Happy Holidays

Gifts (Sweatshirt), cookies, and hot chocolate with marshmallows were enjoyed by all. Our class made 3-D ornaments for the tree.
Students shared, "I liked it when we got our sweaters." "I liked the Christmas presents because they sweaters are warm on the inside." "The sweaters are soft and white inside."

Behind the scenes ~ Elves and Pirates

"The Googies Are Coming" by Shel Silverstein

Read the Poem and see if you can solve the math questions.

The Googies Are Coming
The googies are coming, the old people say,
To buy little children and take them away.
Fifty cents for fat ones,
Twenty cents for lean ones,
Fifteen cents for dirty ones,
Thirty cents for clean ones,
A nickel each for mean ones.
The googies are coming, and maybe tonight,
To buy little children and lock them up tight.
Eight cents for husky ones,
Quarter for the weak ones,
Penny each for noisy ones,
A dollar for the meek ones.
Forty cents for happy ones.
Eleven cents for sad ones.
And, kiddies, when they come to buy,
It won't do any good to cry.
But---just between yourself and I---
They never buy the bad ones!

Math Questions for Googies Poem

1. How much would 5 mean and 2 clean children cost the Googies?
2. How much will 2 happy and 3 sad children cost the Googies? 
3. How much will 1 weak, 2 mean, and 8 noisy children cost the Googies? 
4. How much will 3 lean, and 4 meek children cost the Googies? 
5. How much will 2 husky and 4 clean children cost the Googies? 
6. How much will 18 noisy children cost the Googies? 
7. How much will 7 weak children cost the Googies?  
8. How much will 2 meek children and 1 husky child cost the Googies?  
9. How much will 6 mean children and 1 meek child cost the Googies?  
10. How much will 4 dirty children and 4 clean children cost the Googies?  

Checking Account

 The Checking Account Game 

Purpose: To add and subtract decimals 
Materials

• Number cube
• Game markers
• Calculator 

Game Rules:

• Each player starts with a balance of $250.
• Players take turns tossing the number cube and moving around the game board.
• They subtract and add amounts in their check register as they land on each square.
• Opponents use a calculator to check each operation.
• If a player makes a mistake, he or she loses a turn.
• The first player to reach Finish with more than one dollar wins the game. 

Student's shared: "It is real fun and hard to do." "Hard because it had big numbers."