Author: Jacqueline Davies
Jessie is skipping from second
grade to 4th in the fall--the only problem is that her older brother Evan is in
4th, and in the last few days of summer the family gets a letter saying that
there will be only one 4th grade class. Evan is devastated--now his friends
will know that his sister is smarter than he is. She has a gift for math and is generally
bright, if compulsive about organization, and not good at reading people never
specified, but a near-certain ADD profile.
Their dad left a few months ago,
and they have sworn not to annoy/fight in front of their mom, so when tempers
flare and they snowball into a competition over selling lemonade, they are
stuck trying to resolve it themselves. Jessie has always relied on Evan to
explain feelings to her, and he's not talking, so she is baffled.
Math included and explained in
steps, even Evan working out a problem with pictures. Well broken down. Jessie
uses a brochure her mom wrote about growing your business with tricks and
ideas--each chapter starts with a principle. This is a great non-fiction book for any child but really, good for those children with brother's and sisters. This book brings so many memories of me and my sister fighting over the craziest things.
Sample Questions
- What book does Jessie use to calm herself down?
- Where does the math problems surface in the book?
- Why is Evan mad at Jessie?
Activities and Discussions
- Pretend that you are going to open your own lemonade stand. Create a list of those supplies you will need.
- Write down a list of those things that you can do to calm down when you are angry.
- Write down and draw a picture of a time when you got mad at you brother, sister, or friend and what you did to calm down.
About the Author
Other Books Written by Jacqueline Davies
Reference
Davies, J. (2007). The Lemonade War. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Russell I really enjoyed this blog and it was detailed. The activities that you suggest are great. You can have them to use math to cost up the cost for supplies. Also, you can use this to teach then how to budget to make a bigger profit from what they used to purchase the items.
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