Welcome to the inaugural One Book, One
School at Highlands Elementary School!
This year, our School, Family and Community Partnership (SFCP) is launching a new initiative at
Highlands. The “One Book, One School” program encourages all students and families to participate in a
community exploration of a book. On Friday, January 15th,students learned that the book we will be
reading in every household is The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies. It is a great story of sibling
rivalry, economic competition, and discovery of what’s most important in life. Thanks to SFCP, each
student and staff member at Highlands will receive a copy of The Lemonade War. We had an excellent
assembly thanks to Bike Bald, who we are partnering with for our fundraiser. We are asking families to
read along with us and take the opportunity to form book clubs at home! To assist you with this, we have
comprehension questions, as well as audio files of each chapter.
On this page you will find information about the event at Highlands, along with a schedule of events, links
to interesting information, and the audio files of the book. This site will update weekly, so check back
often! Thanks for being part of a great community of learners!
Click on the book to find out more about the author and the series!
Here is our reading schedule:
Week 1: (January 15th-21st): Chapters 1-3 (Penny War Week)
Week 2: (January 22nd-28th): Chapters 4-6 (Nickel War Week)
Week 3 (January 29th- February 4th) Chapters 7-9 (Dime War Week)
Week 4 (February 5th –February 15th) Chapters 10-end (Quarter War Week)
Spirit Days!
Lemonade War Spirit Days-- Wednesdays
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January 20th- Lemon Day (wear your yellow clothes)
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January 27th- Beach day (wear hats, sunglasses, tropical shirts and clothing)
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February 3rd- Teamwork day (wear your favorite sport team clothing)
February 10th- Highlands Spirit Day
Ozzie's Reading Program:
This year, we are also teaming up with our Ozzie reading program. This incentive-based reading
program encourages students to read over a month. Full participation gets that student a free ticket to a
Kane County Cougars minor-league baseball game. This year, students who participate in the Ozzie
program will also be entered into another grand prize-- a chance to ride on the Bike Bald fire truck,
Neptune! More information will be coming home with your student about the Ozzie program. We will also
have prizes for the grade levels that have the highest percentage of Ozzie Slips turned in!
Our Fundraiser:
Since it's a little cold to have our own lemonade stand competition, we'll be having a friendly competition
between the grade levels by having a modified Penny War. Each week, students can choose to bring in
the "Coin of the Week." We'll have jars set up in each room. Each week, we will only count the coins that
are "Coin of the Week" and will collect those coins on Friday. We'll announce the winning grade the
following Tuesday...and there will be prizes for the overall grade at the end, including a lemonade party
and extra recess. If you send in other coins, they'll be kept until that week comes up.
Our fundraiser will benefit the local charity Bike Bald. From their website:
"Bike Bald's Group Mission:
Provide cycling rides & events for the general public supporting community, healthy living & sustainability
while supporting Childhood Cancer Awareness. We work hard to provide the emotional support to the
children and their family that has had to face life changes due to cancer or other life changing illnesses.
We do so in a “grassroots” way, by going back to the support basics of the family & community. We know
that heartache when a parent(s) are told that their child has been diagnosed with serious life-threatening
diseases the whole family is affected. Through grassroots direction we want to meet the needs of
parent(s), child, sibling, by providing the emotionally, spiritually, financially and social needs.
Bike Bald is a registered 501c3 organization."
You can read more about them by clicking on the picture below:
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Questions for Chapters 1,2, and 3.
Getting ready to read questions:
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Have you ever started a business? Describe what business and how you started it.
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Did you ever want to start a business to make money?
What kind of businesses could kids start? Make a list.
Chapter 1 Discussion:
1. What is Evan and Jessie’s relationship? Use examples from the story to support your answer.
2. What does Evan do to calm himself down?
3. What do you think the letter is about? Make a prediction.
4. In the story, Evan chose not to help mother with the air conditioner. Why do you think this is?
5. What are some grown up jobs that you do around the house to help your parents?
Getting ready for chapter 2:
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What are some important tools you need if you were going to set up a “lemonade” stand?
