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Saturday, March 15,2008
THE AWARD-WINNING PRINT & ONLINE FAMILY FEATURE
Comparison Shopping
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Welcome to Let's
Get the Best Deal!
I'm your host,
Monty Markup!
Your job is to look at the three
different products and the
three different ways to buy
those products. Then decide
which is the BEST deal!
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The contestant who saves the most
money wins! Remember, you're
looking for the best value,
not just the lowest price!
Let's hear it for today's lucky
contestants ... Sandy Sawbuck
and Carl Coinop!
RPUND Is What's the best orange juice deal?
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64 ounce
bottle of
juice
for
$3.50
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can of
frozen
juice
for
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juice
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can get more
servings of
juice and save
more money
with one of
the larger
sizes!
Your
Answer:
K^PUND 2: What's the best jeans deal?
Fancy
Schmantzy
Designer
Jeans
for $89
Generic
Jeans
for
$29
The Fancy
Schmancy
jeans!
Everyone
is wearing
those.
I would be
so cool!
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Thrift
store
used
jeans
for
$5
Jeans are jeans!
Why pay so much
just for the label?
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RPUKD 3:
What's the best paper deal?
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$2.00
500 sheets for
$3.00
If I buy the cheapest
juice and paper, I can
save money for the
Fancy Schmancy
Jeans.
No brainer!
I know
what the
best deal is!
Your
Answer:
Standards Link: Math/Number Sense: Compare value
using division.
The Kid Scoop Puzzler
Newspaper coupons are a great way to get the best deal. Circle
the coupon that is the best deal for each product.
Price: $4.50 Price: $2.70 Price: $1.75
In your opinion, which is the
best value for your money in
each of these buying decisions?
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Newspaper
Search for
the Best
Deal!
Your newspaper is
a really great
place to start
shopping
for good deals.
Read the ads and
compare the prices
before you go to
the store.
Find a product
that is advertised
in the newspaper.
List the different
prices that you
can pay.
Which do you
think is the best
price? Why?
Standards Link:
Math/Number Sense:
Order dollar amounts from
least to greatest; compare
values.
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then in this week's Kid Scoop
stories and activities.
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Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognized identical
words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
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Ad Categories
Chart the ad categories (automotive products,
food, beauty products, etc.) in each section
of the newspaper. Are some categories found
mostly in one section? How do you explain
your findings?
Standards Link: Math/Data Analysis: Display results using a bar
graph or chart.
What is a
monster's favorite
game show?
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Kid Scoop Together:
Fill In The Blanks
Ask a friend to give you each
type of word. Fill in the blanks
and read the story aloud for
some silly fun.
Super Saver
Roger is a collector of
ADJECTIVE
_. As you can
PLURAL NOUN
imagine, such a collection is
quite .
ADJECTIVE
To save money, Roger always
looks for the best
NOUN
when shopping. He'll often
compare.
between
PLURAL NOUN
products to see which one is a
better .
NOUN
At the grocery store, he doesn't
just his basket with
VERB
PLURAL NOUN
_. Instead, he writes
_ and brings it with
a
NOUN
him. He clips
PLURAL NOUN
out of the newspaper to save
. He checks the
NOUN
newspaper's Web site for special
, too.
PLURAL NOUN
Roger buys.
in
PLURAL NOUN
bulk. He will them
VERB
with his friends and family if he
has extras. He saves a lot of
money by choosing.
ADJECTIVE
instead of more
PLURAL NOUN
expensive.
PLURAL NOUN
Roger also checks the classified
ads for
when he
PLURAL NOUN
needs new ones. He bought a
very reliable car that way that
doesn't use a lot of
NOUN
"Thanks to the money I've saved
with the newspaper, I am about
to start a new collection of
!" says Roger.
PLURAL NOUN
Standards Link: Grammar: Identify and
use parts of speech correctly: Nouns,
adjectives and verbs.
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VOCABULARY
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This week's word:
FRUGAL
The adjective frugal means
spending money wisely.
Evelyn was a frugal shopper
who always used coupons.
Try to use the word frugal
in a sentence today when
talking with your friends
and family members.
Shopping Math
Write a math problem that
describes a real shopping
situation. Example: At a
garage sale, Tina bought
a book for $3.98 and a puzzle
for $1.99. How much
did she spend?
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McAuley, Davis. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 155, No. 6, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 15, 2008, newspaper, March 15, 2008; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth252422/m1/11/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.