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Author: Stuart J. Murphy

• Stuart J. Murphy says math is an important part of everybody's life. He wants to make math fun for everyone. Many of his ideas for his books came from experiences with his two children when they were young.

• "One of my favorite aspects of being an author is traveling all over the United States visiting kids."

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The ____________ writes the stories.

The author is Stuart J. Murphy.

The ___________ draws the pictures.

The illustrator is Tricia Tusa.

The members of the Elm Street Kid’s Club open a lemonade stand to earn money to build a new clubhouse.  Business is brisk for a while, as shown by the children’s bar graphs.  But in a few days, no one shows up to buy lemonade!  What could be going wrong?

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Genre: Realistic Fiction

Realistic Fiction is a story with characters and events that are like people and events in real life.

Look for:

Events that could really happen.

A setting that could be a real place.

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1.announced

2.arrived

3. gloom

4.members

5.rebuild

Vocabulary for “Lemonade for Sale”

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1.Put your reading book on your desk.

2.Open your book to the glossary.

3.When you see the word, find it in your glossary.

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Announced

My kitty announced that it was dinner time!

made something known to many people

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Arrived -

Sally arrived at the lemonade stand to help Josh sell some lemonade.

came to a place

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glum -

Emma was glum when her teddy bear was lost.

gloomy; sad

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Members -

There are five members in this herd of horses.

those who belong to a group

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The Edwards had to rebuild their house after a storm tore it down.

rebuild - make something again; build again

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announced -made something known to many

people

arrived - came to a place

glum - gloomy; sad

members - those who belong to a group

rebuild - make something again; build again

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1.Say the words.

2.Read the sentence.

3.Fill in the blank.

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announcedmembers

glum

The _______ of the children’s choir sang

beautifully.

arrivedrebuild

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The chip was _____ when no one came to see him.

announcedglummembers

arrivedrebuild

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The train ______ at two o’clock.

membersrebuild

announced

arrivedglum

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Turkey __________,

glummembersrebuild

arrivedannounced

Everyone will have pizza

for Thanksgiving

.

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These men will ________ this racecar engine.

membersannounced

glumarrivedrebuild

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1. glum – ___

2. arrived ___

3. rebuild–___

4. announced –

_

5. members–__

A. -made something

known to many

people

B. - came to a place

C. - gloomy; sad

D. - those who belong

to a group

E. - make something

again; build again

B

E

C

D

A

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Sheri

Danny

Petey

Matthew

Jed

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Lemonade for Sale

• Literacy Activities and Resources (Kyrene)

• Hotlist of Internet Links For Lemonade For Sale

• Lemonade For Sale (Wearablelessons) • Lemonade for Sale Kid Page

(vrml)

• Lemonade for Sale (Owens)

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Kids EcoPoster for Supply and Demand Activities Using the story of “Lemonade for Sale”

• Lemonade Stand (game)• "The Lemonade Stand" Game• Building Background• Proper Nouns• Proofreading Practice -

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More Interactive Sites

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