Scott Foresman Reading Street

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Genre
Realistic
fiction
A Big Move
Comprehension
Skills and Strategy
• Theme
• Cause and Effect
• Monitor and Fix Up
by Elise Walters
Scott Foresman Reading Street 1.3.3
illustrated by Bill Peterson
ISBN 0-328-13184-9
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Vocabulary
away
car
friends
house
our
school
Think and Share
Read Together
A Big Move
1. What is the big idea of this story?
2. What does the family do to get ready
for their move?
by Elise Walters
illustrated by Bill Peterson
Getting Ready
to Move
very
Word count: 65
3. What words from this story end in –es?
4. How would you feel if your family were
going to move far away from where
you live now?
Note: The total word count includes words in the running text and headings only.
Numerals and words in chapter titles, captions, labels, diagrams, charts, graphs,
sidebars, and extra features are not included.
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Mom got a new job.
Mom and I had to move away.
3
Mom got boxes at a store.
Mom got some ads.
Mom and I packed our things.
Mom and I looked for
a new house.
4
5
Mom saw a very big house
Mom watches from the car.
by a school.
Mom and I will miss our friends.
Mom and I said it’s fine for us.
6
7
Coming
to America
Vocabulary
Read Together
away
People often move from one place to
another
car place. Sometimes these places
are close together. But many times
friends
people move far away to a whole new
house Millions of people come to
country.
the
United States from other countries.
our
Many of them arrive first in New York
school
City.
When they get there, they are
greeted
very by a
famous symbol
of freedom,
Word
count:the
65
Statue of Liberty.
Note: The total word count includes words in the running text and headings only.
Numerals and words in chapter titles, captions, labels, diagrams, charts, graphs,
sidebars, and extra features are not included.
8
Think and Share
Read Together
1. What is the big idea of this story?
2. What does the family do to get ready
for their move?
Getting Ready
to Move
3. What words from this story end in –es?
4. How would you feel if your family were
going to move far away from where
you live now?