Activities
Mrs. Donoghue’s 5th grade class received $100.00 gift card from Sam’s Club. The gift card was used to teach students how to purchase food to create a delicious salad bar. Prior to going to Sam’s Club the students brainstormed the food to purchase. From the suggestions a grocery list was created.
Next came the shopping. At Sam’s Club the students worked together to find the items on the list, compared quantities and prices, discussed how much to purchase of each item, and used a calculator to make sure we stayed within our budget. After shopping the students worked together preparing and serving the food. It was a lot of work, but the students enjoyed the experience. It was a great real world math lesson.
As you can see from the pictures we had a very healthy spread of vegetables including: lettuce, carrots, olives, cucumbers, peppers, eggs, tomatoes, and of course some bread for our starch. We were the envy of the school that day. See our pictures at Sam’s and our food spread.
En Septiembre, la Sra. Donoghue de la clase de 5to grado recibio una tarjeta de regalo de $100.00 de Sam’s Club. La tarjeta de regalo se usó para enseñarle a los estudiantes como comprar comida para crear una barra de ensalada deliciosa. Antes de ir a Sam’s Club los estudiantes dieron ideas para la comida que iban a comprar. De las sugerencias se creo una lista de comestibles.
Después hicimos la compra. En Sam’s Club los estudiantes trabajaron juntgos para encontrar las cosas de la lista, compararon cantidades y precios, discutieron cuanto comprar de cada cosa y usaron una calculadora para asegurarse de no pasar el presupuesto que teniamos. Después de comprar los estudiantes trabajaron juntos preparando y sirviendo la comida. Fué mucho trabajo pero los estudiantes disfrutaron esa experiencia. Fué una gran lección de matemáticas del mundo real.
Como usted puede observar en las fotografías tuvimos una variedad saludable de vegetales incluyendo: lechuga, zanahorias, aceitunas, pepinos, pimiento, huevos, tomates y por supuesto pan. Fuimos la envidia de la escuela ese día. Vea las fotografías en Sam’s y la variedad de comida.
Four juniors from Illinois Wesleyan visited Miss Hajdu's classroom. These four students are also penpals with us and part of our program "From Eagles to Titans Penpal Program." The students brought with them folders from the admissions office with applications, brochures, etc. for every student in our class. We also got a signed softball from the women's softball team, a poster from the golf team, and four course catalogs to look at. The IWU students presented a slideshow about themselves and life at IWU. We had about an hour to visit and learn about IWU. Our students were able to ask questions and learn all about the sights, sounds, and general campus life. Miss Hajdu's class is not only college bound, but we are very excited about it now!
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