Remember: Giving back can be coins, things or time. You choose what and how much, and you keep enough for your own plans.
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The Pennyfield fenceIn Pennyfield a shared garden grows berries and flowers for everyone who visits. One night a big storm knocks the fence flat. New boards will cost twelve coins, which is a lot for one person, but there are twelve neighbors. Grandpa says there are three ways to give: coins, things and time. Giving back means giving to the people and places that have helped you. The neighbors set out a Helping Jar by the gate. Ana puts in one coin, and then every neighbor does too, which makes twelve coins, exactly enough for the boards. Leo has no spare coins, but he has a box of nails to give. Maya gives three hours of hammering, Grandpa gives two and Leo gives one. Ana has ten coins from her week and chooses to give one. Nobody told her how much, and nine coins stay with her for her own plans. By Sunday evening the fence stands straight again, and every neighbor had a part in it.
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The boards cost 12 coins. Each of the 12 neighbors puts 1 coin in the Helping Jar. The jar holds coins.
2
Join each gift to the way of giving.
1A box of nails
2An hour of watering
3Two coins of pocket money
Aa gift of a thing
Ba gift of coins
Ca gift of time
3
Look at the graph. Maya, Grandpa and Leo gave hours of hammering in all.
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Ana has 10 coins. She gives 1, so she keeps coins for her own plans.
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Leo has no spare coins, so he has nothing to give. Is that right?
YesNo
Ways to give
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Which are ways to give back? Circle every one.
Giving coinsGiving exactly what everyone else givesGiving thingsGiving your time
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Maya gave 3 hours and Leo gave 1 hour. How many more hours did Maya give than Leo?
3 hours4 hours2 hours
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Ana gave a coin, Leo gave nails and Maya gave a morning. What is true about their gifts?
Only Ana's gift was realAll three were real giftsMaya's gift was too small
9
Number what happened to the garden fence.
The storm knocks the fence flat
The neighbors set out a Helping Jar
The fence stands straight again
The jar holds exactly twelve coins
Fix it and think
10
A neighbor says: one coin is too small to matter. Is the neighbor right?
YesNo
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Suppose only 9 neighbors give 1 coin each. The boards cost 12 coins, so more coins are needed.
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Write one way you could give your time to help a person or a place that helps you.
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Draw your own Helping Jar and the gifts that go in it.
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Answer key · Set A
Giving back
112 12 neighbors × 1 coin = 12 coins, exactly enough for the boards.
21-A, 2-C, 3-B Nails are a thing, watering gives your time, and pocket money coins are a gift of coins.
36 3 + 2 + 1 = 6 hours. Each clock is one hour.
49 10 − 1 = 9 coins. Giving does not mean giving everything.
5No Leo has a box of nails to give, and a thing can be a gift if it is yours to give. Things and time are real gifts too.
6Giving coins, Giving things, Giving your time Coins, things and time are all ways to give. Nobody has to give the same, because each person chooses.
72 hours 3 − 1 = 2 more hours.
8All three were real gifts Coins, things and time are all real gifts, and there is no one right amount.
91, 2, 4, 3 The storm comes first, then the jar, then twelve coins from twelve neighbors, and by Sunday the fence is mended.
10No Twelve one-coin gifts paid for the whole fence. Small gifts from many people add up.
113 12 − 9 = 3 more coins. Many small gifts add up, so every one counts.
12Your own words: a grown-up reads it.
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