Florida SS.K.E.1.2
The Standard
Recognize that United States currency comes in different forms.
Florida Next Generation Sunshine State Standards for Social Studies · Economics
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students identify coins and paper bills as forms of U.S. money. They sort examples by form and describe visible differences, such as shape, material, and size.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can point to a coin and a bill and explain that both are money. The student can separate pictures of U.S. money from cards, coupons, and toy tokens.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think only coins or only bills count as money. They may confuse credit cards, gift cards, coupons, or arcade tokens with U.S. currency.
How to Assess It
- Show pictures of a penny, dollar bill, credit card, and toy token. Ask students to circle the U.S. money and name each form.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a tray of play coins and replica bills to sort into two labeled hoops: coins and bills.
Ask, “How are coins and bills alike, and how are they different?” Record student answers on a class chart.
Play Money Match by having students match picture cards showing coins and bills to the labels coin or bill.
Set up a classroom store where students choose either a play coin or replica bill to pay for an item.
Keep exploring
Related Standards
- SS.K.CG.2.4
Recognize symbols that represent the United States.
- SS.3.E.1.4
Distinguish between currencies used in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.
- SS.1.E.1.1
Recognize that money is used in the exchange of goods and services.
- SS.2.CG.2.4
Recognize symbols, individuals and documents that represent the United States.
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