Objective

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to apply arithmetic skills to solve problems related to Animal Crossing.

Materials and Prep

Materials: Paper, pencil

Prep: Familiarity with basic addition, subtraction, and multiplication

Activities

1. Turnip Prices: Use addition and subtraction to calculate the total value of turnips bought and sold in the game.

2. Bug Catching Contest: Practice multiplication by counting the number of bugs caught by different players and finding the total bugs caught.

3. Fishing Frenzy: Create word problems involving addition and subtraction based on the fish caught and sold in the game.

Third Grade Talking Points

• "In Animal Crossing, we can use math to figure out how much money we make by selling turnips. Let's add the prices together to find the total!"
• "When we catch bugs in the game, we can use multiplication to find out how many bugs were caught in total. Let's count by groups to find the answer!"
• "Let's imagine we caught some fish and sold them. We can use subtraction to find out how much money we earned. Let's subtract the selling price from the buying price!"