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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2016 © 2016 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics 9 B Vol. 32, No. 51 Work with a family member to come up with solutions to these challenges. Thrifty, I’m doing really GREAT at saving my money! I knew you could do it, Fritter! It’s exciting just watching your money grow and grow and grow, isn’t it? Fritter is trying to save $10 per month so that he can have enough money next summer to go to the Six Wags Amusement Park Grow? How do you make dollars larger? Gee, all my money is still the same size as regular money. Uhhh, forget I said anything and just keep saving, Fritter! Fritter has been putting the money he is earning into a savings account a which hi h earns him money mon ney called interest! Talk with your family about times you’ve had to all save money to do something or ge something. Talk abou t spending mistakes t that have been made and what was learned from them. Evan collects stickers from the grocery store vending machine. Each one costs 50¢. He buys one each time his family shops, which is usually three times a week. Evan Eva an earns $3.00 a week we eek pulling weeds in his h neighbor’s yard, so he spends half of his money mo on each week on stickers stic cke and saves the rest in his piggy bank. res Thi This week, the grocery store replaced the old sticker machine rep with a brand new one. The wit stickers are bigger, but they cost stic $1. $1.00 each. If he buys three, he’ll spend all his money every week. spe When F Fritter puts money into his savings account, that is called a deposi deposit. When he takes money out of his s savings account, that is called a withdrawal. withd For exa example, looking at his savings account book, you can see that Fritter accoun deposit deposited $5.00 that he earned doing chores on October 15. You can also see tha at he made a withdrawal of that $7.00 o on October 18. Look at what Fritter spent money on this week. Is there anything you think he could have done without? How much money would he have saved if he didn’t buy two or more things on the list? socks: $3.50 movie ticket: $9.00 oranges: $1.99 large popcorn: $6.50 5 puppy pops: $12 toothbrush: $2.50 2 comic books: $4.00 Circle every other letter to discover a very easy way you can help your family save some money every month. Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions. 2 packets of candy: $6.00 WITHDRAWAL INTEREST BALANCES MISTAKES DEPOSIT ACCOUNT SAVINGS CHORES PARENT MONEY MONTH PLAN BANK BOOK PAYS S A M I Maria walks and feeds her Aunt Meredith’s dog, Zinger, every day after school. Maria gets $2.00 per day for taking such good care of Zinger. Newspaper Scavenger Hunt Find these things in today’s newspaper: a numeral over 1,000 a numeral between 10 and 100 a telephone number an address a zip code an age Maria wants a new bike that costs $75. If she saved all her money each week, she could buy the bike in about two months. But Maria down- loads music from her favorite bands at $1.30 per song a couple times a week. She also buys a smoothie for $3.95 on Saturdays with her friend Katie. Sometimes they go to a movie, which costs $7.00 per ticket. Standards Link: Research: Use the newspaper to locate information. S T A K E S H Y P A R E N T V G T S E R E T N I D N N B A N K U A P E I O I K O O B L A P V M N G C L M P Y O A L A C H O R E S S S L A W A R D H T I W B A L A N C E S T N This week’s word: ACCOUNT The noun account means a record of money received and money paid out. I had saved money in my account after doing chores. Try to use the word account in a sentence today when talking with your friends and family. Exaggerate! Small to Large Find six amounts of money in today’s paper. Look at the advertisements and news articles, too. Cut them out and glue them onto a piece of paper from smallest value to largest value. Think of your best exaggeration. For example: Our Thanksgiving turkey was so big that we couldn’t fit it through the door. Standards Link: Research: Use the newspaper to locate information. New Patients Welcome Gentle, Personal, Comprehensive Care 5RRW&DQDOV&URZQ%ULGJH([WUDFWLRQV,PSODQW5HVWRUDWLRQV&RVPHWLF'HQWLVWU\7HHWK:KLWHQLQJ Relaxing riverfront view from all rooms. (541) 997-3423 1256 Bay Street
