23 the lemonade stand

Amari kicked the soccer ball and watched it sail right into a treetop!. “I know a great way to make some money!” Amari said.. “A lemonade stand!” “We could set it up at the playground!”

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN

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HOUGHTON MIFFLIN

Online Leveled Books

Level: L

DRA: 24

Genre:

Realistic Fiction

Strategy:

Monitor/Clarify

Skill:

Cause and Effect

Word Count: 386

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by Molly Kuhl illustrated by Ilene Richard

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Lemonade Stand

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Stand

It was a hot summer day Amari and her brother Leo were playing soccer Amari kicked the soccer ball and watched it sail right into a treetop!

“It’s too high to reach,”

said Leo “We’ll have to buy a new ball.”

They went home and counted their money

“We can’t even buy a tennis

ball with this!” said Leo

“I know a great way to make some money!” Amari said “A

lemonade stand!”

“We could set it up at the

playground!” cried Leo

“Great idea,” said Amari “Lots

of hot, thirsty kids will come over

to buy our cool drinks.”

“Okay, what are we waiting

for?” said Leo

Lemona de

Amari and Leo took money

from their piggy banks and went

to the store with their father

They bought sugar and lots

of lemons They bought ice,

too Then they raced back to

their house before the ice had a chance to melt

First, Amari and Leo made a sign for their lemonade stand Next, they began to make a

batch of lemonade Their father cut the lemons in half, and

Amari squeezed them again and again to get out every drop of juice The boys mixed all the ingredients together in a pitcher

They walked along a path to the playground and set up their lemonade stand It didn’t take long before a boy came over to buy some lemonade He frowned

“Yuck! This lemonade is sour!” exclaimed the boy

Ice Cold

25¢

Lem0 nade

Amari and Leo gave the boy his money back Then they went home to fix their lemonade

They added sugar But then the lemonade was too sweet

They added more lemon But

nothing seemed to make the

lemonade taste just right

“I know something we can do!” cried Amari “When Grandma

bakes her special lemon cake,

she adds bits of lemon peel to it Let’s do that to our lemonade.”

They asked their father to

help them shave the lemon peel and add it to the lemonade

“Yum! I could drink this all

day,” said Leo

Everyone else felt the same way Leo and Amari sold their lemonade as fast as they could make it In less than a week, they had enough money to buy

a new soccer ball In fact, they bought two! After all, Amari was a powerful kicker

TARGET SKILL Cause and Effect

What happens when Amari and

Leo want to buy a new ball? Why does it happen? Make a chart

Text to Text Think of another

story about someone who loves

sports What happened in the

story? Write three sentences

that tell

Write About It

along

began

boy father house

nothing together

WORDS TO KNOW

batch pitcher stand

LEARN MORE WORDS

TARGET SKILL Cause and Effect

Tell what happens and why

TARGET STRATEGY Monitor/Clarify

Find ways to figure out what doesn’t make sense

that could happen in real life

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN

ISBN-13:978-0-547-02724-1 ISBN-10:0-547-02724-9

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN

Online Leveled Books

Level: L

DRA: 24

Genre:

Realistic Fiction

Strategy:

Monitor/Clarify

Skill:

Cause and Effect

Word Count: 386

1.5.23

by Molly Kuhl illustrated by Ilene Richard

T he

Lemonade Stand

1032761