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In this issue students will: read informational text about sugar in food productsunderstand the health risk of too much sugar in dietscalculate the relationship between sugar calories consumed and exercise time to burn offlearn to read food labelssolve a secret sugar codefind a sweet story in the newsfollow a fruity story to practice exercisinguse the newspaper to locate sugary adjectivescreate a persuasive ad for a healthy snack alternative

In this issue young economists will: Read expository text about the history of moneyUnderstand historical perspective and timeUse the newspaper to research articles and ads mentioning moneySpend some bucks at the bakeryLearn American slang for moneyRound numbers in the newsProblem solve using coins and bills

In this issue students will: read informational text about the economic impact of shopping in a locally-owned storecompare data displayed in circle graphsuse context clues to select correct vocabularyunderstand that locally-owned stores return a greater percentage of money to the communityidentify stores in your town that provide different goods and servicesuse your community newspaper to list businesses and their ownersfollow written and visual directions for physical exerciseread about local g

In this issue students will: Understand the concept of thinking like an entrepreneurRead expository text about businesses they can operateThink creatively and critically about ways to earn moneyCategorize businesses in the newsInterview family members for ideasUse the newspaper to round money amounts to the nearest dollarWrite about a personal business idea6 page PDF

In this issue students will: learn the meaning of value in merchandise and comparison shoppingdefend reasons with written evidence why one choice is better than anotheridentify criteria to consider when making financial decisionsread expository text about financescomplete a smart consumer “cloze” activityrecognize patternsuse the newspaper to research advertising and use of persuasive adjectivescalculate alphabet values

In this issue students will: understand perspective depends on cultureskip count by 3’spractice cloze cat reading skillsdevelop eye-hand coordination and small muscle control completing puzzlesrecognize and complete pumpkin patternsrewrite a narrative Halloween tale as a news storyuse nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs in a funny holiday fillerfind similarities and differences through observationuse the newspaper to locate Halloween adjectivesYou might also enjoy: Scarecrow’s Party. Logic and

In this issue students will: read expository text about the history and customs of Mardi Grascalculate sums and differences to solve Mardi Gras mathuse the newspaper to locate celebration adjectives and antonyms for acreative essaysolve word puzzlesselect Mardi Gras party goods using newspaper ads and a budgetfollow written directions to create a parade maskchallenge yourself to write poetically about safe behaviors

In this issue students will: Read expository text about HanukkahBe introduced to new vocabulary in contextUnderstand the symbols and historical meaning of the winter Jewish holidayUse the newspaper for a spelling dot-to-dotMath menorahs observing closely for detailsUnscramble letters in Hanukkah soupScour the news for homophonesWrite a three-paragraph essay about your family celebration

In this issue students will: read informational text about money managementunderstand the purpose of an allowancemeet Captain Allowance to learn about spending and savingcreate savings plans to reach a goalfill in missing vowels to complete a financial sayinguse the newspaper to locate numbers and calculate sums to 20solve a puzzler using a letter codecreate a poem with words that match letters in a name AND describe a personwrite creatively about saving pennies

In this issue students will: read practical tips for supporting nervous pets during the Fourth of Julylocate items that don’t belong by closely scanning a picturecount overlapping squareslocate Fourth of July spelling words and letters in the newsunderstand and hunt for onomatopoeiause a code to uncover fun facts about the Fourthfind synonyms for headline words of your choicewrite thoughtfully about a “Pets Bill of Rights”

In this issue young economists will: read informational text about moneyunderstand the difference between goods and servicesidentify local stores and occupations that specialize in goods or servicesuse the newspaper to locate examples of goods and servicescalculate sums using a variety of coins of varying valuesdetermine purchasing options with a given amount of moneylocate “goods” or “services” ads in the newscreate your own coupon for a good or a serviceanalyze personal interactions with local

In this issue students will: understand that a budget is a spending plandetermine holiday gifts that are affordable within a budgetdifferentiate between income and expensescalculate sums using moneyplan a holiday gathering using items in the newsdetermine number of coins and bills that total a precise amountcompare cost and benefits of “new” versus “used” itemswrite a new ending to an old adage about saving a pennyYou might also enjoy: The Gift of Laughter. Learn Better, Faster and Have Fun Doin

In this issue young earners and learners will: read informational text about managing and saving moneyunderstand why a rainy day fund makes good financial sensesolve word problems using money amountslearn idiomatic phrases and their meaningstake a “Rainy-Day Fund” pledgeuse the newspaper to write numbers using words instead of digitscalculate sums using a variety of coinsscan the newspaper for descriptive money wordswrite about your ideas for earning money

In this issue “math-letes” will: calculate sums and differences to solve math puzzles included on a football-themed pagelocate hidden and missing numbersidentify even and odd digitsuse a code to solve a fan’s cheersolve addition and subtraction problems using number words and sentencesuse the front page of today’s news in a race to find numberscomplete a number patternlocate adjectives in the sports sectionwrite about your gift to the world

In this issue young savers and planners will: read informational text about planning to reach a goallearn habits and natural instincts of beaversuse context clues to order phrases that are grammatically correctstretch newspaper headlines to build complete sentencesuse math to help Angie reach her goaluse context clues and “close reading” to complete a “cloze” reading activitydescribe in writing ways to earn moneyYou might also enjoy: Wants or Needs. Learning the Difference is a Life Skill.https: