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 Cinco de Mayo Fiesta

Cinco de Mayo Fiesta
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     edHelper's suggested reading level:   grades 5 to 6
     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   6.67

Vocabulary
     challenging words:    barbecue-type, Bartolo, carne, cilantro, gracias, mache, outtalk, papier, Ramirez, replica, subcommittee, entertainment, various, celebration, based, poblano
     content words:    Cactus Creek Club, Finally Yolanda Perez, Mark Funderburk, Jaybee Dodds, Melina McCoy, Jackson Fairchild, Creek Club, Progress Reports, Mexico City, Mexican Independence Day

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     Spanish: La fiesta del cinco de mayo

Cinco de Mayo Fiesta
By Brenda B. Covert 		  
1     "Let's plan the menu!"
 
2     "Let's plan the games!"
 
3     "What about decorations?"
 
4     "Let's get a piñata!"
 
5     Everyone had ideas for the huge Cinco de Mayo celebration. The Cactus Creek Club was trying to organize a fiesta, but the meeting itself was sadly disorganized. They had no president, and everyone was trying to outtalk everyone else.
 
6     Finally Yolanda Perez shrieked, "QUIET!" The others looked with surprise at the petite teenager with the large voice. "That's better," she said. "Gracias. Thank you. I have an idea for helping us all work together. We are the party committee. Let's form subcommittees to handle the various details of the party. Everyone can choose which subcommittee on which they would like to serve."
 
7     "Sounds like a plan," Mark Funderburk said. "Name off the subcommittees, and I'll write them down."
 
8     They decided on a refreshments committee, a decorations committee, a games committee, and an entertainment committee.
 
9     "What about a clean-up committee?" Jaybee Dodds asked.
 
10     "No one ever volunteers to be on a clean-up committee," Bartolo "Bart" Ramirez said with a sigh. "Why don't we say that everyone has to pitch in and help clean up? It won't take long if everyone does their share."

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