Lemonade+Wars

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I use this novel at the end of the year with my fourth graders. They love it. It has practical terminology for starting up a business. For example: "profit", "starting costs" etc. A new word is introduced at the beginning of each chapter. Several math problems are presented throughout the novel for the reader to figure out with the characters in the story.

In a nut shell, the first of these three stories, LEMONADE WARS, is about two siblings, Evan and Jesse. Evan is the older to his sister Jesse. They've always enjoyed each others company, until one summer when they find out that Jesse will be skipping a grade and ending up in Evan's same homeroom. This doesn't sit well with Evan. He likes his sister, but enjoys having his own set of friends without her. So, instead of having their usual Lemonade Stand together, as they have done in past summers, the two have separate stands to see who will earn the most money. At the end of the novel, the earnings are stolen. This leads to the second novel, LEMONADE CRIME. Jesse takes her plea to the court system. It is in this novel that the reader learns the terminology of the judical system.

I know of one school system that bought the first novel for the entire school, conducted private lemonade stands on their own at home and earned over $5,000 to donate to a cancer charity. The kids learned to enjoy reading, put their math skills to use and perform an act of kindness. Kudos to them! I am using this novel with two students this summer...we will be setting up a Lemonade Stand with the permission of a Golf Course Owner. All of our earnings will go to charity.

Lemonade Recipe: ingredients: 1 cup sugar, 1 cup water (for syrup), 1 cup lemon juiice, 3 to 4 cups cold water. 1. make simple syrup by heating sugar and water in a small saucepan until sugar is dissolved. 2. using a juicer, extract juice from 4 to 6 lemons to make one cup juice. 3. Add the juice to the syrup, then add 3 to 4 cups cold water. 4. serve with ice and sliced lemon.