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Realistic • Family • Definitions • Compound

Fiction Heirlooms • Labels in Words
• Familiar Pictures
Things
• Family History

Scott Foresman Reading Street 2.4.1

by Katrina Gold

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ISBN 0-328-14142-9
Illustrated by Wednesday Kirwan
Talk About It
1. What two things does the mother say
she will give to Lyn and David?
2. Why do you think Lyn and David’s
mother has a memory box?

Write About It
3. On a separate sheet of paper, write a list
of things you or your family could put
into a memory box.

Extend Language
Earring is a compound word made of these
two words: ear and ring. What are the two
words in the compound word shoelace?
What does shoelace mean?

by Katrina Gold
Illustrated by Wednesday Kirwan
ISBN: 0-328-14142-9

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 box

coloring pencils
coloring books

Lyn and her brother David had to The children remembered the
stay inside because it was raining. memory box. They loved it. The
Mom had an idea. “Let’s look into the memory box had many things: David’s
memory box!” first baby tooth, Lyn’s old first tiny
Mom used that box to keep special pair of shoes with red shoelaces, and
things, her treasures. She said those old photographs. Mostly, they liked
treasures helped her remember things the stories Mom told them about the
that happened in the past. treasures in the box.

treasures: valuable things

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 Lyn asked, “Mom, is this case for the
Mom unpacked the memory box. She earrings?” “Yes,” answered Mom as she
took the treasures out of the box one touched her earrings. She had a strange
at a time. Lyn was curious about a small smile on her face. “Tell us the story about
case. David found a small cloth bag. them again,” begged Lyn. Mom answered,
“You know that the earrings are these
rings I am wearing on my ears now.”

case: a box to hold something

shoes

case
shoelace bag

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 “This is the story of my lucky
earrings,” Mom said. “These earrings
belonged to my mother—your Grandma
Liu. My father gave them to her when
they got married in China. He said that earring
the earrings would protect her and give
her luck. She wore those earrings every
day, and she was very lucky!”

“When I left China to come to the

United States, Grandma Liu gave the
earrings to me. Lyn, some day, I will
give them to you.” David frowned, but
Lyn smiled.

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 Talk About It
1. What two things does the mother say
she will give to Lyn and David?
2. Why do you think Lyn and David’s
mother has a memory box?

Write About It
3. On a separate sheet of paper, write a list
of things you or your family could put
into a memory box.

Extend Language
Earring is a compound word made of these
two words: ear and ring. What are the two
words in the compound word shoelace?
David asked about the cloth bag. What does shoelace mean?
Mom opened it and took out a wrapped
thing. She opened it. It was a piece of
jade. “David, Grandpa found this stone
by the mountains in China and carried it
in his pocket every day! It will be yours ISBN: 0-328-14142-9

one day.” Now David smiled. Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc.

All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America.

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the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system,
or transmission in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying,
recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Permissions
Department, Scott Foresman, 1900 East Lake Avenue, Glenview, Illinois 60025.
jade: hard green stone
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