The Backpack Tax
The Backpack Tax
The Backpack Tax
The Backpack Tax
The Backpack Tax
The Backpack Tax
The Backpack Tax
Realistic (fiction), 843 words, Level O (Grade 2), Lexile 570L
Why do we have to pay taxes? The Backpack Tax is a realistic fiction book in which a young girl has her eye set on a pink elephant backpack. She has been saving her allowance for weeks and is excited when she finally has the thirty dollars she needs to buy it. To her dismay, she learns that she needs to wait yet another week when she learns she doesn't have enough money to pay the tax that will be added to her bill. Her mom and dad explain what taxes are and why it is important that society pool its money together to pay for important things such as roads, parks, schools, and libraries. Illustrations support the text.
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Lesson Resources
Story Words
allowance, community, government, income tax, property tax, purchase, salary, sales tax, tax
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Teach the Objectives
Reading Strategy
Use the reading strategy of summarizing to understand text
Comprehension
Main Idea and Details : Identify main ideas and details
Phonics
R-Controlled Vowels : Identify r-controlled vowel /u/
Grammar and Mechanics
Punctuation : Identify quotation and punctuation marks in the text
Word Work
Homophones : Identify and use homophones
Think, Collaborate, Discuss
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class
