The story tells us about Josie’s relationship with her great-great-grandma. Josie and her family return to their homeland of Senegal, Africa. As a result of the trip and her experiences, Josie better understands her family, where they come from, and the song that her great-great grandmother sings to her. (McGraw-Hill Imagine It!, 2008)

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.