SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 2017
© 2017 by Vicki Whiting, Editor
Jeff Schinkel, Graphics
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Vol. 33, No. 25
Step right up!
Work with a friend
or family member to
calculate the fewest
numbers of balloons
to
reach
o pop to rea
ach 100.
He worked hard.
He saved and saved.
And at last, Fritter
has reached his goal
of saving $100 for
a fun-filled day at
Six Wags
Amusement Park,
the theme park
just for dogs!
Fritter has exactly $100 to
spend. Will he ride all the
rides? Will he choose
snacks or souvenirs?
Use the park map and the list
of items below to come up with a
spending plan (also called a budget).
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bumper
cars has an exact
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one. Can you find it?
Have a parent look at your
spending plan.
Would they have made
different choices?
Is there anything you forgot?
Talk it over!
Look through the
newspaper for five
5-digit numbers.
54,283 is a 5-digit
number. Cut out each
of the numbers and
glue them onto a sheet
of paper in order from
smallest to largest.
Standards Link: Visual Discrimination: Find similarities and differences in common objects.
Find numbers
to place on
each chair
of the
Ferris
wheel so that
the numbers
on two chairs
across from
each other
and the
number in
the middle add
up to 15.
Standards Link: Math;
students compute sums to
15 using three addends.
AMUSEMENT
ADMISSION
SOUVENIR
SPENDING
COASTER
BUDGET
THEME
SAVED
TREAT
WHERE
PLAY
GOAL
DOGS
MINT
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Standards Link: Number
Sense: Add sums up to 100.
Standards
Sta
andards Link: Math/Number
Math
h/Number Sense:
Sens
Calculate sums
sum
ms to 100.
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This week’s word:
ADMISSION
The noun admission means
the price paid to enter.
Admission to the park
cost $45.
Try to use the word
admission in a sentence
today when talking with
your friends and family.
What’s the
problem?
Ads Add Up!
Look through the newspaper for ads that
mention prices. Select three or more ads
and add up the prices mentioned. Switch
with friend to see if you come up with the
same answers.
ANSWER: Finland.
Standards Link: Research: Use the newspaper to locate information.
Write a math problem that solves
a money question. (Example: If
three apples cost $3, how much
does one apple cost?) Have a
friend or family member solve it.
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