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Lesson Plan

Quarters and Cents

Introduce students to the quarter in this hands-on lesson. This is a great way to reinforce double digit addition.
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Learning Objectives

Students will be able to recognize a quarter, know its value, and add quarters together to find the total amount of money.

Introduction

(10 minutes)
  • Call the students together as a group.
  • Ask the students to name the different values of coins.
  • Reinforce that coins include pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters.
  • Inform the students that today they are going identify and count quarters.
  • Ask students if they know the value of a quarter.
  • Reiterate that the quarter is worth 25 cents.