Grade 3 · The Choosing Year · Week 15

The Week in a Picture

Five days of spending, drawn, so you can see it without adding anything up.

This game goes with week 15 of the workbook. Do the page first; the game is for seeing the numbers move. Nothing you type is kept.

The drawn week

One circle is one dollar.

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Which day cost the most?Which day cost nothing?What did the whole week come to?$

Draw a week

Type a day’s spending and its circles appear. Try practice week 1 from week 13, or a week of your own.

Mon $ Tue $ Wed $ Thu $ Fri $

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

The week came to $0.

Practice week 1

Tuesday: how many circles?Thursday: how many circles?The whole of practice week 1$

A week with one big day and a week the same every day can add to the same total. The picture shows the difference before you add anything.

The workbook: The Choosing Year (free PDF). The teacher guide: answers and watch-fors.

Other weeks with a game: 13 Write It Down, 14 In and Out, 17 Saving Takes Weeks, 18 A Little Every Time, 22 A Share of What You Have, 28 How Long to Earn It?, 32 Paying It Back, 33 A Whole Month. All games.