1st Grade Recognizing And Counting Pennies Lesson Plan (Math)

Topic: Recognizing and Counting Pennies

Objectives & Outcomes

• Students will be able to identify and count pennies.

Materials

• A variety of coins (including pennies)
• A counting mat or sheet of paper

Warm-up

• Show the students the different types of coins that you have brought with you. Ask them to name each coin and tell you how many of that coin they see.
• Then, ask the students to count how many coins they see altogether.

Direct Instruction

• Explain to the students that today, we are going to learn how to count pennies.
• Show the students a penny and explain that this is a penny and that it has a value of one cent.
• Next, show the students two pennies and explain that these are two pennies and that they have a value of two cents.
• Continue with three pennies, four pennies, and so on, until the students understand the concept of counting by tens.

Guided Practice

• Next, give each student a pile of pennies and have them count the pennies using the counting by tens strategy.
• Encourage the students to use the pennies to help them count the correct number.

Independent Practice

• Finally, have the students create a pennies collage.
• Have them glue a penny to a piece of construction paper for every ten pennies they can correctly count.
• Have them label their collage with the correct number of pennies.

Closure

• Review the concept of counting pennies and identifying various amounts.
• Ask the students to share something they enjoyed about the lesson.

Assessment

• Observe the students during the guided and independent practice to ensure they are able to count and identify pennies accurately.
• Collect the students' pennies and review their counting and identification skills.