Families Working Together

How does the Gelder family decide what to plant?

• They think about what they like to eat.

• They think about what will be the easiest to grow.

• They plant the same thing every year.

• They look at what people want (demand).

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

How do the Gelders save money and help the environment during the winter?

• They use a wood stove.

• They use less farm equipment.

• They use a lot of blankets.

• They recycle.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

Using a wood stove for heat in the winter means the Gelder family can (Choose the best two)

• help the environment

• spend less money in the winter

• burn down all the important trees

• clean the farm

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CCSS.RI.1.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

What do the Gelders do with extra strawberries they have?

• They make strawberry pies.

• They throw away the strawberries.

• They give the strawberries away.

• They make strawberry jam.

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Read this passage from Page 107, What is the main idea (what is the most important thing to understand)?

• The Gelder family farm produces apples.

• Running a farm costs money, so the family tries to save.

• They burn the farm’s old trees for heat.

• The heat warms their home and barn.

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CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.1.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

How is producing DIFFERENT from consuming (read carefully)?

• Producing is making items. Consuming is selling items.

• Producing is making items. Consuming is buying items.

• Producing is buying items. Consuming is making items.

• Producing is selling items. Consuming is making items

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CCSS.RI.1.2

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RL.1.2

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.2.2

What is demand?

• what people plant

• what people want

• what people do

• what people care about

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.2.4

What is expository text?

• text that gives facts and information about something

• text that wants to show an opinion

• text that is about a person who is not real but could be

• text that has features like magic and animals talking like people

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Think about this question of the cycle and write a good 3 sentence answer in your notebook. Make sure to use examples from the story to support your ideas.

What happens when families work together?

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CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9