1 1 3 we can help (animal fantasy)

Reader

We Can Help!
by G. P. Drummond

Genre

Build Background

Access Content

Extend Language

Animal
Fantasy

• Animal Names
• Place Names
• Helping

• Labels in
Pictures
• Repetition
• Diagram

• Past Tense
Verbs

Scott Foresman Reading Street 1.1.3

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ISBN 0-328-14099-6

Illustrated by Janet Street


Talk About It
1. Where did Farmer Ed grow the crops?
2. How did the animals help Farmer Ed?

We Can Help!

by G.ItP. Drummond
Write About
3. On a sheet of paper, draw a picture of a way
you could help Farmer Ed get his crops to
market. Write about it.

Extend Language
Help and walk are words for things to do. The
duck helped. The horse walked. The words
have –ed to show that they did those things.
Say helped and walked. Write helped and
walked.

Illustrated by Janet Street

ISBN: 0-328-14099-6

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farm
horse

cow
duck

farmer
goat

Farmer Ed was sad.
“I must get my crops to market.”
Crops are plants. Farmers sell them.
“But how?” he said.
2

The
The
The
The

cow had a plan.
horse had a plan.
goat had a plan.
duck had a plan, too.
3


They met in the barn.
“Here is how we can help,”
said the cow.

4

“We must use our heads,” she said.
“Let us think about going to market.”

5


beans

tomatoes

corn

carrots

“I can use my nose,” said the cow.
“I can use my horns,” said the goat.

6

“I can use my legs,” said the horse.
“I can honk,” said the duck.

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Talk About It
1. Where did Farmer Ed grow the crops?
2. How did the animals help Farmer Ed?

Write About It
3. On a sheet of paper, draw a picture of a way
you could help Farmer Ed get his crops to
market. Write about it.

Extend Language
Help and walk are words for things to do. The
duck helped. The horse walked. The words
have –ed to show that they did those things.
Say helped and walked. Write helped and
walked.

ISBN: 0-328-14099-6

They helped Farmer Ed go to market.
It was fun to help.

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.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 V034 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05

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