Sarah Henderson

Sara Glover

Title: "Dates"

Grade level: 1 st and 2nd

Time Length: One Class Period (60 minutes)

Objectives: Students will:

*Locate dates on money

*Arrange dates in chronological order

Materials: *Pennies (one per child) – – variety of dates
between 1 – 15 years

*Post – it notes

*Chart paper

Directions:

Anticipatory Set:

The class will be shown a variety of coins such as half dollars,
quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies. What do all these coins
have in common?

Concept Development:

Explain to the class that every penny has a date on it that tells
the year the penny was made. Demonstrate to the class how to find
the date on a penny and then record it on a post – it note.
Write the date large enough to see it from across the room. The
students will all be given a penny so that they can look for the
date and record it on the post – it note.

Practice:

The students will then be given the task of arranging their pennies’
dates in chronological order. With the post – it note, they
will place their date under the corresponding year which is already
posted on the chalk board. After discussing and analyzing the
data on the board, the class will create a graph. Ask the students
different questions concerning different aspects of the graph.

Assessment:

The teacher will observe the students to see if they can correctly
locate the date on the penny, record and arrange in chronological
order. The teacher will also make note of the students participation
in making the class graph and how they cooperated with one another.

Closure:

Ask children why pennies have different dates on them? Have the
children the students go home and have them find other objects
that have dates on them. Example: food containers, dollar bills,
etc.

Adaptation:

This lesson can also be extended by having the students write
their birth dates on post – it notes and make a class graph
representing birth dates. Compare the two graphs.

Reference:

Crawford, J. (1996). Math by all Means: Money a Marilyn Burns
Replacement Unit.


White Plains, NY: Math Solutions Publications.