TM ® & © Scholastic Inc. All rights reserved. Make Personal Connections • • • • • Enjoy Together theBook of of toleft right or top to bottom. Together, look at the timeline at the end chronological order (when things happened, from first to last), from A timeline is avisual device that shows important events in Literacy Tip how did you handle it? how you did it? handle you negative things about your dreams? If so, what did they say, and negative things. Stay strong and find motivation.” Has anyone ever told writes,Misty “You can do anything you want, even if you are being told Talk about how they both might have felt. Cynthia? What do you think it was like for Misty’s mom to let her do it? What do you think it was like to for leave Misty her family and live with about themselves? Discuss! in the world? What is she to trying tell readers about herself, but also she became aprincipal dancer with one of the best ballet companies Why do you think feels it’s Misty important to tell about her story how opportunities, and why didn’t she take them? she was given opportunities that she didn’t take. What were the At different two points whenMisty was still a high school student, ofidea the paragraph that on page. important moment in her life! Ask your child to tell you about the main theOn “Please, Mr. Postman” page of explains this Misty book, avery      Misty Copeland Misty to review the key moments of Misty’s life .so far! Misty Copeland By Lexi Ryals FAMILY TIME 978-1-338-54501-2

For Summer 2020 Use Only TM ® & © Scholastic Inc. All rights reserved. back of the book for help. line to match each ballet term to its definition. Use the glossary at the because many of the terms are français en (in French)! Below, draw a Does the language of ballet seem strange to you? If it does, it might be choreographing corps ballet de pointe shoes pas de deux understudy rehearsal en pointeen leotard barre Misty Copeland the chorus members in aballet company classroom that the dancer for holds support the horizontal wooden handrail in aballet a ballet duet danced by dancers two creatingdances and of arranging art the their toes their that allow ballerinas to dance on the tips of satin slippers with wooden blocks in the toes her toes forces the ballerina to dance on the tips of which pointe shoes, wearing ballet dancing an emergency in orderpart to be his or her substitute in a dancer who has studied another dancer’s by dancers, gymnasts, and acrobats tighta one-piece garment worn especially a practicea before session public a appearance By Lexi Ryals ON MY OWN 978-1-338-54501-2

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