More Than
Anything Else
By: Marie Bradby
Genre: Biography
Skill: Author’s Purpose
Author’s Purpose:
Say It!
alphabet
cabin
learning
magic
newspaper
tales
More Words to Know
barrels
coopers
lantern
saltworks
alphabet
the letters of a language
arranged in the usual
order, not as they are in
words
cabin
a small, roughly
built house
learning
gaining knowledge
or skill
magic
done by magic or as
if by magic
newspaper
sheets of paper printed every
day or week, telling the news,
carrying advertisements, and
having stories, poems, and so
on
tales
stories
My dog loves to pick the
newspaper up and bring
it to me
My dog loves to pick the
newspaper up and bring
it to me
Our family cabin is
located in the Smokey
Mountains.
Our family cabin is
located in the Smokey
Mountains.
My grandfather loves
to tell tales from
when he was young.
My grandfather loves
to tell tales from when
he was young.
Can you recite the
alphabet.
Can you recite the
alphabet.
The children showed
great interest in
learning about
insects.
The children showed
great interest in
learning about insects.
We had a magic
show at my ninth
birthday party.
We had a magic
show at my ninth
birthday party.
Let’s review our words.
Watch carefully
because they will flash
on the screen for just a
moment. We will clap
as we spell the word.
alphabet
cabin
learning
magic
newspaper
tales
Spelling Words
Adding –ed and -ing
started starting
smiled smiling
cried crying
planned planning
hoped hoping
fried frying
hopped hopping
Review Questions p.
Review Questions p.
GREAT JOB!