Scott Foresman Reading Street

For alternate Leveled Reader lesson plans that teach

Sequence, Summary, and
Lesson Vocabulary, see pp. LR10–LR18.

What About Me?
Group Time

Leveled Reader
Let’s Make a Trade!

BEFORE READING Have students
create a T-chart with the head
Goods and Services. In the first
column, they will list the kinds of
goods people can barter with. In
the second column, they will list
the services people can do to get
these goods. This book tells about
how people trade goods for
services to get what they need. As
you read, record on your T-chart
the goods people can trade, and the services people can do to get these goods.

DURING READING Have students follow along as you
read pp. 3–7. Then let them complete the book
on their own. Remind students to add information
to their T-charts as they read.

AFTER READING Have students compare the goods and services on their T-charts. Point out that this information will help them when they read tomorrow’s story What About Me?

Build Background

DEVELOP VOCABULARY Write the word
barter and ask students to define it in their own
words. (to trade by exchanging one kind of goods
for another) Where would people go to barter?
(sometimes in the marketplace people trade
goods) Repeat this activity with the word offer and
other words from the Leveled Reader Let’s
Make a Trade! Use the Concept Vocabulary
Routine on p. DI•1 as needed.

Leveled Reader
What’s Money All About?

BEFORE READING Recall the
Read Aloud “The Story of
Money.” Why was it important
to find something that was
precious to everyone? (If the
item was too easy to find or in
abundant supply, it would not
be valuable.) Today you will
read about how people trade
around the world.

CRITICAL THINKING
Have students read the
Leveled Reader independently. Encourage them to think critically. For example, ask:

Why is bartering not always easy?
Why does each country have its own form
of money?

AFTER READING Have students review the
selection to find five or more unfamiliar words and
determine their meanings by using context clues
or by consulting a dictionary. Then ask them to
write statements or questions that both include
the words and convey their meanings. Have
students meet together or with you to discuss
the selection and the statements they wrote.

Independent Extension Activity

NOW TRY THIS Assign “Now Try This” on pp. 18–19
of What’s Money All About? for students to work on
throughout the week. Have students research one
coin and how it has changed over the years.