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!
This week (Jan. 29th – Feb. 4th ) we are reading chapters 7, 8, and 9!
We’ll also be collecting dimes for our charity drive!
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 7, 8, 9
Pre-Reading Questions:
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Have you ever tried to save for an object for a very long time?
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Are you a ‘saver’ or a ‘spender’?
If you could open your own store, where would you set it up?
Chapter 7 Discussion:
1. How did Evan figure out how much he had to earn to buy the Ipod?
2. Why did Evan feel proud of himself for solving that math problem?
3. Where did Evan go to sell lemonade?
4. Evan checked out the competition. He went by the Big Dipper and asked how much they sold
their drinks for. Why would he do this?
5. What is a permit?
6. Why did Evan need one?
7. Who is Officer Ken and why wasn’t he smiling?
8. What happened once Officer Ken talked to Evan?
9. How much did Evan earn so far?
Chapter 8 Discussion:
1. Why did Jessie and Megan decide that offering free services (nails,hair, and face painting) was a
good idea but wasn’t worth it?
2. What was Jessie’s idea that would earn her the money she needed?
3. What are comment cards?
4. How much money did Megan and Jessie make from the lemonade franchises?
5. Why did Jessie decide she did not to sell lemonade on Sunday?
Chapter 9 Discussion questions:
1. Why did Jessie not jump at the chance to end the lemonade war?
2. Why did Evan want to end the lemonade war?
3. Why did Evan take back his wish to end the lemonade war?
Lemons Facts: (Week 3)
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Due to its high acidic nature the juice of a lemon can be used for cleaning. Lemon halves dipped
in salt or baking powder can be used to brighten up copper and clean kitchenware.
An experiment that involves attaching electrodes to a lemon can create a battery that produces
electricity. Several lemon batteries can power a small digital watch.
Because lemons are high in vitamin C they can prevent the disease scurvy which was common
among sailors stuck on ships for months. Even today, the British Navy requires ships to carry
enough lemons so that every sailor can have one ounce of juice a day.
The demand for lemons and their scurvy-preventing abilities hit a peak in the California Gold
Rush of 1849. Malnourished miners were willing to pay a lot for a single lemon. Today, California
is still full of lemon trees as a result.
In 2003, the heaviest lemon ever grown was recorded in Kefar Zeitim, Israel. It weighed 5.265 kg
(11 lb 9.7 oz), had a circumference of 74 cm (29 in) and was 35 cm (13.7 in) high. Guinness
World Records 2013. One thing he didn't do was use it to set another record for world's fastest
lemon consumption -- that record belongs to a man who peeled and ate a lemon weighing just
over 5 ounces in 8.25 seconds.
Lemons can whiten your teeth, brighten your hair color, strengthen your nails and soothe
chapped lips.
Lemons help relieve sore throats and stuffy noses.
Lemons are the single largest and best source of vitamin C. 1 lemon contains 40% of the
recommended daily allowance of vitamin C.
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Fun Facts about the Dime!
On the front on the dime you will find a picture of Franklin Roosevelt, his picture first
appeared on the dime in 1946, just after his death. Roosevelt was the United States’
32nd president from 1933-1945 and brought hope to the nation, during the great
depression, in his inaugural address by saying: “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.’ After his
death in 1945, U.S. citizens petitioned the Treasury Department asking for his picture to be put on the
U.S. dime. This made sense since the late president supported the March of Dimes (a program that
raised funds to help cure polio), and also considering Roosevelt contracted the polio virus when he was
39 years old.
On the back of the dime you will find a picture of a torch, which represents Liberty; an
olive branch on the left representing peace; and an oak branch on the right
representing strength and independence. Sources:
http://www.busybeekidscrafts.com/Pennies-Nickels-Dimes-and-Quarters.html
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.)