Making Multicultural Connections
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Chicken Sunday
Written by Patricia Polacco

Cultural Group: Russian, African American

Content Connection: Math Grade 5

Topic : Money

Suggested Exemplars

• Picture Interpretation: Feathers in Bloom by Marc Chagall
• Guess Box : hat or money
• Music Interpretation: "Money, Money, Money" from Cabaret
• Word of the Day: Money

Learning Sequence

1. Picture Interpretation

2. Read story and discuss connection with students.

3. Reflective Dialogue: What was the problem and how did the children solve it?

4. Pose the problem: Students are presented with a shopping list for a Sunday dinner. Items to be purchased include:
   • 1 chicken ($.89 per lb.)
   • collard greens ($.49 per lb.)
   • corn-on-the-cob ($3.00 a dozen)
   • rice ($1.59 for 16 oz. box)
   • black-eyed peas ($1.29 per bag)
   You have $10.00 to purchase food to feed 4 people. The prices for the food have been taken from the food section of the newspaper. Students work in pairs to solve problems.

5. Reflective Dialogue:
   • Will you be able to purchase the items for dinner with $10.00?
   • Is there enough change left to purchase dessert?

Extension

• Students need to raise $25.00 to purchase two exotic fish for their aquarium. They decide to sell popcorn. They need to determine:
  • what they will need
  • the cost of the items
  • how much they need to sell to make a $25.00 profit

Technology Link

• Use KID PIX STUDIO (Broderbund) to create PYSANKY (Ukrainian eggs) as shown on page 56 of the KID PIX AROUND THE WORLD ACTIVITY BOOK) by Barbara Chan (Addison Wesley, 1994).

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