Day 14 Lesson
Counting a Collection of Coins and Bills
Focus: Students will determine the value of a collection of coins and bills.
Background: Students learned how to count a collection of coins up to $0.99 in second grade. The only
difference between the second and third grade TEKS is third graders are expected to add bills into the
collections to count.
Introduce:
1. Skip count with the class by fives, tens, and twenty-fives. Skip count by tens, starting at 25. Skip
count by twenty-fives all the way to 1,000. The teacher should write the numbers on the board
as students skip count, especially when counting by twenty-fives.
2. Ask students, “What are the coin values that you know?” Students should be able to name the
different coins, along with the value of each one.
3. The teacher should make an anchor chart listing the coins and their values. List values in two
ways. An example for twenty-five cents would be $0.25 and 25¢.
4. Now, ask students strategies for counting a set of coins and bills. Students should know that one
way is to count the money using the greatest value first. For example, start with the bills, and
then proceed with half-dollars, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies.
Investigate:
1. Show a set of bills and coins using the presenter and ask students to determine the value.
2. Allow students time to work, and then have them share their answers and explanations of how
they found the total with the class. Repeat this step with different amounts of money.
3. Ask students to work with a partner. One student should write a money amount down and the
other student should show the amount using bills and coins using the least amount of coins.
Partners should take turns writing the amount. After a while, they can show the money amount
two different ways.
4. Students can complete the practice page individually or with a partner.
Discussion:
1. Discuss strategies students used when showing different money amounts. Ask students to show
different ways of counting the sets of coins.
2. Ensure students know how to write money correctly using a dollar sign and decimal point, along
with only using the cent sign. Remind students that the numbers to the left of the decimal point
are whole dollars and the numbers to the right are parts of a dollar.
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Quick Check
Answer the questions below.
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1. How much money is on the counter?
$7.48
$7.53
$7.58
$7.83
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2. Jenna has 1 half-dollar, 1 quarter, and 3 nickels.
Which coin does she need to have exactly $1.00?
a half-dollar
a quarter
a dime
a nickel
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3. Writing to Explain How could you show $2.86 using the
least number of bills and coins? Draw rectangles for bills.
Draw circles with letters for coins. Explain how you decided.
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Reteaching
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Counting Money
To count the money, start with the bills.
Count on from the greatest to the least value.
Count on: $5.00
$7.25
$7.35
$6.00
$7.45
$7.00
$7.50
$7.51
Write the total value in dollars and cents.
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3. Draw a Picture Show two ways to make $0.75 without using
a half-dollar or pennies.
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