PAIREDREADSpendingandSavingPersuasiveTextSTARTSMALLBYJULIAWALLBYJULIAJULIAWALLBYJULIAWALLSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:(ltor)Bettmann/CORBIS,PaulBurnett/APImages,Bettmann/CORBIS,2010Fenugreen,LLC(www.fenugreen.com).Allrightsreserved.**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:MainIdeaandKeyDetailsVocabularyStrategySuffixesVocabularycompassionate,enterprises,exceptional,funds,innovative,process,routine,undertakingContentStandardsSocialStudiesEconomicsWordCount:1,376**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119115-4MHID:0-02-119115-8PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789QLM151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1FromSmallBeginnings.....................2Chapter2WhataPerformance!.......................6Chapter3Helping“TheLittleFellows”................9Chapter4ASmartInventor.........................12RespondtoReading......................15SpendingandSaving.............16Glossary/Index...........................19FocusonSocialStudies...................20EssentialQuestionHowcanstartingabusinesshelpothers?STARTSMALLChapter1THINKBIGBYJULIAWALLFROMSMALLBEGINNINGS1ChapterStartingabusinesstakestime,energy,andcourage.Businessesoftenbeginwithagreatidea,butagreatideaonitsownisn’tenough.Entrepreneursarepeoplewhostartbusinesses.Theygetideasbylookingforaneed.Thentheyfigureoutawaytomeetit.Startingsmall,theythinkbigandworkhardtomakethingsthatpeoplewillwanttobuy.Entrepreneurshavetoconvincepeoplethattheirideasaregoodandfindthemoneytostarttheirbusinesses.Entrepreneursoftenhavesetbacks.Theykeepgoingevenwhenothe...
