Riding with Rosa Parks
Riding with Rosa Parks A Reading A–Z Level J Leveled Book Word Count: 272
LEVELED BOOK • J
Riding with Rosa Parks
Written by Ellen Forrest Illustrated by Chris Baldwin
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Riding with Rosa Parks
Written by Ellen Forrest Illustrated by Chris Baldwin
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Correlation LEVEL J Fountas & Pinnell Reading Recovery DRA
J 17 18
Table of Contents On the Bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Refusing to Stand . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Taking Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
On the Bus
Making a Difference . . . . . . . . . 13
Marissa and her mother were riding the bus. They were on their way to Grandma’s house. They had to sit in the back seats. Marissa didn’t like the back seats.
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Some white people came on the bus. There was a law that black people
So some of the black people stood
had to sit at the back of the bus.
up and gave them their seats.
Her mother said it was unfair.
That was another part of the law.
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Refusing to Stand
The driver told Rosa she had
But one black woman didn’t stand
to move, but she said, “No.”
up. Her name was Rosa Parks.
Then the driver called the police!
She didn’t want to move from
The police came and arrested
her seat.
Rosa Parks.
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Taking Steps When other people heard Marissa was very confused.
what happened to Rosa,
Why didn’t Rosa Parks get up?
they got very upset.
Everybody knew the law, even
They decided to stop riding
if it wasn’t fair.
the city buses!
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Marissa asked her mom why they
For a long time they walked
had to walk.
everywhere.
Her mother said people stopped
Marissa’s legs were sometimes
riding the buses to show that the
very tired.
law was unfair.
Still, they didn’t ride the bus.
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Making a Difference Finally, an amazing thing happened.
Marissa learned that one person
The law was changed!
could make a difference.
Marissa and her mom could now
She learned people could
sit at the front of the bus.
join together to change things.
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Montgomery, Alabama, is where Rosa Parks rode the bus. N
Mississippi
Montgomery Site where Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat in 1955
ALABAMA Tuskegee Birthplace of Rosa Louise McCauley, February 4, 1913; Rosa Parks died October 24, 2005, in Detroit, Michigan.
Today, people of all colors in the
Florida
United States have the same rights.
Gulf of Mexico
It all started with one woman saying no to something that was unfair. Riding with Rosa Parks • Level J
Georgia
United States
To learn more about Rosa Parks, look in your library’s biography section.
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LEVELED BOOK • J
Riding with Rosa Parks
Written by Ellen Forrest Illustrated by Chris Baldwin
Visit www.readinga-z.com for thousands of books and materials.
www.readinga-z.com
Riding with Rosa Parks
Written by Ellen Forrest Illustrated by Chris Baldwin
Photo Credits: Page 15: © CORBIS
Riding with Rosa Parks Level J Leveled Book © Learning A–Z Written by Ellen Forrest Illustrated by Chris Baldwin All rights reserved.
www.readinga-z.com
www.readinga-z.com
Correlation LEVEL J Fountas & Pinnell Reading Recovery DRA
J 17 18
Table of Contents On the Bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Refusing to Stand . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Taking Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
On the Bus
Making a Difference . . . . . . . . . 13
Marissa and her mother were riding the bus. They were on their way to Grandma’s house. They had to sit in the back seats. Marissa didn’t like the back seats.
Riding with Rosa Parks • Level J
3
4
Some white people came on the bus. There was a law that black people
So some of the black people stood
had to sit at the back of the bus.
up and gave them their seats.
Her mother said it was unfair.
That was another part of the law.
Riding with Rosa Parks • Level J
5
6
Refusing to Stand
The driver told Rosa she had
But one black woman didn’t stand
to move, but she said, “No.”
up. Her name was Rosa Parks.
Then the driver called the police!
She didn’t want to move from
The police came and arrested
her seat.
Rosa Parks.
Riding with Rosa Parks • Level J
7
8
Taking Steps When other people heard Marissa was very confused.
what happened to Rosa,
Why didn’t Rosa Parks get up?
they got very upset.
Everybody knew the law, even
They decided to stop riding
if it wasn’t fair.
the city buses!
Riding with Rosa Parks • Level J
9
10
Marissa asked her mom why they
For a long time they walked
had to walk.
everywhere.
Her mother said people stopped
Marissa’s legs were sometimes
riding the buses to show that the
very tired.
law was unfair.
Still, they didn’t ride the bus.
Riding with Rosa Parks • Level J
11
12
Making a Difference Finally, an amazing thing happened.
Marissa learned that one person
The law was changed!
could make a difference.
Marissa and her mom could now
She learned people could
sit at the front of the bus.
join together to change things.
Riding with Rosa Parks • Level J
13
14
Montgomery, Alabama, is where Rosa Parks rode the bus. N
Mississippi
Montgomery Site where Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat in 1955
ALABAMA Tuskegee Birthplace of Rosa Louise McCauley, February 4, 1913; Rosa Parks died October 24, 2005, in Detroit, Michigan.
Today, people of all colors in the
Florida
United States have the same rights.
Gulf of Mexico
It all started with one woman saying no to something that was unfair. Riding with Rosa Parks • Level J
Georgia
United States
To learn more about Rosa Parks, look in your library’s biography section.
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