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Canadian Money Grades 1 to 2

Click the buttons below to download our Canadian Money Curriculum Map. There are two versions of the map. The outline and map are also both viewable on this page.

Curriculum Map (Doc)
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Learning how to count money is an important skill as we need money to buy some of our favourite things! This resource is packed with worksheets and activities that allow students to practice important concepts involving money.

Concepts covered include:

  • identifying Canadian coins and their value

  • representing money amounts in one or more ways

  • counting to find the total value of a collection of coins

  • adding and subtracting money amounts

  • solving problems involving money.

Assessments, which can be used at the end of the math unit, are included for each grade along with a marking rubric.

Grade 1 Curriculum Expectations Covered:

  • Identify and describe various coins (ie., penny, nickel, dime, quarter, $1 coin, $2 coin), using coin manipulative or drawings and state their value (eg. The value of a penny is one cent; the value of a toonie is two dollars)

  • Represent money amounts to 20¢, through investigation using coin manipulatives

  • Count forward by 1’s, 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s to 100 using a variety of tools and strategies (eg. count groups of pennies, nickels, or dimes).

  • Add and subtract money amounts to 20¢ using coin manipulatives and drawings.

Grade 2 Curriculum Expectations Covered:

  • Represent, compare, and order whole numbers to 100, including money amounts to 100¢.

  • Compose and decompose two-digit numbers in a variety of ways, using concrete materials (eg. compose 37¢ using one quarter, one dime, and two pennies).

  • Estimate, count, and represent (using the ¢ symbol) the value of a collection of coins with a maximum value of one dollar.

  • Add and subtract money amounts to 100¢, using a variety of tools and strategies.

Teacher Notes Includes:

  • At A Glance – Curriculum Expectations

  • Table of Contents

  • Before Your Begin Notes

  • Hundreds Chart

  • Canada In My Pocket - Lyrics

Canadian Coin Information Sheets

  • one page for each of the coins (penny, nickel, dime, quarter, loonie, toonie

Money Masters

  • Pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, loonies and toonies

Grade 1 Money Assessment

  • Teacher Assessment Rubric

  • Assessments in Understanding, Problem Solving, Communication and Application

Grade 2 Money Assessment

  • Teacher Assessment Rubric

  • Assessments in Understanding, Problem Solving, Communication and Application

Student Worksheets:

  • Grade 1: Matching Coins & Values

  • Grade 1: Count the Canadian Coins

  • Grade 1: Name that Canadian Coin

  • Grade 1: Counting Pennies

  • Grade 1: Counting Nickels

  • Grade 1: Counting Nickels and Pennies

  • Grade 1: Counting Dimes

  • Grade 1: Counting Dimes and Nickels

  • Grade 1: Counting Dimes, Nickels, and Pennies

  • Grade 2: Counting Coins #1-4

  • Grade 1: Counting Coins #5-6

  • Grade 2: Counting Coins #7-8

  • Grade 1: Draw or Paste and Count #1-2

  • Grade 2: Draw or Pate and Count #3-4

  • Grade 1: At the Store #1-2

  • Grade 2: At the Store #3-4

  • Grade 1: Show Me the Money! #1-2

  • Grade 2: Show Me the Money! #3-4

  • Grade 1: Show Me the Money Two Ways! #1

  • Grade 2: Show Me the Money Two Ways! #2-3

  • Grade 1: Coin Addition #1 – 2

  • Grade 2: Coin Addition #3 – 4

  • Grade 1: Coin Subtraction #1 – 2

  • Grade 2: Coin Subtraction #3 – 4

  • Grade 2: Making $1.00

  • Grade 2: Making Money

  • Grade 1: Money Problems #1

  • Grade 1: Money Problems: Addition

  • Grade 1: Money Problems: Subtraction

  • Grade 2: Money Problems #2-3

  • Grade 1: Money Problems: Addition

  • Grade 1: Money Problems: Subtraction

Additional Money Activities

  • Money “Scoot” Game – How To Play

  • “Scoot” Recording Sheet

  • “Scoot” – Grade 1 cards

  • “Scoot” – Grade 2 cards

  • Design Your Own Coin

  • Money Word Search

  • If I Had One Hundred Dollars…

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