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SIUSLAW NEWS | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2018 | 5B © 2018 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 34, No. 39 TRY THIS AT HOME Can You Predict? What’s up, Fritter? I really want to buy a new scooter, Thrifty, but it costs $60! That’s a lot. But if you try earning it $10 at a time, you can do this! It’s like when you painted the back fence. You did it in small sections at a time, and soon it was finished! See what I mean, Fritter? Yep. You’re saying I should have paid myself $60 to paint the fence! Part 1: Look through the newspaper and find a headline that interests you. Read the headline and look at any photos that accompany the article. With your learning buddy, discuss what you think the article will be about. List information that you both expect to find in the article: expe Number the steps in order to see how I saved up $60 to buy my new scooter! First, I set a goal to sa money to buy it. The sc ve the ooter I wanted cost $60. In all, I repeated the goal of saving $10 six times. And that’s how I saved $60! $60 seemed like an enormous amount of money. But my pal Thrifty told me to think of the $60 as a series of smaller goals. After that, I made the goal to save $10 again. So I made a goal to save just $10 at first. Part 2: Now read the article together. Whi Which of your predictions wer were accurate? Which were not? List five facts you learned f from the article: Put a check next to each job Fritter did to earn $10 to put in his piggy bank each week. If you check the right boxes, they add up to exactly $10. You Can Do It! What is a big goal you would like to achieve? Is it saving money, improving how well you play a sport or completing a big homework project? My Goal: In today’s newspaper or on your newspaper’s website, look for articles that contain these words related to money: Break your goal into smaller goals: First: Second: Third: The Money Search Fourth: It might take more than four steps, or repeating some steps, to reach a bigger goal. Don’t give up! debit credit debt deficit spending budget cost revenue Standards Link: Research: Use the newspaper to locate information. Name: Do you have a pocketful of coins? You could be a budding numismatist! What is a numismatist? Use the coin code at right to reveal the answer. Standards Link: Vocabulary: Learn the definition of grade-level appropriate words. Wants and Needs Look through the newspaper advertisements and make a list of 10 things you want (toys, movies, etc.) and 10 things you need (healthy food, a coat, etc.). Add up the cost of each list. Are wants or needs more expensive? Standards Link: Economics: Understand the differences between wants and needs. SPONSORED BY = A = C = E = I = L = N = O = R = T Find the words by looking up, down, backwards, forwards, sideways and diagonally. ENORMOUS RECYCLED REACHING H O G N I H C A E R SMALLER W T S P E T S Y E E SAVING S A V I N G U L V C SERIES MONEY D T O R O B L A E Y GOALS E H A C R A S H E C STEPS B I S E M B A N K L BREAK I N A S O G O A L E THINK T K A V U M I N G D DEBIT BANK G O A L S E R I E S SAVE Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recongized identical BUY words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns. Name of Learning Buddy: This week’s word: SERIES The plural noun series means a number of events arranged in order. The story of Harry Potter took shape in a series of books. Try to use the word series in a sentence today when talking with your friends and family. MONEY PROBLEMS Write a word problem using money. For example: If Tom has $2 and Annie has $4, how much money do they have all together?