Counting Canadian Quarters: A Money Adventure!

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Lesson Description

Learn to identify and count Canadian quarters. Discover how many cents are in a quarter and how many quarters make a dollar!

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Grade 1: Saxon Math Lesson #124 Identifying and Counting Quarters (Canadian Money)

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Key Concepts

  • Value of a quarter (25 cents)
  • Counting by 25s
  • Four quarters equal one dollar
  • Canadian currency

Learning Objectives

  • Students will be able to identify a Canadian quarter.
  • Students will be able to count a group of quarters by 25s.
  • Students will be able to determine the total value of a group of quarters in cents and dollars.

Educator Instructions

  • Introduction (5 mins)
    Begin by asking students if they know what a quarter is. Show a picture of a Canadian quarter, pointing out Queen Elizabeth II on the head side and the caribou on the tail side. Explain that a quarter is worth 25 cents and that it takes four quarters to make one dollar.
  • Counting Quarters (10 mins)
    Practice counting by 25s as a class. Start with one quarter (25 cents), then two quarters (50 cents), three quarters (75 cents), and four quarters (100 cents or $1.00). Use visual aids like the ten frame demonstrated in the video to help students understand the concept. Work through example with six and eight quarters.
  • Practice Activity (10 mins)
    Provide students with play money, including quarters. Have them work in pairs or individually to count out different amounts using quarters. For example, ask them to show you 75 cents using quarters, or $1.25 using quarters.
  • Wrap-up (5 mins)
    Review the main points of the lesson: A quarter is worth 25 cents, and four quarters make a dollar. Encourage students to practice counting quarters at home with their piggy banks or coin jars.

Interactive Exercises

  • Quarter Matching Game
    Create a matching game where students match the number of quarters to the correct cent amount (e.g., 2 quarters = 50 cents).
  • Piggy Bank Challenge
    Give each student a worksheet with pictures of piggy banks containing different numbers of quarters. Have them calculate the total amount of money in each piggy bank.

Discussion Questions

  • What does a quarter look like?
  • How many cents is a quarter worth?
  • How many quarters do you need to make a dollar?

Skills Developed

  • Counting by 25s
  • Money recognition
  • Problem-solving

Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1:

What picture is on the tail side of the Canadian quarter?

Correct Answer: A caribou

Question 2:

How much is one quarter worth?

Correct Answer: 25 cents

Question 3:

How many quarters make one dollar?

Correct Answer: 4

Question 4:

If you have two quarters, how many cents do you have?

Correct Answer: 50 cents

Question 5:

If you have four quarters, how many cents do you have?

Correct Answer: 100 cents

Question 6:

Counting by 25, what comes after 50?

Correct Answer: 75

Question 7:

Which coin is worth 25 cents?

Correct Answer: Quarter

Question 8:

Three quarters is the same as:

Correct Answer: 75 cents

Question 9:

What is another name for 100 cents?

Correct Answer: 1 dollar

Question 10:

If you have one dollar and one quarter, how much money do you have?

Correct Answer: 1 dollar and 25 cents

Fill in the Blank Questions

Question 1:

A quarter is worth ______ cents.

Correct Answer: 25

Question 2:

Four quarters make one _______.

Correct Answer: dollar

Question 3:

The Queen is on the _______ side of the quarter.

Correct Answer: head

Question 4:

When counting quarters, we count by _______.

Correct Answer: 25

Question 5:

Two quarters are worth _______ cents.

Correct Answer: 50

Question 6:

The animal on the back of a quarter is a ________.

Correct Answer: caribou

Question 7:

100 cents equals ____ dollar.

Correct Answer: one

Question 8:

If you have eight quarters, you have ______ dollars.

Correct Answer: two

Question 9:

25, 50, 75, ______

Correct Answer: 100

Question 10:

To buy something that costs 75 cents, you need _________ quarters.

Correct Answer: three

Educational Standards

CCSS.Math.Content.1.NBT.A.1:Count to 120, starting at any number less than 120. In this range, read and write numerals and represent a number of objects with a written numeral. CCSS.Math.Content.1.NBT.C.4:Add within 100, including adding a two-digit number and a one-digit number, and adding a two-digit number and a multiple of 10, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used. Understand that in adding two-digit numbers, one adds tens and tens, ones and ones; and sometimes it is necessary to compose a ten. CCSS.Math.Content.1.MD.B.3:Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.

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