Three friendly frogs are fixed on attending a fabulous spring festival near their forest pond. Finley, Fabian and Fiona Frog have saved their allowance for the big event! Now they must practice their counting, adding, and subtracting skills using coins and dollars to prepare. Between purchasing souvenirs, snacks, and tickets for carnival rides, their calculations have to be accurate to make their money last for the whole day. Your mathematical superpowers are needed to budget funds to get though the day! Are you ready to hop on board and use your money management skills to join the festival fun? Let’s go!
In this issue students will:
- problem solve with money
- calculate sums using decimals
- combine coins to total a certain target
- stay within a budget
- find similarities and differences in common objects
- recognize even and odd money amounts
- use the newspaper to identify signs of spring
- add coins and dollars
- write about ways to be a super saver
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