Title of Book: Something Good
Author: Robert Munsch
Publisher: Toronto: Annick Press, Ltd./1990
ISBN: 1-55037-100-2
Grade Levels for Recommended Use: Third- Fifth
(3.3)Number, operation, and quantitative reasoning. The student adds and subtracts to
solve meaningful problems involving whole numbers.
Brief Summary: Tyya and her father go grocery shopping. Tyya becomes interested in
buying only the “good stuff,” candy bars and ice cream. Upset with how Tyya is
behaving her father tells her to stand in one place. As she follows her father’s directions,
people walk by her thinking that she is a real doll for sale. When a customer tries to buy
Tyya, she speaks, and scares the customer. Tyya’s dad returns and they go home with all
of the groceries.
Materials Needed:
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Calculators
Supermarket Ads
Comparison Shopping sheet
Pencils
1. Have students look through shopping ads and do some comparison shopping
using the sheet provided. There are already six items on the sheet, you can fill
them in for the students or have them find the prices in the ads. Have students add
four more items of their choice. Then they should note brands that were cheaper.
2. Then in the book Tyya had a price tag of $29.95 on her nose. Have the students
look through the supermarket ads and find items they could buy up to $29.95
3. Let the students use calculators, tell them they must spend at least $29.00, but not
over $29.95.
4. Then have the students share their grocery lists.
Adapted by Jennice Schumacher, 2010