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Thanksgiving Math Activity: Thanksgiving Dinner on a Budget
Thanksgiving Math Activity: Thanksgiving Dinner on a Budget is a fun way to integrate math standards and the Thanksgiving holiday! This Common Core and Virginia Standards of Learning aligned Thanksgiving math activity has students work on teams to plan a Thanksgiving dinner for 10 people with a budget of $110. Each team will be given 3 store flyers with different sale prices and coupons so that students can find the best deals to meet their budget.
Are differentiated versions of the activity included?
Two differentiated levels are included in this problem-solving activity.
- The first level has students determine what stores they will purchase each product from and what coupons they will use. They will then figure out the total amount spent and if there is any money left in their budget.
- The second level has students do the same but they must also look at portion sizes to determine how much of each product they need.
Different planning and recording worksheets are included for each level. There is also an option to include sales tax into their final costs with either version.
What skills will students practice with this Thanksgiving math activity?
With this Thanksgiving math activity, students will practice solving multi-step problems in a real-life scenario. Students will be required to add, subtract, and multiply with both whole numbers and decimals.
What are other buyers saying about this Thanksgiving activity?
“My students loved this and I loved how they were able to discuss with each other what they should do as a group. I recommended this to other teachers at my site since I loved it so much!” (Stephanie C.)
“Perfect resource to use the week of Thanksgiving for a fun, relevant review of decimals!” (Samantha S.)
“My students loved this activity and it was so much fun watching them get so into it.” (Natasha A.)
“I love to use this the week of Thanksgiving when our schedules are a bit wonky and I don’t want to start anything new before break. The kids love to put their math skills to use and practice real-life math!” (Christa W.)
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Jennifer H. –
A skillfully created resource
My students were so engaged with this! It was easy to use, and I observed significant growth in their understanding of the topic.
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Katie A. –
Must Have Resource
This was a must have for me and my students. Practice with adding and subtracting decimals along with multiplication. Great resource in remembering and practicing when to line up decimals and when not to.
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Amber B. –
A little too hard for my kids
Tried to use with 6th grade but adding tax made it difficult. Would gear this towards 7th grade
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christin M. –
Great for days leading up to Thanksgiving!
This was great for my fifth graders to work on the day before Thanksgiving Break! They loved trying to find the best deal between the different grocery stores. Most of my students had no problem budgeting within the limits, maybe next time I will put more items that students have to purchase to add more challenge. Figuring out tax was something new and beneficial for students as well.
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