Teacher Education Lesson Plan Template

Teacher: Joanne Van Zyl Date: 4/8/19

Title of Lesson: School Store Cooperating Teacher: Pamela Crichton

Core Components
Subject, Content Area, or Topic
Math, Coins
Student Population
1st Grade

The student will determine the value of a collection of like coins (pennies, nickels, or dimes) whose
total value is 100 cents or less.

Virginia Essential Knowledge and Skills (SOL)

1.8 Money The student will determine the value of a collection of like coins (pennies, nickels, or
dimes) whose total value is 100 cents or less.

Materials/Resources
Projector
Slates
Markers
Pennies
Nickels
Dimes
School Store Sign
Items with Price Tags
High Yield Instructional Strategies Used (Marzano, 2001)

Check if UsedStrategy Return

Identifying Similarities & Differences 45%
Summarizing & Note Taking 34%
Reinforcing Efforts & Providing Recognition 29%
Homework & Practice 28%
Nonlinguistic Representations 27%
Cooperative Learning 23%
Setting Goals & Providing Feedback 23%
Generating & Testing Hypothesis 23%
Questions, Cues, & Advanced Organizers 22%
DOES YOUR INSTRUCTIONAL INPUT & MODELING YIELD THE POSITIVE
RETURNS YOU WANT FOR YOUR STUDENTS?
Check if Used Strategy Return
 Teach Others/Immediate Use of Learning 95%
Practice by Doing 75%
Discussion 50%
Demonstration 30%
Audio Visual 20%
Reading 10%
Lecture 05%
Safety (if applicable)

Time
(min.) Process Components
*Anticipatory Set

TTW call class to the rug with slates and markers.

TTW review the value of pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters.
TTW review grouping coins.
*State the Objectives (grade-level terms)
I will understand how the culture of Ancient Greece affected the literature and stories told
from that time period.
I will understand basic concepts of Greek mythology.
I will connect cause to effect and understand that an effect is the direct result of a cause.
I will understand the theme and underlying message of a fiction story.
I will be able to identify the main problem of a story.

*Instructional Input or Procedure

TTW call small math groups to participate in the school store.
TTW explain to groups that their team has gathered enough pennies, nickels, and dimes
to purchase all the items in the school store.
TSW each receive two items to purchase and will have to figure out two ways to purchase
the item using their coins.
TSW determine which way to purchase their item requires the least amount of coins.
*Modeling
TTW explain the value of each item in cents and review how much each coin is worth.
TTW explain to students how to purchase their items.
TTW model adding the totals of cents together.
*Check for Understanding
TTW check with each student the value of their coins and ask them to count their coins in
front of their teacher so they know the amount of coins and the amount of cents their coins
are worth.
*Guided Practice
.TTW review the value of pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters.
TTW review grouping coins.
TTW explain to math groups that their team has gathered enough pennies, nickels, and
dimes to purchase all the items in the school store.
TTW explain to students how to purchase their items.
TTW model adding the totals of cents togethe
 *Independent Practice
While the teacher works with one small group, the other students will be in their math
stations that includes, hands on practice with coins, online math games, and math
worksheets.
The students in the math group will practice counting their coins by themselves and adding
the total number of cents by identifying the value of each coin.
Assessment
none

*Closure
TTW model for the students how to add the total amount of money together so students are
aware of the total amount of money their group spent.
TTW go over the objectives again of what the students learned how to do during their
small group lesson.

Differentiation
With students who have already mastered the skill of counting like coins, TTW challenge
them to add mixed coins.
With students who are having trouble grasping adding coins, TTW only require students to
discover one way to add their coins.

*Denotes Madeline Hunter lesson plan elements.