Progressive Mathematics Initiative

Mathematics Curriculum
Unit Plan # 5
Title: Time & Money
Grade Level: 2 / Length of Time: 4weeks
Unit Summary: Time and money helps describe our world using numbers. An understanding of both is critical for application to real-world situations.
Learning Targets
PARCC Major Clusters;Supporting Clusters;Additional Clusters
Domain: Measurement and Data
Cluster:Work with time and money
Standard # / Standard
2.MD.7 / Tell and write time from analog and digital clocks to the nearest five minutes, using a.m. and p.m.
2.MD.8 / Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately.

Domain: Standards for Math Practice

Standard # / Standard
MP1 / Making sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
MP2 / Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
MP3 / Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
MP4 / Model with mathematics.
MP5 / Use appropriate tools strategically.
MP6 / Attend to precision.
MP7 / Look for and make use of structure.
MP8 / Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.
Unit Essential Questions:
  • HowHow does knowledge of time support your daily life?
  • How does an understanding of the value of money solve problems?
/ Unit Enduring Understandings:
  • Time is essential to making daily decisions.
  • Knowing the value of coins and dollars will help in real world situations.

Unit Objectives:
  • Students will tell and write time to the nearest 5 minute interval (i.e. am/pm, digital, and analog).
  • Students will identify coins and dollars and their value. (i.e. $ and ¢)
  • Students will solve word problems using coins and dollar bills.

Evidence of Learning
Formative Assessments:
  • SMART Response questions used throughout the unit.
  • 3 Quizzes

Summative Assessment:
  • Unit Test

Lesson Plan
Topics / Timeframe
Topic #1: The Clock / 1 day
Topic # 2: AM/PM / 1 day
Topic #3: Minutes / 1 day
Topic #4: Reading Time / 1 day
Topic #5: Hour Hand
Lab – My Book of Important Times
Quiz #1 / 2days
Topic #6: Coins / 1 day
Topic #7: Counting Coins / 3 days
Topic #8: Buying Items with Coins
Lab: RAFT – Produce Stand
Quiz #2 / 3 days
Topic #9: Adding and Subtracting Coins / 1 day
Topic #10: Coins Worth One Dollar
Lab: RAFT – Dollar Daze / 1 day
Topic #11: Application Problems
Lab: RAFT – Window Shopping
Quiz #3 / 3 days
Review & Unit Test / 2 days
Curriculum Resources:

Lesson Components
21st Century Skills
  • Financial, Economic, Business, and Entrepreneurial Literacy
21st Century Themes
  • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
  • Communication and Collaboration
  • Life and Career Skills