Thanksgiving Budgeting

After we did math facts and the 5th graders took their math tests, we did Thanksgiving budgeting with local grocery store flyers.  We made a Thanksgiving menu and the students had to make sure they had enough money to buy the food on their menu for 4 people.  There was a lot of math involved, for example: when they wanted to buy one item and the sale price said that the item was 5 for $4.00.  We had to figure out how many pounds of turkey to pie, etc...

We also watched a video on the history of Thanksgiving https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsdzjdT_LkY#t=210 and read some letters from children during that era.  We also worked on a picture that shows what we are thankful to God for.

Tomorrow reading packets are due.  There are no other assignments for this week.

Our quote for today is from W.T. Purkiser, "Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving."