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2nd Grade Megan Stineman Myrna Jones Lorain Elementary

Character Education Lesson Plan December: Caring and Compassion!

Title: Donating to the needy

Objectives: Students will… 1. Demonstrate knowledge of pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters 2. add change together to make a sum 3. subtract change to make a sum

Procedures: 1. Students will review the values of the 4 types of coins. They will be able to demonstrate knowledge of how much each coin costs and the visual appearance of each coin. This can be done using tangible coins for students to view as the questions are asked aloud or, this can also be done with a worksheet and the coins printed on the sheet in-front of them as a written task. 2. Using our character education concepts of this month- introduce a story to students on how a group of students have decided to go around and collect donations for the children that are less fortune. This holiday season the money they collect, they will use to buy items for those who are in need. Discuss different ways students can do this showing caring and compassion. 3. Pass out a worksheet to students with various amount of money students have collected and ask them to add the values of the coins together on each problem to find out how much was collected by each person. 4. As a class review the answers to the worksheet. 5. Using another worksheet- present the students with a bank of items they can choose from to buy for the less fortunate. Ask them to choose out items and add up the values of these items. To see if they have collected various amounts of money the can use to buy these items. 6. As a closure, ask students other items they think they could buy with the various amounts of money that was collected. How will this make the children feel that they are “pretend” buying for? What others ways can they show caring and compassion this holiday season?

Assessment: This can be done based upon the instructors personal discretion of the concepts covered and materials used. Grades can be given for both Math and Character Education.

**4. Represent and write the value of money using the ¢ sign and in** **decimal form when using the $ sign.** **12. Demonstrate multiple strategies for adding and subtracting 2- or** **3-digit whole numbers, such as:** **a. compatible numbers;** **b. compensatory numbers;** **c. informal use of commutative and associative properties of** **addition.**
 * Ohio Academic Content Standards:**
 * Number, Number Sense and Operations Standard**