4C COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL November 30, 2016
© 2016 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics 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 which earns
him money 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
machine. Each one costs
50¢. He buys one each time his
family shops, which is usually
three times a week.
Evan earns $3.00 a
week pulling weeds
in his neighbor’s yard,
so he spends half of his
money each week on
stickers and saves the
rest in his piggy bank.
This week, the grocery store
replaced the old sticker machine
with a brand new one. The
stickers are bigger, but they cost
$1.00 each. If he buys three, he’ll
spend all his money every week.
When Fritter puts money into his
savings account, that is called a
deposit
deposit. When he takes money out
of his savings account, that is called
a withdrawal
withdrawal.
For example, looking at his savings
account book, you can see that Fritter
deposited $5.00 that he earned doing
chores on October 15. You can also
see that he made a withdrawal of
$7.00 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.
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.
Standards Link: Research: Use the newspaper to locate information.
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
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
This week’s word:
I
I W
B A L A N C E S T N
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!
Think of your best
exaggeration. For example:
Our Thanksgiving turkey
was so big that we couldn’t
fit it through the door.
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