Thanksgiving Dinner

Introduction

It is that time of year again, get out the turkey, stuffing, and green bean casserole it is time for Thanksgiving dinner!! How much will this year's dinner cost?

Task

THANKSGIVING MATH PROJECT

Imagine that you are going to plan a Thanksgiving dinner!

You are in charge of planning the menu, guest list, and shopping list.

You must brainstorm by referencing store flyers to find out actual costs.

Process

Requirements:

Make up a guest list. Decide who is coming. Be sure to purchase enough food for everyone!
Prepare a shopping list. Use the flyers, internet grocery store sites, and your parents as reference. See back page for assistance
Menu – Include what you are serving. It may be set up like a restaurant menu.

The project may be presented in a brochure, poster, or booklet. If you have any other ideas, please see me for approval.

Be very creative. You should enhance with pictures. Be sure to use nice handwriting (a ruler!) or computer.

Remember – this is a math project so I will be looking for all the ways you used math. All calculations must be correct!

Thanksgiving POM

Item	Price per unit	Number of units	Total for Item	Running Balance
TURKEY	$ .______ per pound	20 pounds
Vegetables 1 2 3			Vegetables 1 2 3 Total	Total Turkey plus vegetables
Desserts 1 2 3			Desserts 1 2 3 Total	Total Turkey, vegetables and desserts.
Your Favorites 1 2			Your Favorites 1 2 Total	Total Turkey, vegetables, desserts and favorites.
			Grand Total for Dinner	$ _____ .___

Resources: www.hannaford.com

Evaluation

Items

Total Possible points

Total Points Earned

Guest List included

5 points

Shopping List correctly calculated, see back page for help (back page in final draft included in menu)

All calculations included

Turkey Cost: 10 points

Vegetables: 10 points

Dessert: 10 points

Favorite dishes: 10 points

Total cost of dinner: 15 points

Turkey Cost: ______

Vegetables: ______

Dessert: ______

Favorite dishes: ______

Total cost of dinner: _____

Menu design

Neatness: 10 points

Creative: 10 points

Organized: 10 points

Neatness: _______

Creative: ________

Organized: _______

Check-in

Must have the grocery shopping done

10 points

Total points earned:

100 points

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully planned Thanksgiving Dinner and your guests are full and satisfied.

Credits

Robin Weiss

Sixth Grade Math teacher, graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 2012.

Credits:

Thank you to createwebquest.com for the free webquest generator

Standards

Compute fluently with multi-digit numbers and find common factors and multiples.

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.NS.B.2
Fluently divide multi-digit numbers using the standard algorithm.CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.NS.B.3
Fluently add, subtract, multiply, and divide multi-digit decimals using the standard algorithm for each operation.CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.NS.B.4
Find the greatest common factor of two whole numbers less than or equal to 100 and the least common multiple of two whole numbers less than or equal to 12. Use the distributive property to express a sum of two whole numbers 1-100 with a common factor as a multiple of a sum of two whole numbers with no common factor. For example, express 36 + 8 as 4 (9 + 2)..

Teacher Page

Contact: rweiss6@student.fitchburgstate.edu