CthatE !o%,ination o !oins)E I will also ask i anyone has any .uestions
or !on!erns a,out what we did during our a!ti"ity)
MO1IFIC(TIONS FO2 ST>1ENTS WIT$ S;ECI(L NEE1S
C$(LLENGE =uestions: I will ask the% to ind another !o%,ination that still e.uals that
a%ount) 'Su!h as C$ow !ould you show that a%ount using ewer !oins#E Or C$ow !ould you
show than a%ount using the %ost o your !oins#E
2EME1I(L =uestion: I we are working on a &ro,le% in whi!h students are deter%ining the
"alue o the !o%,ination o !oins &resented in the ,ook0 I will ask the% to draw the !oins and
write the indi"idual "alues underneath) I will ask the% how they would deter%ine how %u!h
they ha"e altogether i we were /ust doing a regular addition &ro,le%) (ter the student is
gi"en an o&&ortunity to deter%ine a %ethod0 I will suggest that they use that to ind the "alue
o their !oins) For e@a%&le0 i heHshe said CI would add all the +7s together and then add the
6sF)et!0E I would suggest that they do the sa%e &ro!ess with their !oins and see i it i
hel&ul) I we are !reating alternati"e !o%,inations that show the sa%e "alue0 I will swa& out
!oins and ask the student to deter%ine i the a%ount o the new !o%,ination is still the sa%e)
So%e students %ay still struggle with the a%ount o ea!h !oin) This would !ause dii!ulty
or the% when they are atte%&ting to deter%ine the "alue o !oin !o%,inations or !reate their
alternate !oin !o%,inations) The !ountera!tH&re"ent this &ro,le%0 we will ,e !o%&leted our
e.ui"alen!y sort at the ,eginning o the lesson0 whi!h will re"iew the "alues o ea!h !oin)

Name: .
Money with The Penny Pot Student Response Sheet
Page 7
3 dimes, 1 nickel
& 4 pennies.
Page 11
1 quarter, 1
nickel, dimes &
3 pennies
Page 15
1 quarter, 1 dime,
two nickels & !
pennies
Page 18
"4 cents
Page 23
"3 cents
Page 26
3# cents $ 11
pennies
Money Equivalency Sheet
Students will !ut and sort stri&s into %at!hing e.ual "alues)
1 penny 1 olla!
1 nic"el 1## cent$
1 nic"el 25 pennie$
1 ime 25 cent$
1 ime 5 pennie$
1 ime 5 cent$
1 qua!te! 2 nic"el$
1 qua!te! 1# pennie$
% qua!te!$ 1# cent$
1 olla! 1 cent
Money %esson &'tra(Time Pro)lems
*+ * ha,e 1 quarter, 1 dime, nickels and 4 pennies, how much money
do * ha,e-
*+ * ha,e quarters, 3 nickels and . pennies, how much money do *
ha,e-
*+ * ha,e 4 dimes, 1 nickel, ! pennies, how much money do * ha,e-
*+ * ha,e 1 quarter, 3 dimes, nickels and 4 pennies, how much
money do * ha,e-
*+ * ha,e 1 dime, 4 nickels and +our pennies, how much money do *
ha,e-
Show "# cents
Show 4 cents
Show !! cents
Show .! cents
Show / cents