The election for class president of the 5th grade shapes up as a two-way race between Cricket and Lucas, but throughout the course of the story, the students begin to recognize Lucas's friend Julio as a leader, showing the qualities that a class president should have. In the end, the students elect Julio as the class president because of his ability to think about others rather than just himself. (McGraw-Hill Open Court, 2002)

This lesson was created as part of the Basal Alignment Project, during which teachers created CCSS-aligned lessons for existing literary and information texts in basal readers. All page numbers and unit/week designations found in this lesson relate to the edition of the basal reader named above. If you are using a trade book or different edition of this title, the page/unit/week references in this lesson will not match. Consult the content referenced in the body of the lesson to determine appropriate page numbers for your text.