Explains how math is used in everyday life. Students use the attached worksheet to have a "dream spree" (using shopping catalogs) and then determine prices and shipping rates.
The complete text of the song, followed by a cloze exercise, writing prompts, a word search, fun work with U.S. coins, a booklet of the text to illustrate, and word cards to put in order. A great little unit!
Book comprehension and vocabulary enhancement for this installment of Marc Brown's popular "Arthur" series. Arthur has trouble with truth in advertising.
"In this village lived a butcher, a baker, a candlestick maker, and a yoga instructor." This fantastic unit contains a fictional story about how money works, threaded with clear explanations of important economic terms and theories, from "barter" to "unit of account". 16 pages; includes an answer page.
"I have three tens... who has $45 dollars in three bills?" Practice combinations of bills (ones, tens, twenties, and fifties) with this all-class math game.
"For lunch at the Renaissance Fair, Tyler and Amanda each buy a turkey leg and an apple dumpling. Each food item costs $3.50. How much do their lunches cost altogether?"
Three pages of materials for a math-themed mini office. Number words, math symbols,skip counting by 2s, U.S. money, telling time, simple fractions, and fact families.
Three colorful pages of materials for a math-themed mini office. Number words, math symbols, skip counting by 2s, U.S. money, telling time, simple fractions, and fact families.