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    The Lemonade War tells the story of an exciting summer spent by a loving but competitive pair of siblings, Evan and Jessie Treski. At the end of the summer, Jessie, the younger and more academically inclined of the two, is delighted to learn that because she is skipping third grade, she will be in Evan’s fourth-grade class when school starts in a few days. To say the least, Evan is less than thrilled. The children’s personal conflict becomes a professional one as well, as they set out to outsell each other at their respective lemonade stands. The narrative follows the arc of Evan’s and Jessie’s business endeavors, from inception to realization to dissolution, with all the ups and downs along the way. Davies manages to follow this course without becoming dry or dull — in part because the ups and downs of the Treskis’ lemonade stands are tied to the ups and downs of their relationship. The characters are lively, realistic, and well defined, and their conflict is handled with sensitivity and without influencing the reader to take sides. Reader’s will find themselves rooting for both of these creative and hard-working children all the way through to the book’s satisfying conclusion.

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    The Lemonade War tells the story of an exciting summer spent by a loving but competitive pair of siblings, Evan and Jessie Treski. At the end of the summer, Jessie, the younger and more academically inclined of the two, is delighted to learn that because she is skipping third grade, she will be in Evan’s fourth-grade class when school starts in a few days. To say the least, Evan is less than thrilled. The children’s personal conflict becomes a professional one as well, as they set out to outsell each other at their respective lemonade stands. The narrative follows the arc of Evan’s and Jessie’s business endeavors, from inception to realization to dissolution, with all the ups and downs along the way. Davies manages to follow this course without becoming dry or dull — in part because the ups and downs of the Treskis’ lemonade stands are tied to the ups and downs of their relationship. The characters are lively, realistic, and well defined, and their conflict is handled with sensitivity and without influencing the reader to take sides. Reader’s will find themselves rooting for both of these creative and hard-working children all the way through to the book’s satisfying conclusion.

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    A T e a c h e r’ s G u i d e t o

    By Jacqueline Da v i e s

    Special Features

    The title of each chapter in The Lemonade War is a


    business term or concept, with its definition just below
    (for example, “Chapter 1: Slump n. a drop in the
    activity or a business or the economy”).
    • Economic concepts are defined throughout the book
    as Jessie investigates, researches, and develops her
    own ideas.
    • Each chapter contains examples of Evan’s and
    Jessie’s attempts to calculate sales, profits, expenses,
    etc. Readers may choose to study the math
    problems in depth, working them out on their own,
    or may choose to read on.
    • In addition to the math problems and definitions,
    the book contains some wonderful charts, diagrams,
    and newspaper clippings, and even a realistic sales
    receipt. This lovely touch engages the reader and
    fleshes out the Treskis’ story.

    About the Book Discussion questions

    Fourth-grader Evan Treski is people-smart. He’s Any of the following questions might be presented as
    good at talking with people, even grownups. His an essay topic as well.
    younger sister, Jessie, on the other hand, is math- • Have you ever felt competitive with someone you
    smart, but not especially good with people. So when are close to, like a sibling or a good friend? How
    the siblings’ lemonade stand war begins, there really was this embodied? What did you do? How was it
    is no telling who will win—or even if their fight resolved?
    will ever end. Brimming with savvy marketing tips • Evan is so angry with his sister he can barely stand
    for making money at any business, definitions of it! Has Jess consciously done anything to harm her
    business terms, charts, diagrams, and even math brother? Explain the root of Evan’s anger.
    problems, this fresh, funny, emotionally charged • Jacqueline Davies chose to create Evan and jess as
    novel subtly explores how arguments can escalate characters that don’t fit the stereotypes of boy sand
    beyond anyone’s intent. girls, in terms of both their academic strengths and
    challenges and their social strengths and challenges.
    Do you think that these stereotypes (girls ad
    intuitive but not good at math, boys as good at
    math but not so good at reading people’s feelings)
    get in the way at your school?

    Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers • www.hmhbooks.com


    • E ven though Jessie and Evan are having a hard grocery store and then set up a store of their own in
    time with each other, they don’t want their mom the classroom for a day.
    to know. Can you explain why they are so careful • Make copies of the math problems in the book
    not to show her they are quarreling? Have you for your students. As you read the book aloud,
    ever felt like this? highlight the math problems as a part of your
    • Evan is pretty sure that Scott Spencer stole the students’ experience of the book. Can they think
    lemonade money he “borrowed” from Jessie. of other ways to figure out the problems? Are their
    Why doesn’t Evan confront Scott? Why doesn’t methods more or less efficient that Evan’s and
    he ask for his money back? Jessie’s methods
    • How do Evan and Jess finally resolve the • Personal conflicts like Evan and Jessie’s are often at
    conflict—both their lemonade war and their the core of good works of fiction. As part of a unit
    personal war? of study on realistic fiction or as a separate project,
    • Both children have to admit that they’ve done have you students design and write a story with a
    mean things to each other before they can move personal conflict at its root. You may want to have
    on. Have you ever done something out of anger you students write sketches of their main characters
    that you wish you hadn’t? How did this play out? and an outline of the plot (including conflict and its
    resolutions) as part of their writing processes.
    Activities • Evan and Jessie win their local Rotary Club’s
    annual Labor Day contest by creating a display
    • I f your class studies The Lemonade War at the end that details their entrepreneurial endeavor
    of the school year, set up a lemonade study in with lemonade. Labor day celebrates the many
    the classroom. Learning from Evan’s and Jessie’s achievements, both social and economic, of the
    successes and mistakes, help your students American worker. If your class is studying The
    design and implement their own lemonade Lemonade War close the beginning of the school
    stand(s). You may choose to divide the class year, challenge you students to research and present
    into groups and have each group plan their own a project related to the holiday. They may profile a
    stand, by designing posters, advertisements, particular business in your town; they may research
    and other business schemes, as Evan and Jessie the history of Labor day itself; they may interview
    did. You may choose to have the entire class people in their families about their work histories.
    work together on a plan. Children might sell Challenge them to find their own unique ways to
    lemonade during recess, or even set up in the connect to the holiday.
    cafeteria during lunchtime. Decide together as
    a class how the money earned will be spent. Common Core Connections
    Taking a leaf from Jessie Treski’s book, children This guide meets the following Common Core State Standards for
    English Language Arts
    may want to donate money to a charity of their
    choice or to school projects. They may choose to Discussion Points
    devote a certain percentage of their projects to a Reading Literature:
    Key Ideas and Details
    culminating celebration in school—a pizza party Grade 3 –RL.3.1-3
    or lemonade party, for example! Grade 4 – RL.4.1-3
    • Using the model described above, encourage Grade 5 – RL.5.1-3
    Grade 6 – RL.6.1-3
    children to design and implement a store of Grade 7 – RL.7.1-3
    some kind that relates directly to your school’s
    curriculum. For example, schools doing a Craft and Structure
    Grade 3 –RL.3.4-6
    neighborhood study may choose to study a local Grade 4 – RL.4.4-6

    Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers • www.hmhbooks.com


    Grade 5 – RL.5.4-6
    Grade 6 – RL.6.4-6
    Grade 7 – RL.7.6
    Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
    Grade 4 – RL.4.7, 9
    Grade 5 – RL.5.9
    Grade 6 – RL.6.9
    Grade 7 – RL.7.9

    Range of Reading Level of Text Complexity


    Grade 3 – RL.3.10
    Grade 4 – RL.4.10
    Grade 5 – RL.5.10

    Text Types and Purposes


    Grade 3 –W.3.1-3a
    Grade 4 – W.4.1-3e
    Grade 5 – W.5-1-3e
    Grade 6 – W.6.1-3.e
    Grade 7 – W.7.1-1c, 2-2d, 3-3e

    Production and Distribution of Writing


    Grade 3 –W.3.4-6
    Grade 4 – W.4.4-6
    Grade 5 – W.5.4-6
    Grade 6 – W.6.4-6
    Grade 7 – W.7.4-6

    Research to Build and Present Knowledge


    Grade 3 –W.3.7-8
    Grade 4 – W.4.7-9b
    Grade 5 – W.5.7-9b
    Grade 6 – W.6.7-9
    Grade 7 – W.7.7-9a

    Speaking and Listening


    Comprehension and Collaboration
    Grade 3 –SL.3.1-4
    Grade 4 – SL.4.1-2
    Grade 5 – SL.5.1-1d
    Grade 6 – SL.6.1-2
    Grade 7 – SL.7.1

    Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas


    Grade 4 – SL.4.4-6
    Grade 5 – SL.5.4-6
    Grade 6 – SL.6.4-6
    Grade 7 – SL.7.4-6

    This guide was created by Clifford Wohl, educational consultant

    Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers • www.hmhbooks.com

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