Texas
Adult Education Standards and Benchmarks
for ABE ASE and ESL Learners
Lesson Plan Bank
ABE/ASE LESSON PLANS
Texas Adult Education Standards
Lesson Plan
Before you begin
Title: Understanding Currency and Coins
Setting: ABE/ASE
NRS Level(s): Level 1: Beginning ABE Literacy
Open entry/exit: Yes
Context: Community
Standard(s): Use Math to Solve Problems and Communicate
Benchmark(s): 5.1
Objective: To identify coins, bills or tokens needed for public transportation
Materials: Bills, coins, monopoly and allowance play money
Estimated time needed to prepare for this lesson plan: 30 minutes
Estimated time needed to complete this lesson plan: 1 hour
The Lesson Plan
Introduce the lesson:
Discuss importance of knowing values of bills and coins.
Teach the lesson:
Show and tell of various combinations of bills and coins.
Practice the lesson:
Give them bills and coins to practice with.
Assess the lesson:
Call out amount and get the correct bills and coins.
Apply the lesson to the real world:
Practice at grocery stores, convenience stores, filling station and garage
sales.
Submitted by: Richard Hawkins, Maurice Fritz, Janith Fritz, George Tarball
