After learning about needs and wants and the difference between the two, students will get to budget “play money” to decide how to spend money on a budget to acquire needs and wants. Teacher may want to read books about needs and wants. Some books are listed in “Needed Resources/Materials” section. This lesson was developed by NCDPI as part of the Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted Instructional Resources Project. This lesson plan has been vetted at the state level for standards alignment, AIG focus, and content accuracy.

This unit was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This course is aligned to the NC Standards for 2nd Grade Math.

In this challenging instructional task students relate addition and subtraction problems to money and to situations and goals related to saving money.

To introduce economics, students study why scarcity necessitates choice. They analyze the benefits and costs of using resources in order to make sound decisions. Students continue to learn more about the world around them by examining how the exchange of goods and services by individuals from different countries creates interdependence. Students will understand that documents and artifacts give us information about the past. They practice the skills of gathering historical data, and examining, analyzing, and interpreting these data.

This is a blended unit based on Unit 3 of the second grade Everyday Math series.

This unit will focus on strategies for solving subtraction problems within 20.  Students will learn strategies including: counting up and back on a open number line, using their knowledge of addition/subtraction facts within 10 to solve larger problems, and using doubles facts to solve subtraction problems.  This unit builds on the last unit as students lean on their addition knowledge to help with subtraction. The big goal is for students to develop fluency with subtraction facts within 20.

Students will demonstrate fluency with addition, within 100, by flexibly using strategies based on place value. Students will also solve problems involving dollars.

This resource is from Tools4NCTeachers.  In this lesson, students determine whether or not they have enough money to purchase popcorn in addition to movie tickets. They then determine whether or not there will be change and if so, how much change they would receive. Printable student sheets are provided in this lesson.

This resource is from Tools4NCTeachers.A Common Formative Assessment (CFA) provides a snapshot of current student understanding. It serves as a checkpoint, and may be used to guide future whole and small group instruction. This CFA addresses 2nd grade, Cluster 8 standards.  Answer key is provided.

The Family Letters are intended to be sent home at the beginning and middle of the cluster. They explain big ideas of the cluster using family-friendly language. Families can also find tips for working with their children at home, digital games, videos, and books. This file contains both English and Spanish versions of the Family Letters.

The intended purpose of this document is to provide teachers with a tool to determine student understanding and suggest instructional moves that may help guide a student forward in their learning. It is not an exhaustive list of strategies.

This resource is from Tools4NCTeachers.  In this game, students toss pennies and dimes onto a target on the floor.  After tossing their coins, they determine the total value of the coins landing on their target.  The student with the greater amount wins.

This resource is from Tools4NCTeachers.  In this lesson, students solve word problems by adding and subtracting amounts up to 99 cents.  Student recording sheets are provided.Remix this lesson to include additional word problems.

This resource is from Tools4NCTeachers. This file contains a set of 4 tasks (including scoring rubric, recording sheet, and printable materials).  The tasks may be used for instruction or assessment. The focus of these tasks is on using addition and subtraction to solve word problems involving coins.Remix this resource to include addtional tasks. Sharing is caring!

This resource is from Tools4NCTeachers.  In this lesson students explore arrays through the context of flats of flowers.  Students determine the total number of flowers and write an equation using equal addends.  Students calculate the total cost of flats of flowers within 99¢ and represent cost with variations of quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies.

In this lesson students explore arrays through the context of flats of flowers. Students determine the total number of flowers and write an equation using equal addends. Students calculate the total cost of flats of flowers within 99¢ and represent cost with variations of quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies.

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This file contains several tasks assessing standards OA.1 and NBT.6, and MD.8. Each task is a separate attachment with its own materials and scoring rubric. This assessment may be used for instructional or assessment purposes.

This resource is from Tools4NCTeachers.  In this lesson, students are given a collection of coins to go shopping at the school book fair.  A poster of possible items to purchase is provided.  

This is a task derived from the Illustrative Mathematics website. Each task has at least one solution and some commentary that addresses important aspects of the task and its potential use. The tasks were turned into an interactive Google Slides activity to enhance digital use and visualization.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach second graders about which amount is not equal to a given amount of money?.

In this activity, students and a partner work to solve problems involving stacks of pennies and nickels. Students measure the stacks to determine the greater value.