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Plan A Meal

Use the grocery ads to plan breakfast for four people. Be sure the meal is well balanced. List each of the foods you would need to purchase. List their quantity and price. Compute the total cost. How much would breakfast cost for one week? How much would it cost for one month?

Subject:

Problem Solving

Grade:

3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th

Skill or Strand:

Decimals

Standard:

Students compute the sum of positive decimals.

Nouns

Nouns are the names of persons*** places or things. Find pictures in the newspaper of ten things that are in your home. Cut these out and paste them on paper. Write the noun underneath the object.

Subject:

Writing

Grade:

2nd 3rd

Skill or Strand:

Grammar

Standard:

Students identify parts of speech.

Sets are Everywhere

Everywhere you look in the newspaper there are sets. Cut out all of the items you think should belong in one set (they should have something in common). Paste your items in a line on a piece of paper. Separate each item with a comma. Place brackets { } around the beginning and end of your set. Give your set to a classmate and see if he/she can correctly identify it.

Subject:

Investigations & Methods

Grade:

K 1st 2nd

Skill or Strand:

Whole Numbers

Standard:

Students create sets of two or more objects; classify objects by attributes.

Opinionated

Study the Letters to the Editor section on the editorial page of the newspaper. Each letter tells how the person who wrote it feels about a certain subject. Find a letter to which you would like to respond. Your comments may support or oppose the letter you choose. When you write your answer remember to state clearly why you feel as you do. Start an Opinionated column for your classroom or school newspaper. Invite your classmates to write letters of opinion in response to the editorial page.

Subject:

Writing

Grade:

4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th

Skill or Strand:

Writing Strategies

Standard:

Students select a focus organization and point of view based on purpose audience length and format requirements; establish and support a central idea with a topic sentence and supporting details.

Home Furnishings

Pretend you are going to furnish a room in a house. Use the newspaper to clip advertisements showing the furniture you will use. Be sure to include the price tag. Can you completely furnish the room for less than $1000? Can you furnish the whole house for less than ten thousand dollars?

Subject:

Problem Solving

Grade:

5th 6th

Skill or Strand:

Budgeting

Standard:

Students calculate and solve problems using addition and subtraction of money amounts in decimal notation.