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Fifth-Grade Food Truck Project Brings Math to Life

with unique menus featuring at least three main
dishes, sides, and drinks—all with prices set
by the students. From there, Hayes guided the
students through practical exercises, such as cal-
culating menu item combinations within budget
constraints, and determining the best deal for
a customer looking to spend a set amount of
money. These exercises were crafted to help stu-
dents practice adding and subtracting decimals
in a practical context, showing them how math
plays into real-life decisions.
“Math can be exciting, especially when
it’s something that’s real-world,” added Hayes.
“Our kids are seeing how the math they learn
today applies to life outside of school—maybe
even to running their own food trucks one day!”
The fun didn’t stop there. When students
suggested making commercials to promote their
food trucks, Hayes embraced the idea, letting
their creativity and collaboration skills continue (with a playful food poisoning warning), stu-
to build. The project wrapped up with students dents left each math session inspired, and ready
School District of La Crosse math outside the usual routine. presenting their food truck menus and com- to learn more.
See these students’ commercials at: www.
In a fun twist on traditional math class, “Watching how excited the kids have been mercials to classmates, showcasing their unique lacrosseschools.org/fifth-grade-food-truck-
ideas and applying their math skills in action.
fifth-grade students at Emerson Elementary has been the best part,” said Hayes. “They’ve This interactive, imaginative project project-brings-math-to-life
School in Lisa Stundahl’s classroom recently been creating their own menus and making up deepened students’ understanding of decimals
dove into a hands-on project that fused real- fun specials. And they keep asking, ‘Do we get and showed them how math can be a tool for
world skills with mathematical learning. The to work on our menus today?’ It’s been amazing pursuing future dreams. Whether they were
“Food Truck Project,” designed by student to see their creativity shine.” imagining a Chinese Food Truck, an Ice Cream
teacher Verena Hayes, was inspired by project- The project began with students design- Truck, or even the quirky “Two Kids Kitchen” lacrosseschools.org
based learning principles and aimed to take ing their own food truck concepts, complete

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