12A | MARCH 25, 2021 |
COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL
© 2021 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 37, No. 16
S
ave for a rainy day is a
phrase that reminds
people to save money when
times are good so they have
money to use when there is
a big expense, or the ability
to earn money stops.
Most people save for a
rainy day by putting a little
money aside each week,
or each month. They put
these “savings” into a bank
account or a piggy bank or
even a jar.
“Save for a rainy day” is an
idiom. An idiom is a phrase
that doesn’t literally mean what
it says. Work with a parent to
write the number of each
idiom’s definition in the circles.
Idioms
Why have a rainy-day fund?
Back to the drawing board
Tomas’ parents gave him $2 every week for
allowance. But when the pandemic
caused his father’s company to
close for a few months, his dad
could no longer give Tomas
an allowance.
Missed the boat
Fit as a fiddle
Tomas had been putting 50¢ of
his weekly allowance into a Rainy-Day
Fund jar for a year. That totaled
$26. So even though he wasn’t
getting an allowance, Tomas
still had some money if
he needed it.
Costs an arm and a leg
Can you draw lines to connect
each umbrella’s twin?
Wild goose chase
By saving 75¢ each
week, how much will
When his dad’s company opened back up, be in Tomas’ jar after
Tomas started getting his allowance again.
one year?
But this time, he started adding 75¢ to his
rainy day jar every week.
Once in a blue moon
By the skin of your teeth
START
Piece of cake
How much should go
into a “rainy-day” fund?
How much is in Alma’s bank?
Alma’s grandmother sends her $25
every year on her birthday. Alma is
11 years old, and her
grandmother started
sending the money to
her on her 5th birthday.
Alma saved half of the
money each year in her
Rainy-Day Fund piggy bank. How
much is in Alma’s piggy bank
now? Write the amount on
the bank’s label.
You don’t have to put a lot of money
into your rainy-day fund all at once.
What matters most is putting a little
bit of money into your fund on a
FINISH
regular basis. For example,
if you get an allowance
once a week, put part of
your weekly allowance into
your rainy-day fund every
time you get your allowance.
Martina’s neighbor moved away last month.
Martina’s bike got a flat tire and she doesn’t
have the money to get it replaced. She now
wishes she had saved money in a Rainy-Day
Fund jar like her cousin Tomas.
Can you think of a time when you
could have used a Rainy-Day
Fund jar of your own?
Expanded
Numbers
I will put ____________ into
my rainy-day fund each week.
This money will come from:
Look through the
newspaper for five
4-digit numbers.
Rewrite each one
in an expanded
form using words
instead of digits.
For example:
Standards Link: Math:
Write out number amounts.
Kevin puts 50¢ into his Rainy-Day Fund each week. Amy puts 75¢ into her Rainy-Day
Fund each week. Circle the coins that add up to 50¢ in orange. Circle the coins that add
up to 75¢ in blue. Each coin can only be used once.
2. Just barely achieving
3. Starting over
4. Something very expensive
6. Lost an opportunity
My Rainy-Day
Fund Pledge
Allowance
A weekly chore
A weekly job
Other ___________
Coin Count
1. In good health
5. A task that’s easy to do
Martina’s Money Mistakes
Martina earned $5.00 each week watering and weeding her neighbor’s
garden. Unfortunately, Martina spent almost all of that money every
week building up her sticker collection.
Definitions
ALLOWANCE
PANDEMIC
REGULAR
NUMBERS
EXPENSE
ACCOUNT
SAVING
RAINY
MONEY
CHORE
COINS
PIGGY
BASIS
GIVE
PART
7. A rare occurance
8. A pointless activity
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R R G S R E B M U N
A E C N A W O L L A
C G O A I N E I N E
This week’s word:
C U I Y E V S R Y R
The noun expense means a
cost, an amount to be spent.
O L N Y I I A D G O
U A S G S I A S G H
N R P A N D E M I C
T Y B Y M T R A P O
E S N E P X E N E Y
Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical
words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
EXPENSE
The added expense of
snacks at the amusement
park was something I forgot
to plan on before the trip.
Try to use the word expense
in a sentence today when
talking with your friends
and family members.
Describe
Dollars
Look through the newspaper for words that
can be used to describe money. How many can
you find? Now have a parent try. Try to use as
many as you can in one long sentence.
ANSWER: An umbrella.
Standards Link: Vocabulary Development: Identify adjectives.
How do you earn money?
Do you do chores? What
kind of jobs do you do?
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