| Grade
Level: |
Kindergarten |
| Objectives: |
- tell the students to identify
a nickel and its value.
- tell the students to name the
president found on the nickel.
- tell the students to identify
how many pennies are in a nickel.
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| Materials: |
- nickels
- KeeBook
- software, Portraits
of American Presidents
- chart
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| Preparation: |
- get chart paper
- get Keebook set up and
software ready to go on the computer
- get enough nickels for each
student
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| Activities: |
- Review from yesterday about
pennies
- Pass out nickels...ask how
many pennies make a nickel? So, how much is a nickel
worth? (Show this on chart paper with actual money)
- Together, count by 5's.
Put several nickels together and see how much money each group has
- Look closely at the president
on the nickel...who is it?
- Look at the Keebook about the
nickel and the president.
- Look at the section on the
software about Thomas Jefferson.
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| Evaluation: |
- Can you count by fives?
- Do you know how many pennies
are in a nickel?
- Do you know what a nickel is
worth?
- Could you tell me three things
about Thomas Jefferson?
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| Follow-up: |
- Individually ask each student
the same evaluation questions listed above to check for their level
of understanding of the concepts.
- Continue to review pennies and
nickels each day.
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