At the end, students had the chance to reflect, and one student observed: "I had no idea diapers were so expensive."
In Math, students practiced estimation skills through a real-life scenario: creating a grocery shopping list. Their assignment was to feed a family of 6 a nutritious supper, with a limit of spending no more than $30.00. Students used local grocery store flyers and estimation to choose food items and then ballpark their grocery list cost; afterwards, they used calculators to total the exact cost and compare with the estimation.
At the end, students had the chance to reflect, and one student observed: "I had no idea diapers were so expensive."
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AuthorMs. McGill is a public school librarian at Stony Point Elementary. She has previously taught all subjects in 4th & 5th grades, and creative nonfiction at UVa's Young Writers Workshop for nine summers. Categories |