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by James Brissette illustrated by Erica Pelton Villnave Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner unless such copying is expressly permitted by federal copyright law. Requests for permission to make copies of any part of the work should be addressed to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School Publishers, Attn: Permissions, 6277 Sea Harbor Drive, Orlando, Florida 32887-6777. Printed in China ISBN-13: 978-0-547-02730-2 ISBN-10: 0-547-02730-3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0940 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 If you have received these materials as examination copies free of charge, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School Publishers retains title to the materials and they may not be resold. Resale of examination copies is strictly prohibited. Possession of this publication in print format does not entitle users to convert this publication, or any portion of it, into electronic format.
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Ms. Green My teacher is the best. That’s the first thing you should know. Her name is Ms. Green. Oh, and my name is Tran. Hi. Maybe I should have said that first… 2
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But Ms. Green isn’t here today. We have Mr. Perez instead. He’s nice, but he’s not Ms. Green. “Don’t worry, class,” said Mr. Perez. “Ms. Green just has the flu. She’ll be back soon.” “Ms. Green has the flu?” Tessa gasped. “When I had the flu, I couldn’t come to school for a week!” 3
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“It’s hard to be sick,” said Jamal. “And coming back to school can be even harder.” “We should do something nice for Ms. Green,” said Katie. “Yeah, to cheer her up!” Tessa cried. “And to thank her for being a great teacher!” 4
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“She loves my dancing,” said Katie. “So I’ll dance for her.” I couldn’t dance for Ms. Green. I slumped down in my chair. “She likes this bear that I drew,” said Jamal. “So I’ll draw her a picture.” 5
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I studied the neat drawing Jamal held above his head. My pictures always looked messy. I couldn’t draw for Ms. Green. I slumped even lower. “What are you going to do, Tran?” asked Mr. Perez. 6
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I gulped and pushed myself up. “Well, I’m not good at dancing or drawing,” I said. “You wrote a great report about tigers,” said Jamal. “Ms. Green knows enough about tigers,” I said. “But thanks.” 7
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“Don’t write about tigers,” said Katie. “Write about Ms. Green!” “Yeah!” Tessa yelled. “You can write the words. Then the rest of us will perform what you write!” So we practiced. We were ready when Ms. Green came back. 8
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We all stood at the front of the room. Ms. Green looked very surprised. My heart pounded. “You are a great teacher,” I read. I read and read. Jamal showed his pictures. Katie danced. Tessa and some other kids sang a song. 9
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When we were done, Ms. Green clapped and walked toward us. “Thank you for all the effort you put into this wonderful show,” she said. “I’m so touched. But why did you decide to do this?” “Well, Ms. Green,” I began. “You’re the best. That’s the first thing you should know….” 10
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Responding TARGET SKILL Compare and Contrast How is Tran different from Jamal? How is he the same? Make a diagram. Write About It Text to Self Who is your favorite teacher? Write a sentence to tell who it is. Then write a sentence to explain why that teacher is your favorite. 11
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WORDS TO KNOW above pushed teacher bear studied toward even surprised LEARN MORE WORDS decide effort perform TARGET SKILL Compare and Contrast Tell how two things are alike or not. TARGET STRATEGY Monitor/Clarify Find ways to figure out what doesn’t make sense. GENRE Realistic fiction is a story that could happen in real life. 12
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Level: J DRA: 18 Genre: Realistic Fiction Strategy: Monitor/Clarify Skill: Compare and Contrast Word Count: 393 1.6.26 HOUGHTON MIFFLIN Online Leveled Books ISBN-13:978-0-547-02730-2 ISBN-10:0-547-02730-3 1032764
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