3.2.2 Mamas Birthday Garden

Scott Foresman Reading Street 3.2.2 Genre Build Background Access Content Extend Language Fiction • Problem- Solving • Working Together • Defi nitions • Labels • Signs • Multiple- Meaning Words Reader Mamá’s Birthday Garden by Isabella Stefan Illustrated by Priscilla Burris ISBN 0-328-14163-1 ì<(sk$m)=bebgda< +^-Ä-U-Ä-U 14163_CVR.indd Cover114163_CVR.indd Cover1 3/10/05 5:52:20 PM3/10/05 5:52:20 PM Scott Foresman Reading Street 3.2.2 Genre Build Background Access Content Extend Language Fiction • Problem- Solving • Working Together • Defi nitions • Labels • Signs • Multiple- Meaning Words Reader Mamá’s Birthday Garden by Isabella Stefan Illustrated by Priscilla Burris ISBN 0-328-14163-1 ì<(sk$m)=bebgda< +^-Ä-U-Ä-U 14163_CVR.indd Cover114163_CVR.indd Cover1 3/10/05 5:52:20 PM3/10/05 5:52:20 PM Talk About It 1. What were Paula and Papá working together to do for Mama? 2. What do you think Paula meant when she said, “How could I be so foolish?” Write About It 3. On a separate sheet of paper, write about a surprise that you would like to give to someone. Extend Language The word plant can be a noun and a verb. A plant is a living thing such as a tree or a bush. To plant means to put something in the ground to grow. Can you find any other word in this book that can be a noun and a verb? ISBN: 0-328-14163-1 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 V0B4 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 14163_CVR.indd Cover214163_CVR.indd Cover2 3/10/05 5:52:25 PM3/10/05 5:52:25 PM Mamá’s Birthday Garden by Isabella Stefan Illustrated by Priscilla Burris Editorial Offices: Glenview, Illinois • Parsippany, New Jersey • New York, New York Sales Offices: Needham, Massachusetts • Duluth, Georgia • Glenview, Illinois Coppell, Texas • Sacramento, California • Mesa, Arizona 14163_01-08.indd 114163_01-08.indd 1 3/10/05 5:54:37 PM3/10/05 5:54:37 PM 2 Paula could feel the excitement in the air. She and her father were preparing for Mamá’s birthday celebration. This was the Ortiz family’s first spring in their own house. It had always been Mr. and Mrs. Ortiz’s dream to move from their tiny apartment to a house. cake sign crayons 14163_01-08.indd 214163_01-08.indd 2 3/10/05 5:54:40 PM3/10/05 5:54:40 PM 3 Paula ran to the backyard to find Papá working in the dirt. “My job is finished ,and yours is just beginning,” said Papá, shaking the soil from his gloves. “Are the flowers ready for planting?” “Yes, the flowers are ready. I used all the money that I saved. This will be Mamá’s best birthday ever,” Paula said. soil: top layer of earth, dirt gloves 14163_01-08.indd 314163_01-08.indd 3 3/10/05 5:54:42 PM3/10/05 5:54:42 PM “Now start planting the flowers. Mamá will be home at four o’clock,” said Papá. Papá was sorting tools for Paula to use when Paula came out of the shed. Papá was shocked. “Paula!” Papá shouted. “What are those things?” Papá stared at Paula’s wagon filled with flowers—plastic flowers! 4 wagon plastic flowers 14163_01-08.indd 414163_01-08.indd 4 3/10/05 5:54:44 PM3/10/05 5:54:44 PM 5 “But, Papá, these are just like the flowers Mamá had in our apartment,” said Paula. “Mamá said that one day she would have flowers like these in her own garden.” “Oh, Paula, Paula, Paula,” Papá sighed. Just then Paula realized what she had done. “How could I have been so foolish,” she cried. sighed: said slowly, with a sad or tired sound Mamá 14163_01-08.indd 514163_01-08.indd 5 3/10/05 5:54:46 PM3/10/05 5:54:46 PM 6 As Paula sat crying at the back fence, she noticed the beautiful flower garden in Mrs. Bailey’s yard. Just then Mrs. Bailey came out her back door. “What’s wrong, Paula?” she asked. Paula then told Mrs. Bailey the story of Mamá’s birthday and the plastic flowers. “Now I have no money and no real flowers,” Paula sobbed. fence flower garden 14163_01-08.indd 614163_01-08.indd 6 3/10/05 5:54:47 PM3/10/05 5:54:47 PM 7 “Come with me,” said Mrs. Bailey. “I have a plan.” Paula followed Mrs. Bailey to her shed while Mrs. Bailey told Paula of her plan. Paula smiled. Then they got to work. At four o’clock Mamá drove into the driveway. The birthday garden was ready. 14163_01-08.indd 714163_01-08.indd 7 3/10/05 5:54:49 PM3/10/05 5:54:49 PM Tears filled Mamá’s eyes when she saw the beautiful birthday garden. “This is the best gift I could have ever hoped for,” Mamá cried. “Thank you, Paula!” “Thank Mrs. Bailey. She gave me some of her flower seeds and helped me plant them. The plastic flowers show which kinds of flowers will grow,” said Paula. 8 14163_01-08.indd 814163_01-08.indd 8 3/10/05 5:54:52 PM3/10/05 5:54:52 PM Talk About It 1. What were Paula and Papá working together to do for Mama? 2. What do you think Paula meant when she said, “How could I be so foolish?” Write About It 3. On a separate sheet of paper, write about a surprise that you would like to give to someone. Extend Language The word plant can be a noun and a verb. A plant is a living thing such as a tree or a bush. To plant means to put something in the ground to grow. Can you find any other word in this book that can be a noun and a verb? ISBN: 0-328-14163-1 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. 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