| 1 squash | $.15 |
| 2 cans of vegetables @ 10¢ | .20 |
| 3 qt. of potatoes @ 8¢ | .24 |
| 6 lb. of beef @ 16¢ | .96 |
| 2 qt. of apples @ 12¢ | .24 |
| 1 qt. cranberries | .12 |
| 1 lb. sugar | .06 |
| 1 lb. nuts | .18 |
| $2.15 |
When the price of each item had been decided upon, the children found the total cost at their seats, and their results were compared.
The lesson closed with the question, “What did you find out in to-day’s lesson?” The answers were: “The cost of a Thanksgiving basket”; “That Russell is the only child who knows his six table”; “That we need to write dollars and cents so that we won’t make mistakes.”
At the beginning of the arithmetic lesson the following day, when the class was asked, “What do we need to do to-day?” there was a division of opinion as to whether the drill on dollars and cents or learning of the six table should come first. The decision was in favor of the drill on writing money, and the six table was presented later in the same period.
The result of the lesson on the cost of the dinner was sent to the principal. The class received a note of thanks for the help which it had rendered. The children were proud of their accomplishment and anxious to work out more real problems.
A LESSON FOR APPRECIATION
Teacher’s aim: To help children to enjoy Stevenson’s Bed in Summer.
Did any child in the room ever have to go to bed before it was dark? Did you ever get up in the morning before daylight? Stevenson remembered how he used to feel when he had to go to bed before dark, and wrote a story about it. Would you like to hear the story?
Children’s aim: To enjoy Stevenson’s story about going to bed before dark.