A New Coat for Anna by: Harriet Ziefert

WORD KNOWLEDGE Line 1- sheer shear dye die hair hare Line 2- celebrate celebration invite invitation reflect reflection Line 3- measure measured measurements Line 4- divide division comprehend comprehension Line 5- tomorrow summer pretty button happy

Sent. 1 - The farmer said, “What a good idea! But you will have to wait until spring when I shear my sheep’s winter wool.” Sent. 2 - She stopped at every store to look at her reflection in the window. Sent. 3 - “Anna, I’d be very happy to make you a new coat, but first I must take your measurements.” Sent. 4 – We hope tomorrow will be a pretty summer day.

PHONICS & FLUENCY Line 1- unit used menu Utah Line 2- cue human humid January Line 3- puny fuel pupil unicorn Line 4- mew few unify universe Sent 1- My favorite month is January. Sent 2- I ate a few cookies after dinner. Sent 3- He used to sit with his friend Tony Polito on the bottom step when the days started getting longer and warmer and talk about it.

Vocabulary REMAINED - Stayed in the same place or stayed the same

STRUNG -Stretched from one place to another

WOUND - Wrapped around and around

WEAVER -A person who makes fabric from thread or yarn

BOLT - A roll of cloth

VOCABULARY - FITB 1. After the small snack the boys ______________ hungry because they did not get enough to eat. 2. When it dried, Anna and her mother ______________ the yarn into balls. 3. We pulled out a ___________ of printed fabric to take a closer look at the pattern. 4. At the fair this summer, we watched the ______________ make rugs on a loom. 5. The red yarn was _____________ across the kitchen to dry. remainedstrungwound weaverbolt

VOCABULARY - MATCHING remainedwrapped around and around strunga roll of cloth woundstayed in the same place weaverstretched from one place to another bolta person who makes fabric from thread or yarn

BUILD BACKGROUND What is bartering? Have you ever traded something? Do you like to trade? Adults barter at times, especially when money is scarce. What items can people trade for other items? Have you read any other stories about people who trade or barter things?

BUILDING BACKGROUND CON’T A New Coat for Anna takes place in Europe following World War II, when money, food, and clothing were scarce. Many houses, businesses, and services were destroyed by bombing. These things were not restored to normal until years after the war had ended. A New Coat for Anna is based on a true story told to the author by a friend. In the dedication of the book, Harriet Ziefert writes about her friend, who as a child “waited many months for a new coat and who showed it to me some twenty-five years later,” and about the friend’s mother, “who at the start of it all had nothing - save persistence and determination - and who in the end fashioned a beautiful gift.”

PREVIEW & PREPARE Read the title and the author’s and illustrator’s names aloud. Browse page 14 & 15. What do you think this story might reveal about money? Keep the Focus Questions in mind as you read the story for the first time.