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How would you feel if you had a brother or sister in your class?
Have you ever played a game that you did not want to play for a brother, sister, or friend?
Chapter 2 Discussion:
1. Evan is very angry at his sister. Why?
2. Why did Jessie get a letter this summer?
3. What did it tell her parents?
4. Is Jessie to blame for her moving into the fourth grade?
5. If you were Evan, how would you be feeling?
Chapter 3 Discussion:
1. Evan does not like Scott. What can you tell about Scott from the reading?
2. On page 30, Evan said to Scott, “You’ll drink all our profits if you do that.” What does this mean?
3. Why was their a lull in sales at Evan’s Lemonade stand?
4. What is Scott and Evan saving up for?
5. Do you think Jessie was bragging to Evan that she was making more money than he was?
6. What could help the kids sell lemonade?
Lemons and Lemonade Trivia: (Week 1)
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August 20th is National Lemonade Day.
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Lemonade can trace its origins to the Egyptians when in 500 AD lemon juice was mixed with sugar to
make a beverage known as qatarmizat.
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The first lemonade “soft drink” debuted in Paris on August 20th, 1630. The drink was made from
sparkling water and lemon juice sweetened with honey.
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Frozen lemonade made its debut in 1840 in Naples, Italy.
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The earliest documented lemonade stands were introduced by a young entrepreneur named Edward
Bok who formed them in Brooklyn street cars from 1873 to 1876.
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He was ten years old when he began selling ice water for a penny to passengers in horse drawn
carts who stopped to allow their horses water. Other boys soon began copying Bok's idea and
stealing his business, so he made lemonade and sold it for three cents a glass instead.
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In 1880, a New York Times article mentioned "scores" of lemonade stands cropping up all over the
city during the hot summers where patrons could buy a glass of freshly-made lemonade for 5 cents,
as opposed to the 15 cents charged in a bar.
The Times also reported children setting up stands in 1880 as an easy means of making money. The
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Globe and Mail first mentioned lemonade stands as a summer activity for children in 1898.
Lemonade stands were first referenced in news media by the New York Times in 1879.
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Fun Facts about the Penny!
Pennies
On the front of the penny is a picture of Abraham Lincoln, who has been on the
penny since 1909 (celebrating the 100th anniversary of his birth). This penny was the first U.S. coin to
have a picture of a president on it. Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States and was in office
during the civil war. He is thought to have preserved and united the country during this very trying time.
On the back of the penny you will find a picture of the Lincoln Memorial, which has been on the penny
since 1959, celebrating the 150th anniversary of Lincoln’s birth. The Lincoln Memorial can be found at the
National Mall in Washington D.C., and was first opened to the public in 1922. Many people visit the
memorial every year and it is the sight for many gatherings; Martin Luther King gave his famous “I Have a
Dream” speech by the Lincoln Memorial; the memorial is thought of as symbol of freedom.
If you find a penny that was made before 1958 you may have found a “wheat penny.” Instead of having a
picture of the Lincoln Memorial on the back it has a picture of two pieces of wheat along with the words:
“One Cent” and “United States of America.”
In 2010, the back of the penny was changed to the shield seen in this
picture:
Stay tuned for information about nickels!
Sources:
http://www.busybeekidscrafts.com/Pennies-Nickels-Dimes-and-Quarters.html
"US One Cent Rev" by United States Mint - http://www.usmint.gov/pressroom/index.cfm?flash=no&action=photo#Pres. Licensed
under Public Domain via Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_One_Cent_Rev.png#/media/File:US_One_Cent_Rev.png
Sources:
“The History of Lemonade” on EverythingLemon.com; “Lemonade Fun Facts (Links to an external site.)” on Mobilecuisine.com (Links to an external site.);
Cool Facts about Lemons on Sunskist.com
: http://www.ehow.com/facts_5039147_history-lemonade-stands.html (Links to an external site.)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: http://www.ehow.com/facts_5039147_history-lemonade-stands.html (Links to an external
site.)
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/food/lemons.html (Links to an external site.)
http://www.stumblerz.com/interesting-facts-about-lemon/ (Links to an external site.)