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EVERY DAY IS EARTH DAY, #163
For a school Earth Day project, the kids decide to clean up an old lot and plant a community garden. But as the deadline approaches, a rainstorm hits, turning the patch of dirt into a muddy mess. How will Maya get her friends out of the muck this time?
Vocabulary
words: cactus, plants, watering can |
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THE BIG IDEA, #164
Miguel’s soccer team has made it to the championships, and he’s nervous. Maya has a great idea to quell his nerves: intensive training the morning of the game. Miguel is skeptical of Maya’s idea, worried that he might be late to catch the bus to the game, but Maya assures him she will keep him on schedule. Unfortunately, she fails and Miguel misses the bus. He fumes and blames Maya and her “big ideas,” which always cause grief. Maya defends her big ideas, while also promising Miguel to get him to the game on time. Maya and Miguel, accompanied by Abuela, go on a transportation-hopping adventure as they take trains, trucks, buses and finally a horse and carriage, in a desperate effort to get Miguel to the game on time. Through it all, Maya asserts that the reason her ideas work is that she believes in the person she’s trying to help. In the end, they make it to the game, Miguel helps his team win the Championship, and he finally admits that Maya’s ideas are big and beautiful.
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words: train, car, truck |
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I LOVE MAYA, #165
Maya learns that the director Fabian’s new play at the Community Center has a 10-year-old girl as the lead. Maya is determined to get the part… it’s perfect for her! After all, she’s a 10-year-old girl! She goes all out to convince Fabian that he should pick her, which he finally does. Maya’s thrilled… until she learns that the main character sleeps through the whole play! She switches gears, trying to get others to swap roles with her, but fails. Finally she decides that sleeping in a bed is not her idea of acting, and quits the play. Rosa counsels her to see her commitments through, and a guilty Maya goes back to the auditorium, just in time to crawl into bed and be the “star” of the play. Despite the fact that she has no lines, Maya has fun, and learns the value of keeping her promises.
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words: stage, role |
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