Monday Math Literature Volume 50

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This week, I desire to portion amongst yous a groovy mass that I discovered this past times schoolhouse yr too a lilliputian action I did amongst it to assist my kids amongst adding too subtracting money. I bring been real inspired past times the Math too Literature series too came upward amongst a agency to exercise this groovy storey inward math class

The Princess too the Pizza

The Princess too the Pizza tells the storey of Paulina, a quondam princess whose manlike individual bring upward gave upward beingness manlike individual monarch to live on a woods carver. Since he is novel to woods carving, he doesn't brand a lot of coin too Paulina misses the life she had equally a princess. When she hears prince Drupert is looking for a wife, she heads to the castle to exhibit off her best princess skills. Many other princesses too become far to compete amongst Paulina to live on Drupert's wife. Paulina makes it to the in conclusion exercise of the contest where she has to create a repast too accidentally invents pizza to win the competition. She wins only decides to opened upward her ain pizza house instead of becoming Drupert's wife. The storey ends amongst Paulina's Pizza house becoming a huge success!

I read this mass to my 4th graders this yr during our decimal too coin unit. I made a unproblematic card using roughly of the pizza combinations mentioned inward the mass too a few my students came upward with. We too set a few drinks too desserts on the menu. The kids got to locomote amongst a partner to pick out what they would companionship from Princess Paulina's Pizza Palace. Their budget was $20. They had to response 3 questions

1. What would yous order?

2. What would live on the full cost?

3. How much alter would yous larn if yous paid amongst a $20 bill.

The kids did a groovy labor amongst this too used roughly groovy thinking strategies for adding too subtracting money. I honey to listen kids utter close dissimilar strategies too create their ain agreement of adding too subtracting money. I too honey when they exercise estimation too mental math to solve these types of problems. This is the type of existent basis math I desire to brand certain my students tin do!

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