Mission 28
The Community Fair
It is fair day on the green. There are cakes, books, plants, face paint, a band and a three-legged race, and all of it needs a place, a time and somebody to run it. Set out the stalls, plan the day, share out the tables, and when rain is on the way, find out what still fits.
- 5 parts
- 12 to 16 minutes
- Grades 4 and 5
Who is playing?
Each age gets its own version of the story. Any of them is fine to play.
Grades 4 and 5
The Fair Plan
The job: Draw this year's fair plan: a place for every stall, an hour for every event and gear inside 40 coins, and give the reasons.
- The Squared Plan With a PlayOwl plan
- Sound Carries With a PlayOwl plan
- Who Is Where, When? With a PlayOwl plan
- Forty Coins of Gear With a PlayOwl plan
- A Little Fair for Maple House With a PlayOwl plan
For grown-ups: what this mission practices
Sorting and matching to a picture plan, counting to a list, position on a squared plan, clock times and minutes in an hour, and sharing a limited supply. Older children plan with several limits at once (space, time, helpers and a budget), compare alternatives, and justify what changes when the plan has to change.
- Ages
- Five versions, from Preschool to Grade 8. They are different designs, not the same task with other numbers.
- How it is checked
- Every answer is checked by rules the child can see at work on the screen. Any answer that meets them is right.
- Help
- Olly can read any line aloud, give a hint that points at where to look, or show one way. A report says where help was used.
- Time
- Nothing is timed. A part takes a few minutes and progress is saved after each one for a signed-in child.