23 the lemonade stand

Level: L
DRA: 24
Genre:
Realistic Fiction
Strategy:
Monitor/Clarify
Skill:
Cause and Effect
Word Count: 386

T he

Lemonade Stand
by Molly Kuhl
illustrated by Ilene Richard

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HOUGHTON MIFFLIN

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T he

Lemonade
Stand

by Molly Kuhl
illustrated by Ilene Richard

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It was a hot summer day.
Amari and her brother Leo were
playing soccer. Amari kicked
the soccer ball and watched it

sail right into a treetop!
“It’s too high to reach,”
said Leo. “We’ll have to buy a
new ball.”
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They went home and counted
their money.
“We can’t even buy a tennis
ball with this!” said Leo.
“I know a great way to make
some money!” Amari said. “A
lemonade stand!”
“We could set it up at the
playground!” cried Leo.
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L em o

n ad e

“Great idea,” said Amari. “Lots
of hot, thirsty kids will come over
to buy our cool drinks.”
“Okay, what are we waiting
for?” said Leo.
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Amari and Leo took money
from their piggy banks and went
to the store with their father.
They bought sugar and lots
of lemons. They bought ice,
too. Then they raced back to
their house before the ice had a
chance to melt.
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First, Amari and Leo made a
sign for their lemonade stand.
Next, they began to make a
batch of lemonade. Their father
cut the lemons in half, and
Amari squeezed them again and
again to get out every drop of
juice. The boys mixed all the
ingredients together in a pitcher.
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Ice
Lem Cold
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2 5 ad e

¢

They walked along a path to
the playground and set up their
lemonade stand. It didn’t take
long before a boy came over to
buy some lemonade. He frowned.
“Yuck! This lemonade is sour!”
exclaimed the boy.
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Amari and Leo gave the boy
his money back. Then they went
home to fix their lemonade.
They added sugar. But then
the lemonade was too sweet.
They added more lemon. But
nothing seemed to make the
lemonade taste just right.
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“I know something we can do!”
cried Amari. “When Grandma
bakes her special lemon cake,
she adds bits of lemon peel to it.
Let’s do that to our lemonade.”
They asked their father to
help them shave the lemon peel
and add it to the lemonade.

“Yum! I could drink this all
day,” said Leo.
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Everyone else felt the same
way. Leo and Amari sold their
lemonade as fast as they could
make it. In less than a week,
they had enough money to buy
a new soccer ball. In fact, they
bought two! After all, Amari
was a powerful kicker.
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Responding
Cause and Effect
What happens when Amari and
Leo want to buy a new ball? Why
does it happen? Make a chart.
TARGET SKILL

Write About It
Text to Text Think of another
story about someone who loves
sports. What happened in the
story? Write three sentences
that tell.
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WORDS TO KNOW

again

boy

nothing

along

father

together

began

house
LEARN MORE WORDS

batch

pitcher

stand

Cause and Effect
Tell what happens and why.
TARGET SKILL

Monitor/Clarify
Find ways to figure out what doesn’t
make sense.
TARGET STRATEGY

GENRE Realistic fiction is a story
that could happen in real life.
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Level: L
DRA: 24
Genre:
Realistic Fiction
Strategy:
Monitor/Clarify
Skill:
Cause and Effect
Word Count: 386

T he

Lemonade Stand
by Molly Kuhl
illustrated by Ilene Richard

1.5.23

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN

Online Leveled Books

ISBN-13:978-0-547-02724-1
ISBN-10:0-547-02724-9

1032761
H O UG H T O N M IF F L IN

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