Unit 3 – ImaginationRoxaboxenStory 6 – Day 2

What We Will Review

How the suffix “ed” changes a verb

Superlatives – “est”

Long vowel sound spelling patterns

Word Knowledge

Identify the words with the suffix _ed.

Roxaboxen had always been there and must have belonged to others, long before.

When Marian dug up a tin box filled with round black pebbles everyone knew what it was: it was a buried treasure.

Word Knowledge

Identify the word with the superlative ending.

Charles made his of the biggest stones.

Word Knowledge

Identify the words that have the /ō/ sound, the /ī/ sound, and the /ōō/ sound.

A precious stone, like a diamond, is just one of many jewels.

What We Reviewed

How the suffix “ed” changes a verb

Superlatives – “est”

Long vowel sound spelling patterns

ford – to cross by wading

part of speech – verb synonym – get across, cut through

traced – formed carefully; to sketch

part of speech – verb synonym – copied

mayor – the chief elected official of a city

part of speech – noun

decorated – added ornamentation; adorned

part of speech – noun synonym – adorned

blossomed – bloomed, produced flowers

part of speech – verb synonym – bloomed,

flowered

bordering – to be lying on the edge of

part of speech – verb synonym – edging, framing, surrounding

Author’s Point of View

The author’s point of view refers to the kind of narrator or speaker that the writer uses to tell the story.

Points of View First Person Third Person

First Person Narrative

In a first-person narrative, the writer tells the story as if the storyteller were a character in the story.

Clue words used in the first-person narrative are I, me, mine, we, our, ours.

Third Person Narrative

In the third-person narrative, the writer tells the story as if the storyteller were someone outside the story, not a character in the story.

Clue words used in the third-person narrative are he, him, she, they, and theirs.

Point of View

First-Person I went to the store

Third-Person She went to the store.

Roxaboxen is written in the third-person narrative

While we choral read, raise your hand when you see one of the third-person narrative clue words:

he, him, she, they, theirs

The third-person narrator tells the story as if he had been there or knows someone who had been there.

Point of View Independent Work

Find and write 3 sentences from “Through Grandpa’s Eyes” that are written in the first person narrative. Underline the clue words.

I, me, mine, we, our, ours Find and write 3 sentences from “The

Emperor’s New Clothes.” Underline the clue words.

he, him, she, they, theirs

Spelling Independent Work

Spelling and Vocabulary Page 72