Let’s Make Totals Using Coins 2

Become familiar with coins and their values from 1p to 50p while playing games and solving problems in this Year 1 maths scheme of work.

This KS1 money scheme of work comes with five ready-to-teach lessons that each include a lesson plan, a fun slideshow presentation for the teaching input, differentiated activity ideas and a range of colourful printable resources to support your Year 1 children as they become more familiar with coins and how to use them in a variety of real-life situations.

Recognising coins

The first lesson in this series introduces your class to coins with a value of up to 50p. Your children will think about the value of each coin and order them from lowest to highest value. They will then play games to match each coin to a set of coins of the same value. This lesson is bound to increase your class’s confidence and understanding of coins.

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Exchanging Coins

During the second lesson in this series your class will exchange coins to reduce the number of coins each character has in their wallet. They will work out the total value of a set of coins and think about different ways that total can be made.

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Calculating Change

In the third lesson in this series your class will learn what happens when change is owed and how it is worked out. Your class will need to think about the value of the money they start with and how much money they will have left after they have been shopping. Your class will write number sentences and use the inverse to check their answer.

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Giving the Correct Change

This lesson builds on the children’s knowledge of buying and giving change. Your class will work out how much change is owed and then they will create the amount using coins. They will solve two-step problems that include answering subtraction questions and making totals using coins.

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Paying and Giving Change

In the final lesson of this series your class will apply all the skills they have been practising over the week. They will recognise coins as they select coins from a given set to make a total. Your children will then work out if they need change and how much change is owed.

Lesson plan

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