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Kindergarten · Social Studies · Unit 5 of 13

Money & Work

Coins, jobs, goods and services

What your child practices

US coins and what they are worth, why people use money, jobs and volunteers in the community, and the difference between goods and services.

Alabama Course of Study content standard: K.4; K.5 · earning, saving and spending money, and using money to buy goods and services

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. People work to earn money.
  2. Goods are things you can hold. Services are jobs done for you.
  3. A penny is 1 cent. A dollar bill is paper money.

Example: Which coin is worth 1 cent? Pennies are worth 1 cent each. Answer: a penny

Money & Work in Alabama

In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 5 of 13 in Kindergarten Social Studies, after Symbols & Holidays and before Needs & Wants.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    How many cents make one dollar?

    • 100
    • 10
    • 5

  2. Question 2

    Which coin is worth 1 cent?

    • a quarter
    • a penny
    • a nickel

  3. Question 3

    Dad pays a dentist to clean his teeth. He buys a…

    • good
    • coin
    • service

  4. Question 4

    A volunteer helps others…

    • only for money
    • only at night
    • without being paid

  5. Question 5

    Which coin is worth 5 cents?

    • a nickel
    • a dime
    • a penny

  6. Question 6

    Zoe has 3 pennies. How many cents?

    • 3 cents
    • 30 cents
    • 1 cent

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