Here’s My Dollar

By Gary Soto

tour

• A tour is a short trip to a place of interest with a guide.

• Our class took a tour of the science museum.

• Have you ever been on a tour? What did you see?

volunteers

• Volunteers are people who do a job willingly without getting paid.

• Sometimes volunteers work in museums.

• Where else might volunteers work?

community

• A community is a group of people.

• The community planted trees.

• Why should people in a community help each other?

thrilled

• To be thrilled is to be very excited or happy.

• I was thrilled when everyone came to my party.

• When was a time that you were thrilled?

slogan• A slogan is an easy-to-remember phrase that is used in

advertisements or by special groups or organizations.

• “Service with a smile” might be a good slogan for a store.

• Why should a slogan be easy to remember?

grownups

• Grownups are adults.

• The grownups watched the children play.

• How are grownups different from teens?

deserve

• If you deserve something, you have a right to it.

• The girls deserve praise for their hard

work.

• When do you deserve praise?

interviewed• A person who is interviewed gives answers to questions

that someone else asks.

• The mayor was interviewed on the radio.

• What would you tell about yourself if you were interviewed?