1. Try Your Best Author: Robert McKissack Illustrator: Joe Cepeda
The author writes the stories
The Illustrator draws the pictures.

2. Genre - Try Your Best Realistic Fiction
Realistic fiction stories are about things that could really happen.
Look for:
Characters that seems like people you could meet.
Activities that could have happened to you or someone you know.

3. Be be
be - to have life or exist
Can he be on our team?

4. Good
good
good - opposite of bad
Good job,” said Mr. York.

5. Mr.
Mr.
Mr. - title used for a man
Mr. Brown is our P.E. teacher.

6. Need
need
need - to want to have
We need to skate fast.

7. Our
our
our - belonging to us
He has our ball!

8. Right
right
right - correct
You are right. This is fun.

9. Saw
saw
saw - did see
I saw a joey playing ball!

10. Time
time
time an instant; hour, day, or year
It is time to play ball.

11. Try
try
try - to make an attempt
I will try to do my best.

12. Vocabulary Review
Say the words.
Read the sentence.
Fill in the blank.

13. I will ________ my best.
time
saw
try
our
right
good be
Mr.
need

14. It is ________ to go home now.
Mr.
good
right
need
our
try be
saw
time

15. He just ________ a shark.
time
Mr. be
need
our
try
right
good
saw

16. That is not the _______ way.be
need
our
Mr.
try
time
saw
good
right

17. This is _______ lunch.
need
Mr.
right
our
time
saw
try
good be

18. Dad, you _______ to pull it in.
Mr.
right
time
saw
our be
try
good
need

19. _____ Mort will find a coin.
right
need
saw
our
good
Mr.
time
try be

20. He is a ________ hopper.
need
saw
try
good
Mr.
our be
right
time

21. He wants to _____ the winner!
saw be
try
right
Mr.
time
our
need
good

22. Match the words to its meaning.
saw___
good ___
try ___
right ___
Mr. ___
time ___
our ___
need ___
be ___
to have life or exist
opposite of bad
title used for a man
to want to have
belonging to us
correct
did see
an instant; hour, day, or year
to make an attempt G B I F C H E D A

23. Say the Sight Words
need
our
time
white
will
again an
any as
after

24. New words in the story: Try Your Best
climb
just
kick
more
next
race
rope
started
team
very
Mort
Ann
Jan
sports

25. The End by AMiller