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Activity H: Identifying Coins

Circle Activity

IDeNtIfYINg CoINs

Identifies the Learning

Learning Goal

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Identify coins by name, and talk about their attributes.

Standards addressed

In Kindergarten, the focus is on

Curricular Competencies

learning the names and attributes

for each lesson,

Connecting and reflecting: Connect mathematical concepts to each

(picture, colour, size) of the coins,

other and to other areas and personal interests

not the values of the coins. Students

including the Curricular

• I can name each coin and tell what it looks like.

will likely have already seen coins,

Competencies and

but they may not be familiar with the

Content

names and attributes.

Content

• financial literacy—attributes of coins and financial role-play

Materials

Observe to Promote Learning

nickels, dimes, quarters, loonies, and toonies to show

Are students able to identify and

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name the coins? Do students ask

document camera (optional)

questions about the attributes of

Provide students with real or play money coins. Display each coin as

a coin their classmate is hiding as

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you introduce it, using a document camera (or other display that can

they guess the coin?

show colour), if available. Show the tails side of a nickel. What picture

background

do you see? Show the heads side of the nickel. What picture do you

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information on the

see? What colour is the coin? What is the coin called? Repeat with

a dime, a quarter, a loonie, and a toonie. As you talk about the pictures

topic to support

on the coins, mention that the beaver, polar bear, loon, and caribou have

important roles in different First Peoples cultures. Ask about the sizes of

teachers

the coins. Which coin is biggest? Which is smallest? What is the same

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the group guess.

VARIATION

Students could sort coins on an interactive whiteboard, document camera,

or sorting mat. Repeat the activity with different sorting rules (e.g., coins

with animals on them, silver-coloured coins, coins bigger than a quarter).

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