The children were given a budget of 60 cents to spend at the Elf Store in order to decorate their individual holiday elf. They made conscience decisions about how much money was needed to collect the various fabrics, ribbons, pom-poms, glitter, buttons...which were needed to complete their task. We had some tremendously frugal shoppers as nearly every student fully dressed their elf and still had money left in their wallets.
Using the doubles strategy the children were able to calculate the total amount needed to make their purchases. They were asked to make change, count forward and backwards, and add multiple amounts. A few students were even successful in bargaining deals with the parent volunteers.
MORE to COME ...
The next step is to write elf poems focusing on the differences between nouns, adjectives and verbs. They will soon be published and adorn the newest members of our classroom.
Happy Holidays!
