1 4 2 treasures, not trash (fiction)

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Treasures,
Not Trash!
by Kim Tanaka

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Fiction

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Extend Language

• Art
• Personal
Treasures
• Recycling

• Labels in
Pictures
• Repetition

• Family Words

Scott Foresman Reading Street 1.4.2

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ISBN 0-328-14116-X

Illustrated by Lane Gregory


Talk About It

Treasures,
Not Trash!

1. Why does Grandma think the “little man” is
special?
2. Why does Grandma like the artwork by Pam
and Jake?

Write About It
3. On a separate sheet of paper, draw a picture
of something you can make for a special
person. Write about it.

Extend Language
Pam and Jake’s mother also has a mother. She is
Pam and Jake’s grandmother. What is the short
word for grandmother that Jake and Pam say?

ISBN: 0-328-14116-X

by Kim Tanaka
Illustrated by Lane Gregory

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publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission
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shelves

boxes

Jake and Pam walked into Grandma’s
new apartment.
They saw boxes everywhere.
Grandma asked them to help her.

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Grandma opened a big box.
“These are my treasures,” she said.
“Please put these special things on the
shelves. Be careful.”
Jake and Pam started to work.
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“This looks funny,” Jake said.
“Why do you keep it, Grandma?”
“It is special to me,” Grandma said.
“Your mother made it. She was just a
little girl then. I think it is pretty.”
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Jake and Pam looked at the little man.
“Grandma likes this,” Jack said.
“Mom made it,” Pam added.
“Why don’t we make something for
Grandma?” she asked.
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foil
buttons

cardboard

Jake and Pam went home.
They wanted to make something special.
“What can we use?” asked Jake.
“Whatever we find,” Pam answered.

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clay

Jake and Pam found many things to use.
They found foil and cardboard.
They found clay and sticks.
They found buttons in bright colors.
They made something for Grandma.
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Talk About It
1. Why does Grandma think the “little man” is
special?
2. Why does Grandma like the artwork by Pam
and Jake?

Write About It
3. On a separate sheet of paper, draw a picture
of something you can make for a special
person. Write about it.

Extend Language

artwork

They gave the artwork to Grandma.
It looked like a little house.
Grandma put the artwork on the shelf.
“Every day I will see it,” she said.
“It is a great work of art!”

Pam and Jake’s mother also has a mother. She is
Pam and Jake’s grandmother. What is the short
word for grandmother that Jake and Pam say?

ISBN: 0-328-14116-X
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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