Grade 2 Unit 3 - Reader

Mister Griffin went word-for-word and letter-for-

letter with Miss Day for ten words, until, at last,

he was given the word penicillin. He tugged on his

lip and shifted from foot to foot. He stood there

thinking. Time went by. At last he took a shot at

spelling the word.

He spelled it: p-e-n-i-c-i-l-i-n. (He left out one ‘l’ .)

Ding! The bell rang.

Mister Griffin was upset. He clenched his hand and

winced.

Nate Griffin pondering the spelling
of penicillin Nate Griffin wincing after misspelling penicillin