Night of the Moonjellies: The restaurant challenge

Today we read a fantastic story about mysterious moonjellies. The story is set in a New England beach town. The seven-year old boy in the story works at his grandma's hot dog stand. It is quite the busy place! One morning before the stand opens he finds a moonjelly lying on the beach. He picks it up and shows it to his grandma. Later that night, after closing time, she takes him out to the ocean on a boat where they see thousands of moonjellies glowing in the water. What a beautiful sight!

Today, we took on quite the challenge. Half the class set out to color and cut-out some play money, while the other half of the class transformed the classroom into a restaurant.
They set a table, came up with a menu, restaurant name, designated roles for everyone, etc. Both teams did a lot of hard work!
After the money was cut out, the customers were welcomed into Cinco de Mayo. (Don't let the name fool you, there was no Mexican food on the menu.)
Naomi showed the customers to their table and gave them all menus. Addie (a visitor) took everyone's orders. Vivian and Eden cooked up the food and plated the entrees. Parley delivered the plates to the hungry customers. And Daniel worked the register.
We learned so many lessons! Running a restaurant is HARD WORK!! The main lesson we learned was you can't please everyone, especially when you run out of hamburgers.
Next week, we will let the kids switch roles.