Grade 2 Lesson plan
Copperlake School's Faucet Fix-Up Cart: A Grade 2 Coin Lesson
A 45-minute grade 2 money lesson in which students count coins and make change to buy the small parts that stop a dripping school faucet.
Common Core Math · Grade 2
2.MD.C.8 Solve money word problems with coins and bills
Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and c symbols appropriately.
Why water teaches this standard well
Students compare the cost in cents of a bottled water to the cost of refilling a reusable bottle at a water fountain, adding coins to find the total price of a week's worth of bottles. This everyday money problem previews the unit-price reasoning used on water bills in middle school.
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3 materials aligned to 2.MD.C.8
Lesson plans
Worksheets
Grade 2 Worksheet
Bottled Water or the Refill Station: A Poppyfield Money Worksheet
Grade 2 students compare the cost of bottled water to a free refill station at Poppyfield's fictional school store, solving coin and dollar word problems.
Math problem sets
Grade 2 Math problem set
The Tanaka Family's Refill Challenge: A Grade 2 Money Math Set
A grade 2 math problem set where a fictional family compares bottled-water costs to a reusable bottle's price using addition, subtraction, and money in cents and dollars.