Mixed-Up Beginnings
The first book we will be reading together this year is From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. I adored this book when I was a child and fell in love with it all over again while reading it with last years 5th grade class.
Below, I have assembled a crop of links and activities that will help the book come to life.
Below, I have assembled a crop of links and activities that will help the book come to life.
Inflation Calculator
Claudia and Jamie keep very close records of their money. As we have learned, Jamie's savings of $24.43 would be worth quite a different amount today...$168.51!! Use this Inflation Calculator to figure out what their savings and expenses would be today. Be sure and enter 1967 (the book's copyright date) into the Inflation Calculator.