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Eanes ISD

First Grade Mathematics Money & Personal Finance Literacy

Understandings:

  • The student must be able to identify pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters. They must be able to determine the value of each coin and describe the relationship among them. They must be able to reason and justify their mathematical ideas and thinking. (1.4) A
  • The student must be able to write the value of a coin using a cent (¢) symbol. They must be able to describe the value of coins and reason to solve money transactions problems.(1.4) B
  • The student must be able to determine the value of different collections of pennies, nickels, and dimes by “counting on” by twos, fives, and tens. They must be able to reason and show how to count coins to solve money transactions problems. (1.4) C
  • The student must be able define income as the money earned for doing work. Students must also be able to apply mathematical ideas and processes to problems arising in everyday life, society, and the workplace. (1.9) A
  • The student must know the difference between spending and saving. Students must also be able to apply mathematical ideas and processes to problems arising in everyday life, society, and the workplace. (1.9) C
  • The student must recognize that they can use money earned from their income to buy goods and services that they want, but their money must be used to take care of needs first before spending money on their wants. Students must also be able to apply mathematical ideas and processes to problems arising in everyday life, society, and the workplace (1.9) B
  • The student should consider charitable giving in order to feel good about helping others in need. Students must also be able to apply mathematical ideas and processes to problems arising in everyday life, society, and the workplace. 1.9 D
TEKS:
  • 1.4 C(R) use relationships to count by twos, fives, and tens to determine the value of a collection of pennies, nickels, and/or dimes
  • 1.4 A(S) Identify U.S. coins including pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters by value and describe the relationships between them
  • 1.4 B(S) Write a number with the cents symbol to describe the value of a coin
  • 1.9 A(S) Define money earned as income
  • 1.9 B(S) Identify income as a means of obtaining goods and services, often times making choice between wants and needs
  • 1.9 C(S) Distinguish between spending and saving
  • 1.9 D(S) Consider charitable giving
Learning Targets:
  • I can use relationships to count by 1s, 2s, 5s, and 10s to determine the value of a collection of pennies, nickels, and/or dimes
  • I can identify pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters by value
  • I can describe the relationship between pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters
  • I can write a number with the cents symbol to describe the value of a coin
  • I can define money earned as income
  • I can identify income as a means of obtaining goods and services, often times making choice between wants and needs
  • I can distinguish between spending and saving
  • I can consider charitable giving
Essential Questions:
  • How can knowing coin values help count sets of coins?
  • How can understanding income, wants and needs, spending and saving, and charity help make decisions about money?

Vocabulary:  cent symbol, charity (giving), goods, saving, services, spending
Previously introduced:  pennies (twos), nickels (fives), dimes (tens), quarters, income, money earned, needs, wants