Introduction
What is money? What can money do for you? All of us would like to have plenty of money. In the story,Alexander Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday, by Judith Viorst, Alexander had a problem saving his money.As you read the story, think about Alexander's difficulties. If you were Alexander, how would you spend your money?
Task
1. Read the story, Alexander, Who used to be Rich Last Sunday.
2. Write or draw a picture of the order of events when Alexander spent his money.
3.Explore money web sites listed.
4.Write a letter to Alexander.
Process
First
- Read the story, Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday. You may read it by yourself, with a partner or listen to in on CD.
- Put the story events that occurred to Alexander in order on the story web provided.
Second:
Now click on the internet web sites listed below and have fun learning about money.
http://www.funbrain.com/cashreg/index.html
http://www.mathplayground.com/mimoneyAO3.html
http://www.gamequarium.com/moneymath.html
Then ,
After learning about money, brainstorm at least 2 ways that Alexander could have saved his money and stayed rich!
Finally,
Write a letter to Alexander explaining your ideas about how he could have saved his money on the paper provided.
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Evaluation
Evaluation
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Rubric for Letter |
Beginning 1 |
Developing 2 |
Accomplished 3 |
Exemplary 4 |
Score |
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Completed all Written Work |
70% or less completed. | 80% completed | 90% completed | All assigned work completed. | |
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Sequenced story events that happened to Alexander |
70% or less in the correct order. | 80% of events listed in correct order. | 90% of events listed in correct order. | Sequenced all events in the correct order. | |
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Used appropriate letter format |
Used correct letter writing format including heading, salutation, body and closing 70% or less. | Used correct letter writing format including heading, salutation, body and closing 80%. | Used correct letter writing format including heading, salutation, body and closing 90%. | Used correct letter writing format including heading, salutation, body and closing 100% | |
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Included a minimum of 2 suggestions |
Basic paragraph | Uses basic sentences to write introduction, 2 details and a concluding sentence | Uses complete descriptive sentences to write introduction, 2 details and a concluding sentence | Uses complete descriptive sentences to write introduction, 3 or more details and a concluding sentence. | |
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Uesd complete sentences, correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, capital letters |
Used complete, descriptive sentences that contain correct grammar, spelling, punctuation and capital letters at 70% or below. | .Used complete, descriptive sentences that contain correct grammar, spelling, punctuation and capital letters at 80% accuracy | . Used complete, descriptive sentences that contain correct grammar, spelling, punctuation and capital letters at 90% accuracy | Used complete, descriptive sentences that contain correct grammar, spelling, punctuation and capital letters at 100% accuracy. | |
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Neat letter formation |
Correct letter formation using correct size, spacing, slant and anchored to baseline with 70% or less accuracy | Correct letter formation using correct size, spacing, slant and anchored to baseline with 80% accuracy | .Correct letter formation using correct size, spacing, slant and anchored to baseline with 90% accuracy | Correct letter formation using correct size, spacing, slant and anchored to baseline with 100% accuracy . | |
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Conclusion
Can you believe how easy it was for Alexander to lose his money? After reading this story and exploring the web sites how would you decide to spend your money? Would you make the same choices that Alexander did?
