1. 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

2. Words to know
attic
board
chores
customer
labeled
spare
stamps

3. 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

4. Attic
The space in a house just below the roof and above other rooms

5. board
A group of people managing something

6. chores
Small tasks or easy jobs that you have to do regularly

7. customer
Someone who buys goods or services

8. labeled
Put or wrote a label on something

9. spare
extra

10. stamps
Small pieces of paper with glue on the back for mailing letters and packages

11. Let’s Practice!

12. She the rocks in her collection so everyone would know what they were.

13. labeled

14. He had to buy several to mail out the invitations to his birthday party.

15. stamps

16. After school, I do all of my . I must feed the dog and clean my room.

17. chores

18. 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.

19. attic

20. The salesman in the store asked the if she needed any help.

21. customer

22. We always keep a tire in the trunk of our car in case we get a flat.

23. spare

24. She had a meeting with the of directors at her company.

25. board

26. Let’s listen to our story!