Imagine that you have $200 to spend on your family and friends for Christmas. Develop a budget. First, decide on the people you need to shop for. Next, find a gift in the newspaper for each person on your list. List the date of the paper you found the item in, the section and page number for the item, the name of the item you would like to buy, and the price of the item. Last, subtract how much money you spent. Do you have any money left over? Use the worksheet to figure out the budget and explain your results here.
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Tags: budget·Christmas·Math·Mrs. Tate
Jessica practiced piano 1/6 hour on Friday, 1/4 hour on Saturday, and 1/2 hour on Sunday. How long did Jessica practice in all?
Tags: Math·Mrs. Tate
Problem of the Day
I am a number between 55 and 65. I am divisible by 2,3,4,5,6,10, and 12. What number am I?
Tags: Math·Problem of the Day
Stacy’s mother gave her a $50 Walmart gift card. She purchased two bags of candy. Each bag cost $2.50. She also purchased a C.D. for $13.99 and a Halloween costume that costs $15.49 including tax. How much did she spend? How much more can she spend with her gift card?
Tags: Math·Problem of the Day·Tate
Thomas played a video game at the arcade. The cost is $0.50 per game. He played 27 times. How much money did he spend? Answer and explain your problem.
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While playing a video game, Erin earned 395 points over a 6 minute period. About how many points were earned each minute? Estimate and explain your answer.
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Have you done something special and you want all your Kate Shepard friends to know about it? Maybe you are the star of the football team. Maybe you went on a special vacation. Perhaps you are taking art lessons and painted a beautiful painting. Tell us something special about yourself that you would like for your Kate Shepard friends to know.
Tags: fantastic·special·talent
Are you in the 100% Club? How many AR points did you earn? What was your favorite book this quarter? Jot down a few things about yourself and what you read to get into the 100% Club. (Remember – first names only.)
Tags: 100%·AR·book·club·favorite
Brian went to a baseball card show. The show had 320,000 baseball cards divided evenly among 40 vendors. How many cards did each vendor have?
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JETs
ate Shepard has some very talented students! One musical group, The JETs, are comprised of three musically gifted fourth graders. Jalyn and Emari write the group’s songs. Travia joins the other two girls when it becomes time to perform. Check out their new tunes!
Goodnight – a song about a mother putting her child to bed after the military father leaves for war. (Written by Emari and Jalyn)
Goodnight
Clueless – This is a follow-up song to Goodnight. The child is clueless as to whether her father who is off at war is okay. (Written by Emari)
Clueless
Tags: Clueless·Emari·Goodnight·Jalen·JETs·music·talent·Travia
