Nonfiction

by Cynthia Moloney

PAIRED
Poetry
READ
 STRATEGIES & SKILLS
Comprehension Phonics
Strategy: Reread Variant vowel spellings
Skill: Author’s Purpose with digraphs: a, aw, au,
augh, al
Vocabulary
accept, brother, father, Content Standards
friend, love, mother, often, Social Studies
picture Culture

ELL Vocabulary
knit, helpers Word count: 256**

Photography Credit: Cover Jeremy Woodhouse/Blend Images/Getty Images, (bkgd) Andrew Howe/
Photodisc/Getty Images
**The total word count is based on words in the running text and headings only. Numerals and words
in captions, labels, diagrams, charts, and sidebars are not included.

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 Genre Nonfiction

Essential Question
Who helps you?

by Cynthia Moloney

Chapter 1
Who Helps Me in My Family? . . . . . . 2
Chapter 2
Who Helps Me in
My Neighborhood? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Respond to Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
PAIRED
Poetry: Fire!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
READ
Focus on Social Studies . . . . . . . . . . . .16
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Chapter 1

help you?
family. Some are not.

There are many

kinds of helpers.
helpers are the people in our

Who helps you? How do they

Who Helps Me in My Family?

People help us every day. Some

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 My mother makes my breakfast
in the morning. Then she walks
to school with me.

Mom helps me read hard words.

I like spending
time with Mom.
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sidewalk

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basketball

he r walks me home from school.

My brot

My brother is my friend. We
shoot baskets. He helps me dunk
the ball. Swoosh!
play basketball. En español:
jugamos baloncesto.
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My father cooks dinner. He fixes

things, too. I help him.

Dad taught me how to ride my

bike. I wear a helmet to be safe.

Fixes is an action verb. Find

another action verb on this page.

helmet

My dad helps me
learn new things.

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My grandmother shows my picture
to her friends. Grandma loves me.
She will always accept me.

Grandma helps me knit a scarf.

scarf

feel special.
Grandma makes me
Chev Wilkinson/Stone/Getty Images

STOP AND CHECK

Who helps fix things?

Who makes breakfast?
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 Chapter 2
Who Helps Me in My Neighborhood?

I go to the
mask dentist two times
every year.

My dentist cleans my teeth. She

shows me how to brush my teeth.
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She says, “Don’t eat candy too

often!”
My is a possessive pronoun.
Find another possessive pronoun
on page 6.
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 librarian

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se a compute r to find a book.
U

The librarian helps me choose

books. She also shows me how
to find books on my own. I love
the library!

by myself. En español: por mi

cuenta.

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 My sitter meets me after school.
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She helps me with my homework.

We talk and play games. I have

fun with my sitter!

nanny. En español: niñera.

sitter

A sitter is a
person who takes
care of you.

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 Firefighters put out fires.
Firefighters teach me what to do
if there is a fire. They say, “Go
outside and call 9-1-1.”

fire truck

s kids to be safe.
A firefighter teache
Kayte Deioma/PhotoEdit

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 hard hat

Builders wear hard

hats to stay safe.

Builders help me. They build

stores and offices. They build big
hospitals and small playgrounds.

Who helps you?

STOP AND CHECK

How does a dentist help?

CORBIS

How does a sitter help?

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 Retell
Use the chart to Clue Clue

help you retell

Helping Me,
Author’s
Helping You! Purpose

Text Evidence
1. Why do you think the author
wrote page 5? Author’s Purpose
2. Why do you think the author
wrote page 10? Author’s Purpose
3. Are the people in Helping Me,
Helping You! made-up or real?
How do you know? Genre

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 Poetry

Compare Texts
Read more about firefighters.

FI RE!
Brett Panelli/Stone/Getty Images

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 Loud bells clanging
In our ears,
We hurry up
And grab our gear.
Engines screaming
In the night.
Ladders stretching
Out of sight.
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 Orange flames light
Up the air.
Clouds of smoke blow
Everywhere.
Gushing water
Sprays about.
Now we’ve put the
Fire out!
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Make Connections
Look at both selections. How can
helpers help you? Text to Text
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 Purpose To find out about
people who help you

What to Do
Step 1 Work with a partner. Talk
about people who help you.
Step 2 Draw a chart. List the
people who help you.
Who Helps Me How They Help
Mom Cooks food

Step 3 Draw a picture showing

how someone you know
helps you. Write a sentence
about the person. Share
with the class.

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 Literature Circles

Nonfiction

The Topic
Who helps the children in the
book? Who helps you?

Vocabulary
What new words did you learn?
What helped you understand
the meanings of those words?

Make Connections
Think of other books about
people who help. How is this
book the same? How is it
different?