Holidays

1. Meghan and her family are planning their Thanksgiving celebration. She will be having many guests visit for her Thanksgiving meal. Use the information below to draw a picture including all the important details. Be careful, some details will not be important.

There are sixteen people attending Meghan's Thanksgiving celebration.

Meghan will be serving turkey, mashed potatoes, corn, stuffing, bread, salad, and cranberry sauce.

Meghan's dad likes to play golf

Meghan will use a light orange table cloth.

Each person will have a knife, fork, spoon, plate and glass at their setting.

Meghan's dog's name is Jonah.

Each setting will have a name plate. (You may make up your own names)

In the middle of the table, there will be a large pumpkin with flowers.

2. For St. Patrick's Day, Mrs. Brewster brought in 44 cookies for her class. She brought in shamrock cookies and gold coin cookies. Mrs. Brewster told her students that they could each have two cookies. How many students are in Mrs. Brewster's class?

Draw a Picture:

1. For Hanukkah, Mrs. Barton's class played dreidel. There were 20 children in all. 1/4 of her class had blue dreidels, 1/4 had red dreidels and 1/2 had green dreidels. How many children had green dreidles? How many children had a blue or green dreidel?

2. For Valentine's Day, Mrs. Ambra gave out a small bag of Skittles to each of her students. Rosemary decided to graph how many colors were in her bag. She had 7 blue, 8 yellow, 5 green, 9 red, and 11 orange. Draw a picture of Rosemary's graph. How many skittles were in all?

Act it Out/Use Manipulatives:

1. The students in second grade have been keeping track of the 100 Days of School. Use your classroom calendar to figure out when our 100th Day of School will be this year. Remember to consider vacations, days off and weekends.

2. For Thanksgiving, Mrs. Barton's class had a coin drive to raise money to donate to the SPCA. The students were asked to donate any spare change they might have. When all the money was collected they had 35 quarters, 56 nickels, 45 dimes and 126 pennies. Use your classroom money to decide how much money was collected in all.

Construct a Table or Graph:

1. Mrs. Barton’s class chose crafts to make for Harvest Celebration. 8 chose to make dream catchers, 5 made baskets, and 9 made pottery.

Please graph this information.

2. Mrs. Stanley’s class brought in candy to make gingerbread houses. 5 people brought peppermints, 8 brought licorice, 6 brought graham crackers, and 10 brought gumdrops.

Please display this information on a table.

Guess and Check:

1. Guess how many days there are between February vacation and April vacation. Then check with a calendar.

2. Guess how many school days there are between February vacation and April vacation. Then check with a school calendar.

Find a pattern:

1. Students in Mrs. Stanley's class started bringing in Valentine's on Monday. On Monday they brought in 50, on Tuesday 75, and on Wednesday 100. If this pattern continues, how many will be brought in on Thursday?

2. Students in Mrs. Barton's class were bringing in candy to decorate gingerbread houses. On Monday they brought in 7 boxes, on Tuesday 16, and on Wednesday 25. How many will they bring in on Thursday if this pattern continues?

Work Backwards:

1. Karla bought 35 Valentines Cards. At the end of Valentines Day she had 7 left. How many Valentines Cards did Karla give out?

2. Fred opened 47 Valentines Cards. He received 63. How many more cards does Fred still have to open?

Simplify or Break into Smaller Parts:

1. Becky and three of her friends ate Thanksgiving Dinner together. They each put squash, turkey, stuffing and potatoes on their plates for dinner. They had apple pie for desert. How much squash, turkey, stuffing and potatoes did Becky and her three friends have on all their plates for Thanksgiving Dinner?

2. Abby made three pies for desert. She made an apple, pumpkin and a peach pie. She cut each of the pies into 4 pieces. How many pieces of pie were there to eat for desert?

Write a Number Sentence:

1. Mrs. Brenlove’s class counted the seeds in their pumpkin. They counted 128 seeds. Mrs. Stanley’s class counted 101. How many more seeds did Mrs. Brenlove’s class find?

2. Mrs. Gerhardt’s class measured the height of their pumpkin. It was 10 inches high. Mrs. Barton’s pumpkin was 8 inches high. How much taller was Mrs. Gerhardt’s pumpkin?