Chapter 19: A Talk About Money

Vocabulary Words:

honorable

follow

your

dreams

earns

fascinated

airplane

animals

profit

Art Project: Follow your Dreams

Draw and paint a picture of a dream you have, the life you want to live, things you want to learn about, etc. Gain inspiration from this chapter, and the additional books you may read this week.


Bake: Date Swirl Cookies

Find Recipe in Unit Study.


Additional Books to Inspire Kids to Follow Their Dreams:

The Wonderful Things You Will Be by Emily Winfield Martin

Catepillar Dreams by Clive McFarland

A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin by Jen Bryant

Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors: The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell by

The Boy Who Drew Birds A Story of John James Audubon by Jacqueline Davis

The Boy Who Loved Math by Deborah Heiligman

Me, Jane by Patrick McDonnell

Dream by Mathew Cordell

Discussion Questions:

In what way does the visit to the zoo change Sam's life?

What does Sam tell the head man that convinces him to allow Serena and Louis to leave the zoo?

Why do the people at the zoo want an animal that draws in more people to to the zoo?