K.4
The Standard
The student applies mathematical process standards to identify coins in order to recognize the need for monetary transactions. The student is expected to identify U.S. coins by name, including pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Mathematics
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students look at U.S. coins and name pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters. They use features such as color, size, edges, pictures, and words to tell them apart.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students correctly name pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters when shown either side. They identify each coin even when the coins are mixed or turned.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may name coins by size, calling a nickel a quarter because both are silver. They may also confuse a dime with a penny or use coin values instead of names.
How to Assess It
- Place one penny, nickel, dime, and quarter in a row. Point to each in mixed order and ask the student to name it.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a coin tray and four labeled cups, then have them sort pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters into the correct cups.
Show one coin and ask, "What details help you know its name?" Record student observations about color, size, edges, pictures, and words.
Play Coin Cover: call a coin name, and students cover that coin on a picture board with a counter.
Set up a pretend snack shop where students request a named coin to complete each purchase, without counting coin values.
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