Grade 4 Word Problems Book

-a girl wants to get her face painted, but she doesnt have enough money
-but the solution is that people that have extra pennies would put them in the penny jar
-finally, the girl had enough money by adding the pennies and extra change to what she originally had
-this would be a great follow along where the kids would have their own money manipulatives and would follow with the book
-great book to show addition and subtraction with dimes, nickels, and pennies
-it would be very fun to have a penny jar in the class where the students could place extra pennies, and keep track of the pennies on some kind of graph; then when the jar is full, the children teacher will buy something and have a "party" (ice cream or popcorn party)