G2 Unit 3 Week 3

Weekly Concept Ways People Help Essential Question How can people help out their community?

Let's Help Out! This garden was once an empty lot filled with garbage. A few neighbors thought of a solution to this problem. Their idea was to make a garden. We cleaned up the lot. We planted flowers and plants. Talk About It Work with a partner. Think of some ways you can help out in your community. Write your ideas on the word web.

Vocabulary Use the picture and sentence to learn each word.

Your Turn Pick three words. Write three questions for your partner to answer.

Genre·Narrative Nonfiction Lighting Lives Essential Question How can people help out their community? Read to learn how one person is helping people in her community.

When Debby Tewa was your age, her home had no electricity. She could not flip a light switch to read at night. She lit a candle. She could not cook on a stove or in a microwave oven. Her family cooked over a fire. Debby lived in Arizona. When she was ten, she moved to a new home. Her new home had electricity! She could turn on a lamp and use a phone. She liked it! Debby Tewa lived in a home that had small windows like this one. There was not a lot of light.