Critical Thinking

• 1. SUM IT UP Ask a partner to role-play a character from “The Forgotten Treasure.” Conduct an interview with the character. Ask questions about the important parts of the story.

  What did your father tell you every morning?

  He said we were his treasures.

• 2. Explain Look again at the Anticipation Guide on page 300. Do you want to change your responses? With a group, discuss if you prefer to remember or forget about something you lose. Tell why.

• 3. Compare Tell about the loss and the discovery in “The Forgotten Treasure” and “There Is No Word for Goodbye.”

• 4. Analyze Why does the father put so much care into the beautiful carving?

Reading Fluency

Expression Read the passage on page 581 to a partner. Assess your fluency.

• 1. I read

  • a. great

  • b. OK

  • c. not very well

• 2. What I did best in my reading was______.

Reading Strategy

Vocabulary Review

Oral Review Read the paragraph aloud. Add the vocabulary words.

I dreamed I found _______ jewels, gold, and other _______ in the woods. I put them in a paper bag, which I lost. I was upset about my ________. I tried to _______ where I had last seen the bag. I looked near every tree in the_______. The branches looked like bones, or _______. At last, I _______ the bag. I will never _______ about that dream!

Written Review Write a paragraph that tells about a treasure of your own. Use at least five vocabulary words in your paragraph. Then draw a picture of your treasure.

Write About the Guiding Question

Explore Personal Discoveries

Choose a character from “The Forgotten Treasure.” Tell how the discovery of the father changed the character. Have you ever made a discovery like that? Give examples from the text and your life.