Remember: A credit book is read for a reason, usually with a yes. No reason, no yes, no look. You may always read your own.
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The glass case with a small keyMia and her mother Hana were moving to a new home in Lantern Bay. On the kitchen table sat Mom's credit book, and Mia asked, "Who is allowed to read it?" Mom said the rule is like a glass case with a small key: a reader needs a reason, and usually a yes from the person. A lender, Mr. Fenn, could read the book because Mom asked him for a small account. A lender's look leaves a small footprint in the book, and lots of footprints close together can look like a rush, but Mom asked once. A landlord, Mr. Cole, could read it when Mom said yes and signed a slip. A company that bills later, like the power company, may look too, because it wants to know the bill will be paid. Mom could read her own book, and her own look left no footprint. But a curious neighbor, the sweet stall or a friend who peeks may not look. Mia's friend Zed leaned in and asked, "Can I peek?" "Not without a reason and a yes," said Mom with a smile. No reason, no yes, no look.
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Why may Mr. Fenn read Mom's credit book?
He lives next doorShe asked him for creditHe is curious
2
Mr. Cole, the landlord, may look once Mom says yes and signs a slip.
TrueFalse
3
A reader needs a reason, and usually a from the person.
yeskeyfootprint
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Join each reader to when it may look.
1A lender
2A landlord
3A power company
4You
Areading your own book
Bwhen you ask to rent
Cwhen you start service, with a yes
Dwhen you ask for a loan
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Circle everyone who may NOT look without a reason and a yes. (circle every one)
A curious neighborA lender, when you ask for a loanThe seller at the sweet stallA friend who wants to peekYou, reading your own book
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When Mom reads her own credit book, she leaves a footprint.
TrueFalse
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Lots of lender footprints close together can look like a .
giftrushkey
Order and fix
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Number the steps of Mia's story.
Mia asks who may read the book
Mom explains the glass case rule
Zed asks to peek and gets a no
A lender and a landlord look, with a reason
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Zed says: I am Mia's friend, so I may peek. Is Zed right?
YesNo
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The seller at the sweet stall wants to look. Why may the seller not?
Sweets cost too muchThe stall is too smallSweets are paid for at once, so there is no reason to look
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Stretch: the power company bills after the power is used. Why may it look, with a yes?
It wants to know the bill will be paidIt is curiousIt wants to gossip
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Write the rule for who may look at a credit book, in your own words.
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Draw a map with three places that may look and one that may not. Label each.
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Answer key · Set A
Who looks at your credit
1She asked him for credit A lender may look when someone asks it for credit.
2True A landlord may look when someone asks to rent and says yes.
3yes A reason and usually a yes: like a small key in a glass case.
41-D, 2-B, 3-C, 4-A Each of these has a reason, and usually a yes. Anyone may read their own book.
5A curious neighbor, The seller at the sweet stall, A friend who wants to peek Curious is not a reason. A sweet stall is paid at once, and a peek has no reason or yes.
6False Reading your own book leaves no footprint at all.
7rush Many looks close together can look like a rush. Mom asked once.
81, 2, 4, 3 Mia asked first, Mom told her the rule, the lender and landlord looked with a reason, and last Zed was told no.
9No A friend who peeks has no reason and no yes, so a friend may not look.
10Sweets are paid for at once, so there is no reason to look The sweet stall has no reason to look, because sweets are paid for at once.
11It wants to know the bill will be paid A company that serves first and bills later wants to know the bill will be paid.
12Your own words: a grown-up reads it.
Mark each answer, count the right ones and write the score on the sheet.