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The Old Lady’s Thanksgiving Dinner – A Thanksgiving Math Activity

November 11, 2013 By: amyswandering4 Comments

The Old Lady's Thanksgiving Dinner

I took one of our favorite Thanksgiving books, I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie, and turned it into a fun math lesson. We decided to add up all the food at the Old Lady’s Thanksgiving dinner!

First, we read through the book and made a list of the dishes. I let the kids decide how they wanted to measure each food. Whole pies or slices? Turkey by the piece or the pound? We used the grocery ads and a couple of websites to figure out things like how many pounds are in an average-sized frozen turkey, and how many servings are in a cake.

After all of our measurement tools were determined, we multiplied the unit of measurement times the number of times the food was mentioned in the book.

These are the ways they chose to measure the food:

pie = 8 slices

cider = 1 gallon

roll = 2 1/2 inches

squash = 6 lbs  (they weighed the ornamental one from the porch)

salad = 2 bags

turkey = 15 lbs

pot = 10 quarts

cake = 291 servings  (several different-sized tiers)

bread = 22 slices (1 loaf)

I created a FREE printable that you can use for this lesson!

The Old Lady's Thanksgiving Dinner sample

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{Funschool} Easy as Pie

November 11, 2013 By: amyswandering2 Comments

funschool easy as pie

Welcome to Funschool, a weekly list of FREE educational lesson plans and printables built around a seasonal theme!

This week’s theme is pie.

{There are affiliate links in this post for books that complement the theme.}

i know an old lady who swallowed a pie

I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie  activities & printables

The Old Lady’s Thanksgiving Dinner  math activity

Perfect Pies  file folder game

Apple Pie Math  printable

how to make an apple pie and see the world

How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World  Five in a Row unit

How to Make a Cherry Pie and See the U.S.A.  unit

The Apple Pie Tree  lapbook

Apple Pie Sensory Bin  instructions

We love this book!

We love this book!

Alligator Pie  rhyming

Pumpkin Pie for All  alter the recipe

Playing Fraction Pie  music lesson

Pumpkin Pie Counting  math center

enemy pie

Enemy Pie  lesson plans

American Pie  cultural art project

Pumpkin Pie  handwriting sheet

P is for Pie  coloring

edgar allan poe's pie

Blackbird Pie  craft

Thankful Pie  craft

Cherry Pie Play Dough Mat  printable

Apple Pie Play Dough  recipe

Sorting Pie

Learning Resources Sorting Pie

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