Genre:

Fantasy
Strategy:
Infer/Predict
Skill:
Conclusions

1.3.4

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
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by Delilah Sampson
illustrated by Richard Bernal
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 by Delilah Sampson
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 sand paper

Jack was playing a game

with his friends.
He jumped and counted.
“One, two, three, four, five!”
said Jack.
Then Jack saw a paper
in the sand.
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 map

“What is this?” asked Jack.

He showed the paper to his
friends Liz and Ned.
“The paper is very old,”
said Ned.
“The paper is a map!”
Liz said.
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 Liz pointed to a big black X
on the map.
“This is a treasure map,” said Liz.
“The X shows where a treasure is.”
“Let’s look for the treasure!”
said Jack.

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 The three friends walked and
walked.
Jack carried the map, and Ned
looked for treasure.
“Maybe the treasure is gold,”
said Jack.
“I like gold!” said Ned.
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 rocks

Liz helped Jack and Ned look

for the treasure.
She climbed on rocks and looked
for gold.
Liz wanted to find the treasure!
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 hole

Then Jack stopped.

He looked at the X on the map.
Then he pointed to the sand.
“The treasure is here,” he said.
Jack and Ned made a hole
in the sand.
“I see the treasure!”
yelled Ned.
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 cactus
rock
twig
treasure box

Ned and Jack pulled the treasure

box out of the hole.
Jack opened the treasure box.
The three friends looked in the box.
They saw a cactus plant, a rock,
and a twig.
“This is not treasure!” said Liz.
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 The three friends were sad.
Then Jack said, “But this twig
is a treasure for me.
I will eat it for dinner!”
“This cactus has water in it.
I can drink the water,” said Ned.
“The cactus is a treasure for me.”
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 “I understand!” said Liz.
“I am cold at night.
This warm rock will help me
be warm. The rock is my
treasure.”
The friends learned that many
things are treasures.
Treasures are not always gold!
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 Responding
Conclusions
TARGET SKILL

The things the animals find in the

box are treasures. What three
details tell you why? Make a
chart.

Write About It
Text to Self Draw three pictures
of things that you think are
treasures. Write a sentence
about your favorite treasure.

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 WORDS TO KNOW

five starts
four three
into two
over watch

Conclusions
TARGET SKILL

Use details to figure out more

about the text.

Infer/Predict
TARGET STRATEGY

Use clues to figure out more about

story parts.
GENRE A fantasy is a story that
could not happen in real life.

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 Genre:
Fantasy
Strategy:
Infer/Predict
Skill:
Conclusions

1.3.4

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
Online Books

ISBN-13:978-0-547-02934-4
ISBN-10:0-547-02934-9

by Delilah Sampson
illustrated by Richard Bernal
1033018
H O UG H T O N MIF F L IN

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