Annie Oakley LEVELED BOOK • O A Reading A–Z Level O Leveled Book Word Count: 760 Annie Oakley Written by Rus Buyok • Illustrated by Robert Squier Visit www.readinga-z.com www.readinga-z.com for thousands of books and materials. Glossary famous (adj.) well known (p. 11) Annie Oakley feats (n.) amazing actions or accomplishments (p. 15) pheasants (n.) large game birds with long tails that are related to chickens (p. 4) quintuple (v.) to make or become five times greater in size, amount, or value (p. 10) rifle (n.) a long-barreled gun that is pressed against the shoulder when fired (p. 3) sharpshooter a person who is very skilled (n.) and accurate when shooting at a target (p. 6) Buffalo Bill sent a telegram to the tale (n.) a true or fictional story, address inviting Annie Oakley to join especially one told in an imaginative way (p. 15) the Wild West Show. She did and went Annie Oakley Level O Leveled Book on to do even greater feats all over the talent (n.) a natural ability or skill (p. 11) Written by Rus Buyok © Learning A–Z Correlation Illustrated by Robert Squier Written by Rus Buyok LEVEL O world. They say she even made some Illustrated by Robert Squier telegram (n.) a message sent by telegraph Fountas & Pinnell M All rights reserved. new stars by shooting holes in the sky, and then delivered in a Reading Recovery 20 DRA 28 but that’s another tale. written or printed form (p. 15) www.readinga-z.com www.readinga-z.com Annie Oakley • Level O 15 16 Glossary famous (adj.) well known (p. 11) Annie Oakley feats (n.) amazing actions or accomplishments (p. 15) pheasants (n.) large game birds with long tails that are related to chickens (p. 4) quintuple (v.) to make or become five times greater in size, amount, or value (p. 10) rifle (n.) a long-barreled gun that is pressed against the shoulder when fired (p. 3) sharpshooter a person who is very skilled (n.) and accurate when shooting at a target (p. 6) Buffalo Bill sent a telegram to the tale (n.) a true or fictional story, address inviting Annie Oakley to join especially one told in an imaginative way (p. 15) the Wild West Show. She did and went Annie Oakley Level O Leveled Book on to do even greater feats all over the talent (n.) a natural ability or skill (p. 11) Written by Rus Buyok © Learning A–Z Correlation Illustrated by Robert Squier Written by Rus Buyok LEVEL O world. They say she even made some Illustrated by Robert Squier telegram (n.) a message sent by telegraph Fountas & Pinnell M All rights reserved. new stars by shooting holes in the sky, and then delivered in a Reading Recovery 20 DRA 28 but that’s another tale. written or printed form (p. 15) www.readinga-z.com www.readinga-z.com Annie Oakley • Level O 15 16 Buffalo Bill nodded and said, “What else have you got?” Annie climbed a nearby hill, kneeled, aimed, and fired. Then she kept firing, Buffalo Bill and Sitting Bull said their again and again, always in the same goodbyes and started the long journey Annie Oakley was born in a small direction. She came down the hill back to the Wild West Show’s tents. Ohio town. As soon as she could lift her Annie saw how hard her momma smiling. They rode for almost a week before they daddy’s hunting rifle, he was teaching was working and decided to help. She saw the camp next to a large boulder. her to shoot. When her daddy died, her picked up her daddy’s rifle and went “What were you shooting at?” Buffalo As they came closer, Buffalo Bill saw momma was left in an awful way. She hunting. That first day, she brought Bill asked. a message on the boulder. It was an had a hard time feeding Annie and the home more fat pheasants than she “You’ll see,” Annie said. address carved by Annie’s bullets. other children. could carry. Annie Oakley • Level O 13 14 Annie Oakley • Level O 3 4 Buffalo Bill nodded and said, “What else have you got?” Annie climbed a nearby hill, kneeled, aimed, and fired. Then she kept firing, Buffalo Bill and Sitting Bull said their again and again, always in the same goodbyes and started the long journey Annie Oakley was born in a small direction. She came down the hill back to the Wild West Show’s tents. Ohio town. As soon as she could lift her Annie saw how hard her momma smiling. They rode for almost a week before they daddy’s hunting rifle, he was teaching