Rocks in His Head By: Carol Otis Hurst Illustrated by: James Stevenson Genre: biography A story of a real person’s life, written by another person
Words to know attic board chores customer labeled spare stamps
More Words to Know janitor – someone whose work is taking care of a building or offices minerals – solid substances, usually dug from the earth quarries – places where stone is dug, cut, or blasted out for use in putting up buildings
Attic The space in a house just below the roof and above other rooms
board A group of people managing something
chores Small tasks or easy jobs that you have to do regularly
customer Someone who buys goods or services
labeled Put or wrote a label on something
spare extra
stamps Small pieces of paper with glue on the back for mailing letters and packages
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She the rocks in her collection so everyone would know what they were.
labeled
He had to buy several to mail out the invitations to his birthday party.
stamps
After school, I do all of my . I must feed the dog and clean my room.
chores
We keep all of our Christmas decorations in the We keep all of our Christmas decorations in the . My dad has to climb up there and get them every year.
attic
The salesman in the store asked the if she needed any help.
customer
We always keep a tire in the trunk of our car in case we get a flat.
spare
She had a meeting with the of directors at her company.
board
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