Australian Money Unit - Year 1

Table of Contents

• Presentation: Money
• Classroom Display: Australian Money
• Game 1: Coin Match and Memory
• Game 2: Toy Shop Money Match
• Worksheet 1: Match the Coins
• Worksheet 2: Coin Features Detective
• Worksheet 3: Order the Coins
• Worksheet 4: Count the Coins
• Worksheet 5: Make the Amount
• Worksheet 6: Toy Shop Totals
• Quiz: Money
• Assessment: Money Skills Check
• Rubric: Money - Year 1 Rubric

Give Year 1 students a clear, practical introduction to Australian money. This complete unit helps children recognise coins and notes, compare values, record dollar and cent amounts, count coin collections and make exact amounts in familiar shopping situations.

The editable presentation supports explicit whole-class teaching. Colour displays and reusable matching activities bring money concepts into maths rotations, while six sequenced worksheet resources provide low-ink practice. Matching answer pages, a two-page assessment and a five-level rubric make checking and reporting straightforward.

What's included

• 29-page printable unit plan PDF
• 28-slide editable Money PowerPoint presentation
• 22-slide editable Money Quiz PowerPoint with 10 question/answer pairs
• Australian Coins display
• Australian Notes display
• Writing Money Amounts display
• Coin Match and Memory: directions, coin cards and value cards
• Toy Shop Money Match: directions, price cards and reusable coin bank
• Match the Coins worksheet and answer page
• Coin Features Detective worksheet and answer page
• Order the Coins worksheet and answer page
• Count the Coins Support worksheet and answer page
• Count the Coins Core worksheet and answer page
• Make the Amount worksheet and answer page
• Toy Shop Totals worksheet and answer page
• Money Skills Check assessment, 2 pages
• Assessment answers, 2 pages
• Money — Year 1 Assessment Rubric
• Combined preview PDF

Learning focus

Students identify Australian coins and notes, use observable coin features, compare and order money values, record dollar and cent amounts, skip-count equal coins, count simple mixed groups, make amounts in more than one way and solve simple toy-shop problems.

Classroom use

Use the presentation for explicit teaching, the displays for reference, the games in maths rotations or partner practice, the worksheets for guided and independent work, and the assessment and rubric for end-of-unit evidence. The sequence is designed for approximately one teaching week and can be paced to suit the class.

Formats and answers

Formats: PDF and editable Microsoft PowerPoint PPTX

Unit plan: 29 pages

Presentation: 28 slides

Quiz: 22 slides

Answer keys: Included for all closed-response worksheets and both assessment pages

Teacher benefits

• Complete teaching, practice and assessment sequence in one download
• Australian coin and note context throughout
• Editable lesson and quiz PowerPoints
• Low-ink student pages with clear response space
• Differentiated Support and Core counting practice
• Red answer pages for fast checking
• Practical games suitable for partner work and maths rotations

Digital product and licence

Digital download only; no physical item is supplied. Includes PDF and Microsoft PowerPoint PPTX files. Single-classroom licence. Not for resale, redistribution, public sharing or public upload.