Rocks in His HeadRocks in His HeadBy: Carol Otis HurstBy: Carol Otis Hurst

Illustrated by: James StevensonIllustrated by: James Stevenson

Genre: biographyGenre: biography

A story of a real person’s life, A story of a real person’s life, written by another personwritten by another person

Words to knowWords to know

atticattic boardboard choreschores customercustomer labeledlabeled sparespare stampsstamps

More Words to KnowMore Words to Know

janitorjanitor – someone whose work is – someone whose work is taking care of a building or taking care of a building or officesoffices

mineralsminerals – solid substances, – solid substances, usually dug from the earthusually dug from the earth

quarriesquarries – places where stone is – places where stone is dug, cut, or blasted out for use in dug, cut, or blasted out for use in putting up buildingsputting up buildings

AtticAttic

The space in a house just below the The space in a house just below the roof and above other roomsroof and above other rooms

boardboard

A group of people managing A group of people managing somethingsomething

choreschores

Small tasks or easy jobs that you Small tasks or easy jobs that you have to do regularlyhave to do regularly

customercustomer

Someone who buys goods or servicesSomeone who buys goods or services

labeledlabeled

Put or wrote a label on somethingPut or wrote a label on something

sparespare

extraextra

stampsstamps

Small pieces of paper with glue on Small pieces of paper with glue on the back for mailing letters and the back for mailing letters and packagespackages

Let’s Let’s Practice!Practice!

She the rocks She the rocks in her collection so in her collection so everyone would everyone would know what they know what they were.were.

labeledlabeled

He had to buy several He had to buy several to mail out the to mail out the invitations to his birthday invitations to his birthday party.party.

stampsstamps

After school, I do all of my After school, I do all of my . I must . I must feed the dog and clean my feed the dog and clean my room.room.

choreschores

We keep all of our We keep all of our Christmas decorations in Christmas decorations in the . My dad has to the . My dad has to climb up there and get climb up there and get them every year.them every year.

atticattic

The salesman in the The salesman in the store asked the store asked the if she needed any if she needed any help.help.

customercustomer

We always keep a We always keep a tire in the trunk of tire in the trunk of our car in case we get our car in case we get a flat.a flat.

sparespare

She had a meeting She had a meeting with the of with the of directors at her directors at her company.company.

boardboard

Let’s listen to our Let’s listen to our story!story!