1 2 3 people work (fiction)

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People Work
by Sara Fischer
Illustrated by Derek Ring

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Fiction

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Workers
Work Places

Neighborhood
Community

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Talk About It
1. Who works near your home or school?
2. What kind of work would you like to do?

People Work
Write About It

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3. On a separate
paper, make a picture
of workers
that you see
on yourRing
way to school.
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by Derek

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A person who bakes is a baker.
What can you call a person who works?

ISBN: 0-328-14105-4
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father

girl

I go out. I walk to school.
I see people work and work.

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People come. People go.
They work hard all day long.

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bus
driver

wall

barber

painter

I see a person drive a bus.
I see a person washing clothes.

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I see a person who paints walls.
I see a person who cuts hair.

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bread

baker

cake

I see a person who bakes bread.
I see a person who makes cakes.

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I see a person who cleans floors.
I see a person who sells food.

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Talk About It
1. Who works near your home or school?
2. What kind of work would you like to do?

Write About It
3. On a separate sheet of paper, make a picture
of workers that you see on your way to school.

Extend Language
A person who bakes is a baker.
What can you call a person who works?

People come and people go.
Where have you seen people work?

ISBN: 0-328-14105-4
Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc.
All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America.
This publication is protected by Copyright, and permission should be obtained from 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.

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