Mastering Making Change: Money Skills

Description

This lesson focuses on teaching students how to calculate change using subtraction strategies and visual coin representations. The goal is to enable students to count up from the price of an item to the amount they paid in order to determine the correct change. Basic coin values are reviewed, including pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, and dollars. An example demonstrates the 'counting up' strategy—starting from the price of an item and counting up to the amount paid, allowing students to visualize the change they should receive. The lesson includes practice problems where students are encouraged to show their work and draw the respective coins, consolidating their understanding of how to make change.