The story is about a girl named Alondra who goes to the supermarket to buy candy for her birthday party. However, she does not know how to identify the prices of the candy. Her older brother Adonis works at the supermarket and helps her by explaining the prices of different candies. The moral of the story is that one should know the prices of items before shopping to avoid problems at checkout. The student activities involve dramatizing and creating a pretend supermarket in the classroom.

1. Written by: Grace M. Requena Román
Illustrated by: Grace Requena

2. DEDICATION
I want to
dedicate this
story to Hector
Adonis Román
Román.

3. VOCABULARY
1. Alondra 5.price
2. Adonis
6.help
3. candy
7.buy
4. money

4. Once upon a time, was in a large supermarket
buy ing ies for her birthday party. was his
older brother, he was working there. But had a
problem, she did not know identifying s.

5. : Hi, !
:Hi, !
:What are you doing
?
:I am ing lots of
ies for my birthday.
:Wao! But you have to
look at the s of
ies.
But Alondra did not listen.

6. : I finished shopping and now I have to pay.
: you have enough to buy all this?
: No, I do not.

7. : I will you to
identify the s.
: To know the is
very important?
: Yes, it is! The
of this is $1.00
and the of this
one is $2.00.
: I have that amount
of . Thanks for
your !

8. MORAL
The student will learn that before buy
something, has to be sure of know what is
the price of the article.

9. ACTIVITIES
The student will dramatize and create a supermarket
in the class.

10. AUTOBIOGRAPHY
The author's name is
Grace Requena Román .
She wants to teach the
childrens that before buy
something, has to be sure of
know what is the price of
the article. Activity:
Dramatize and create a
supermarket in the
class.

11. STORY DESIGN
1. Curriculum Area: Mathemathics
2. Concept: It´s important to know the prices of the articles before
we buy them.
3. Characters: Alondra and Adonis
4. Conflict: Alondra can not identify the prices at the supermarket.
5. Setting: In a big supermarket.
6. Moral: The student will learn that before buy something, has to
be sure of know what is the price of the article. Activity:
Dramatize and create a sumermarket in the class.
7. Title: ALONDRA´S BIG PROBLEM
8. Vocabulary:
a. Alondra b. Adonis
c. buy d. money
e. candy f. price
g. help

12. SOURCE BANK OF PICTURE WORDS