was working and decided to help. She saw the camp next to a large boulder. her to shoot. When her daddy died, her picked up her daddy’s rifle and went “What were you shooting at?” Buffalo As they came closer, Buffalo Bill saw momma was left in an awful way. She hunting. That first day, she brought Bill asked. a message on the boulder. It was an had a hard time feeding Annie and the home more fat pheasants than she “You’ll see,” Annie said. address carved by Annie’s bullets. other children. could carry. Annie Oakley • Level O 13 14 Annie Oakley • Level O 3 4 This went on for years until a handsome Sitting Bull pointed to a speck high in man named Frank Butler came to town. Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show was the the sky. Annie took aim and shot. The He was a sharpshooter, and he put biggest show in the world. Bill heard of speck flew on, and Buffalo Bill shook his on quite a show of shooting targets. the lady sharpshooter and had to see her head and started to walk away. Sitting At the end of his show, he asked the talent for himself. He took the famous Bull made him wait. A few minutes crowd if they knew anyone who was Indian Chief Sitting Bull with him to one passed, and a single tail feather from a better shot. Her family never went hungry again. of Annie’s shows. a large eagle drifted down. There was Little Annie became the best hunter The townspeople said they knew of one a bullet hole in the middle. “That was good, but not good enough in the county right quick. She started person and sent someone off to fetch for my show,” Buffalo Bill told Annie Sitting Bull was so impressed that he selling the extra food to the people Annie. When Frank saw short Annie, after her show. “Show me something adopted Annie as his daughter and around town and giving food to those who was skinny enough to hide behind amazing.” named her Little Sure Shot. who couldn’t afford it. a cornstalk, he laughed. Annie Oakley • Level O 11 12 Annie Oakley • Level O 5 6 This went on for years until a handsome Sitting Bull pointed to a speck high in man named Frank Butler came to town. Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show was the the sky. Annie took aim and shot. The He was a sharpshooter, and he put biggest show in the world. Bill heard of speck flew on, and Buffalo Bill shook his on quite a show of shooting targets. the lady sharpshooter and had to see her head and started to walk away. Sitting At the end of his show, he asked the talent for himself. He took the famous Bull made him wait. A few minutes crowd if they knew anyone who was Indian Chief Sitting Bull with him to one passed, and a single tail feather from a better shot. Her family never went hungry again. of Annie’s shows. a large eagle drifted down. There was Little Annie became the best hunter The townspeople said they knew of one a bullet hole in the middle. “That was good, but not good enough in the county right quick. She started person and sent someone off to fetch for my show,” Buffalo Bill told Annie Sitting Bull was so impressed that he selling the extra food to the people Annie. When Frank saw short Annie, after her show. “Show me something adopted Annie as his daughter and around town and giving food to those who was skinny enough to hide behind amazing.” named her Little Sure Shot. who couldn’t afford it. a cornstalk, he laughed. Annie Oakley • Level O 11 12 Annie Oakley • Level O 5 6 The two were hitched, and Frank Annie stepped up, a small smile on her “Is this the best you’ve got?” Frank took Annie on the road. Annie started face. She asked the boy to set up cards asked. The townspeople said yes. Annie making a name for herself as the best on two fences opposite each other. just smiled. “All right, then. Since a lady shot in the West. People would toss Annie’s hands moved like lightning, is challenging me, I’ll let her pick the pennies and dimes in the air at her and the gunshots were thunder. She contest.” shows. She was fast enough to shoot Frank went first. A boy set up five shot the cards in front of her clean in every one before it hit the ground. “Shooting cards,” Annie said proudly. playing cards in little notches on a fence half with barely a thought. Then she Any coin shot by Annie Oakley would so the edges faced Frank.