1. Money
Unit 4

2. A New Coat for Anna
Author: Harriet Ziefert
Illustrator: Anita Lobel

3. remained But when the war ended the stores remained opened.
After the small snack, the boys remained hungry.

4. remained
Stayed in the same place or stayed the same

5. strung
Soon red yarn was hanging up to dry on the clothesline strung across the kitchen.
Maria made a necklace of beads strung on a piece of ribbon.

6. strung
Stretched from one place to another

7. wound When it dried, Anna and her mother wound the yarn into balls.
The boys wound the rope around the tree.

8. wound
Wrapped around and around

9. weaver They took the yarn to the weaver.
At the fair this summer, we watched a weaver make rugs on a loom.

10. weaver
A person who makes fabric from thread or yarn

11. bolt
When Anna and her mother returned, the weaver gave them a bolt of beautiful red cloth.
We yelled out a bolt of printed fabric to take a closer look at the pattern.

12. bolt
A roll of cloth

13. Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday
Author: Judith Viorst
Illustrator: Ray Cruz

14. tokens It isn’t fair because what I’ve got is bus tokens.
We changed our money for game tokens so we could play our favorite game.

15. tokens
Pieces of metal shaped like coins, used instead of money

16. absolutely I absolutely was saving the rest of my money.
I absolutely promised to take out the garbage last night.

17. absolutely
Without any doubt

18. positively I positively was saving the rest of my money.
I positively believed that I would take out the garbage, but I fell asleep.

19. positively
For sure; certainly; confidently

20. rent
Except that Eddie called me up and said that he would rent me this snake for an hour.
Mom said we would have to rent a car to go to the beach next weekend.

21. rent
To provide the use of something for a fee; to pay a fee in order to use something

22. vanish
But then Nick did a magic trick that made my pennies vanish in thin air.
We watched the cookies we bought vanish in minutes.

23. vanish
disappear

24. non-returnable
I bought some non-returnable bottles down to Friendly’s Market.
Because these bottles are non-returnable, we can’t get any money back for them.

25. non-returnable
Something that cannot be taken or given back

26. Kids Did It! In Business
Author: Judith E. Rinard

27. malfunction
For years, Adam, who lives in Newton, Massachusetts, has been catching those pesky “bugs,” mistake or glitches in computer software programs that can make computers malfunction.
The captain was afraid that the ship’s radio might malfunction due to the storm.

28. malfunction
No longer work correctly; fail to operate

29. profitable
Minding her own business is fun and profitable for Ebony Hood of Washington, D.C.
We sold lots of lemonade at our sidewalk stand, and our little business was very profitable.

30. profitable
Gaining money after all the costs of doing business have been paid

31. merchandise
Ebony learned how to set up a business, order merchandise, and keep records in a special course at her high school.
All of the merchandise in the store costs less because there was a sale.

32. merchandise
Goods that are bought and sold in business

33. earnings Ebony plans to use her earnings for college.
Jackie wants to save her earnings from her paper route to help buy a computer.

34. earnings
Money that is paid for doing a job

35. donates
He donates 10 percent of his profits to a children’s charity.

36. donates
Gives money or objects as a gift

37. charity
I helped my aunt run a stand at the festival that sold crafts for charity.

38. charity
A group that provides help to those in need