How the Second Grade Got
$8,205.50 to Visit the Statue
of Liberty
Characters
Mr. Abner Carmody -
Recycler of everything
Susan Olson - Student – treasurer and reporter
Johnny Paine - •
•
Robert Rose -
Student
His father owns comic book collections (Need
them back from recycler Mr Abner Cormody
or his father will kill him)
Student - he’s suppose to put a
quarter in a meter but forgot
Mr. Harold Hope - principal
Cecil Cooper - Student
Her neighbor has lemons
Characters
Geraldine Arthur - Student
Mother gave the school sugar
Eleanor Robin- Student
Mother gave all kinds of stuff to school so
Eleanor could be popular
Ms. Pinckney- Teacher
Charlie -
• Student
• He threw a bucket of water through the open
window.
• He showed Cecil Cooper what his father had
taught him about driving & accidently released
the brakes & Mr. Hope’s car rolled backwards
and hit the First National Bank
Characters
Ms Henrietta Vinker- First National Bank’s guard
Vocabulary
Statue of Liberty -
Located in New York Harbor
The Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World was
a gift of friendship from the people of France to
the people of the United States and is a universal
symbol of freedom and democracy. The Statue of
Liberty was dedicated on October 28, 1886,
designated as a National Monument in 1924 and
restored for her centennial on July 4, 1986.
Vocabulary
drive - fundraising
collect - gather
funds - gathering money (fundraising)
expenses - Money to pay for an item
Profit - Money that you earned
Vocabulary
refund -
To pay or give back
Beaming - happy
charge - cost
genuine - Honest or true
Non- detergent -
soap
Vocabulary
settle -
To fix or resolve
Canvas sacks -
Review
Seven and a half dollars - $7.50
Eight thousand, two hundred dollars - $8, 200
Preview
• Read the title
• Read the back cover
• Read the chapter titles
• Read the jacket
• Look at all the pictures
Don’t have chapter titles
Preview
• Read Book Adventure Questions
No Book
Adventure
Questions 
How the Second Grade Got $8,205.50 to Visit Statue of Liberty
by Nathan Zimelman
1 What sales revenues earned from paper drive?
2 What were the expenses?
What was the profit?
How the Second Grade Got $8,205.50 to Visit Statue of Liberty
by Nathan Zimelman
3 Describe each attempt the children made to make a
good profit
Lemonade Stand:
Expenses:
Profit:
Income:
Baby-sitting and dog walking:
Expenses:
Profit:
How the Second Grade Got $8,205.50 to Visit Statue of Liberty
by Nathan Zimelman
Candy Sales::
Expenses:
Income:
Profit:
Car Wash:
Expenses:
Income:
Profit:
How the Second Grade Got $8,205.50 to Visit Statue of Liberty
by Nathan Zimelman
1 What sales revenues earned from paper drive?
$30.00
2 What were the expenses?
• $2 paid to five younger brothers and sisters to
borrow their wagons
• $10 to Mr Abner Carmody, recycler, to get back
Johnny Paine’s father’s comic book collection
• $5.00 for a parking ticket
What was the profit? $13
How the Second Grade Got $8,205.50 to Visit Statue of Liberty
by Nathan Zimelman
3 Describe each attempt the children made to make a
good profit
Lemonade Stand:
Expenses: 0 Everything was donated
Profit: 0 Cat fell into a tub and Eleanor’s Mom made them pour out the lemonade
Income: $10 Donated by Mr. Norbert Norwill
Baby-sitting and dog walking:
Expenses: 0 Nobody trust a second grader to babysit
All dogs walk each other
Profit: 0
How the Second Grade Got $8,205.50 to Visit Statue of Liberty
by Nathan Zimelman
Candy Sales::
Expenses:
0 No charge for 3 lbs of chocolate fudge
$1 for one box of aluminum foil but was refunded when not needed
Income: $7.50
Profit: $17.50
Car Wash:
Geraldine Arthur’s mother gave after eating her first bite
No charge for 3 boxes of detergent ($25 detergent)
Paid to Mr. William W. Williams for the use of the empty service
Expenses:
island
$20 For sponges, towels and buckets (replace/owe)
Income: $8,200 Award
$8,175
+ $13
Profit: $8,175
= $8,205.50
+ $17.50
0
$5
Predict
WHAT IS THE BOOK ABOUT?
Who
What
Tell an adult your prediction…….
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Where
When
How
Why
Date:
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Predict
• Who (Characters)
• Where and When (Setting)
• What Happened (Plot)
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• Read aloud ASL
Read the Book
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• If you don’t understand the paragraph,
ask Melissa
• If you don’t know the vocabulary word,
look at the vocabulary list.
• If the vocabulary word is not on the list,
then ask Melissa