Community CARE & SHARE FOOD Project*

*This project is inspired by the "Breaking Bread" and the "Hunger Project" by PBLWorks, and borrows many of its resources.

Driving Question

How can we demonstrate love for others by preparing food to share in our community?

Project Description

In this project, students partner with the community (a local organization, other community members, or their own family). This meal could serve one of several possible purposes:

Feeding hungry community members
Honoring a specific group of people (elders, firefighters, volunteers)
Celebrating or commemorating a special event
Building neighborhood connections

Given an estimated number of attendees, students research recipes and food prices and identify quantities and costs of ingredients to develop a reasonable and actionable plan for the meal. Students will present their plan in a slide presentation.

Final Product

Student(s) will complete a slide presentation that includes a menu and a detailed, itemized shopping list with ingredient and cost totals

Learning targets

Common Core State Standards—Mathematics

3.OA.C.7 Fluently multiply and divide within 100, using strategies such as the relationship between multiplication and division (e.g., knowing that 8 × 5 = 40, one knows 40 ÷ 5 = 8) or properties of operations. By the end of grade 3, know from memory all products of two one-digit numbers.

3.OA.D.8 Solve two-step word problems using the four operations. Represent these problems using equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity. Assess the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies including rounding.

3.NBT.A.2 Fluently add and subtract within 1000 using strategies and algorithms based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction.

Common Core State Standards—ELA-Literacy

W.3.7 Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic.

W.3.8 Recall information from experiences or gather information from print and digital sources; take brief notes on sources and sort evidence into provided categories.