rocks in his head by: carol otis hurst illustrated by: james stevenson genre: biography a story of a...
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Rocks in His HeadRocks in His HeadBy: Carol Otis HurstBy: Carol Otis Hurst
Illustrated by: James StevensonIllustrated by: James Stevenson
Genre: biographyGenre: biography
A story of a real person’s life, A story of a real person’s life, written by another personwritten by another person
Words to knowWords to know
atticattic boardboard choreschores customercustomer labeledlabeled sparespare stampsstamps
More Words to KnowMore Words to Know
janitorjanitor – someone whose work is – someone whose work is taking care of a building or taking care of a building or officesoffices
mineralsminerals – solid substances, – solid substances, usually dug from the earthusually dug from the earth
quarriesquarries – places where stone is – places where stone is dug, cut, or blasted out for use in dug, cut, or blasted out for use in putting up buildingsputting up buildings
AtticAttic
The space in a house just below the The space in a house just below the roof and above other roomsroof and above other rooms
boardboard
A group of people managing A group of people managing somethingsomething
choreschores
Small tasks or easy jobs that you Small tasks or easy jobs that you have to do regularlyhave to do regularly
customercustomer
Someone who buys goods or servicesSomeone who buys goods or services
labeledlabeled
Put or wrote a label on somethingPut or wrote a label on something
sparespare
extraextra
stampsstamps
Small pieces of paper with glue on Small pieces of paper with glue on the back for mailing letters and the back for mailing letters and packagespackages
Let’s Let’s Practice!Practice!
She the rocks She the rocks in her collection so in her collection so everyone would everyone would know what they know what they were.were.
labeledlabeled
He had to buy several He had to buy several to mail out the to mail out the invitations to his birthday invitations to his birthday party.party.
stampsstamps
After school, I do all of my After school, I do all of my . I must . I must feed the dog and clean my feed the dog and clean my room.room.
choreschores
We keep all of our We keep all of our Christmas decorations in Christmas decorations in the . My dad has to the . My dad has to climb up there and get climb up there and get them every year.them every year.
atticattic
The salesman in the The salesman in the store asked the store asked the if she needed any if she needed any help.help.
customercustomer
We always keep a We always keep a tire in the trunk of tire in the trunk of our car in case we get our car in case we get a flat.a flat.
sparespare
She had a meeting She had a meeting with the of with the of directors at her directors at her company.company.
boardboard
Let’s listen to our Let’s listen to our story!story!