Lesson Plan: Counting Money: Pence Mathematics
This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to find the value of a group of coins in pence, by counting in 2s, 5s, 10s, and 20s within 100.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- recognize and use the symbol “p” for pence,
- use their table to help count in 20s,
- count in 2s, 5s, 10s, and 20s to find the total of a group of coins, with and without models,
- investigate the most efficient ways of adding a group of coins.
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- counting in 1s, 2s, 5s, and 10s,
- recognizing coins used in the UK,
- identifying the value of each coin.
Exclusions
Students will not cover
- counting in pounds,
- the symbol of the pound,
- counting using the 50p coin.
