Title: Tomas and the Library Lady
1Tomas and the Library Lady
Tomas Rivera as a young boy.
2What makes people diverse?
Turn to your partner and share your ideas.
3Migrant Farm Workers
- Many families travel from Mexico into the
United States to escape poverty and work in
fields hoping for better lives. - Families find work picking crops in the fields,
which begins the cycle of moving from camp to
camp, following the harvest. - Many children of the farm workers often work in
the fields before and after school, and work hard
to learn - to speak English.
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4Lets review what weve read in the selection
Rags to Riches
- Families from Mexico travel to the U.S. for
better lives -
5Vocabulary
glaring
lap
eager
borrow
check out
storyteller
Continue to Spanish words
6glaring
- My father was glaring at his golf partner for
being noisy.
Go back to vocabulary
7eager
- The students were eager to solve the problem on
the board.
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8check out
- I need to check out a book on dinosaurs for my
science report.
Go back to vocabulary
9borrow
- Dad, may I borrow 10 to get that new cd? asked
Joey.
Go back to vocabulary
10lap
- I watched the cat lap the milk with its tongue.
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11storyteller
- We listened to the storyteller explain his
encounter with the bear.
Go back to vocabulary
12Spanish Words
13My mother said Buenas noches as she tucked me
into bed.
buenas noches
I call my mothers father Papa Grande.
Papa Grande
Señor
Excuse me señor, but I cannot see over your hat.
14libro
I reread the libro many times.
pajaro
I watched the pajaro soar through the sky.
adios
My nana said Adios when we left her house.
15Lets Review!
eager check out lap storyteller borrow glarin
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16Adios!