If You Made a Million By: David M. Schwartz Illustrated by: Steven Kellogg Skill: Realism and Fantasty Authors Purpose:

VocabularyWords to Know amountmillion checkthousand earnedvalue expensiveworth interest million

More Words to Know afford afford feat feat

earned got money in return for work or service

interest the money paid for the use of someone elses money

amount the total sum

expensive costing a lot of money

check a written order directing a bank to pay money to the person named

thousand ten hundreds; 1,000

Million- one thousand thousands; 1, 000,000

Now Add 300 more slides like the ones you just have seen, with 3,200 on each slide and you would have 1,000,000 dollars.

value the real worth of something in money

worth equal in value to

Lets take a Quiz

Sherry wanted to pay the full amount when she bought her house.

Rachel wrote a check to pay the bills.

Rachel wrote a check to pay the bills.

Having one million dollars would make me wealthy.

Having one million dollars would make me wealthy.

Holly bought an expensive dress to wear to the dance.

How much is your house worth?

Some computers cost one thousand dollars.

Fran borrowed money from the bank on interest.

Fran borrowed money from the bank on interest.

I earned fifty dollars by mowing two lawns.

I earned fifty dollars by mowing two lawns.

The value of a dollar is 100 cents.

The value of a dollar is 100 cents.

Lets review our words. Watch carefully because they will flash on the screen for just a moment. We will clap as we spell the word.

amount

check

earned

expensive

interest

million

thousand

value

worth

Spelling Rule Vowel Digraphsee,ea,ai, ay, oa, and ow with the long vowel sounds they stand for.

Spelling Words clean clean agree agree teeth teeth dream dream grain grain coach coach display display window window shadow shadow cheese cheese peach braid Sunday float thrown entertain complain bleachers willow wheat

CVV/C When two vowels appear together in a word or syllable the first usually stands for its long sound, and the second is silent.

Two Vowels together first one does the talking, the second does the walking.

Types of sentences Commands A sentence that tells someone to do something is a commands. Exclamations A sentence that shows strong feelings is an exclamation.

COMMANDS Some commands begin with please. Commands usually end with periods.

EXCLAMATIONS Exclamations can express feelings such as surprise, anger or excitement. Exclamations end with an exclamation mark.

GREAT JOB!