Alexander Graham Bell
Big Question: How can a great idea
change the way we live?
Author:
Lola M. Schaefer
Genre:
Biography
SMALL GROUP
Timer
BIG QUESTION: HOW CAN A GREAT IDEA
CHANGE THE WAY WE LIVE?
DAY 1
DAY 2
DAY 3
DAY 4
DAY 5
Alexander Graham Bell
Day 1
Daily Fix-it
1. How can u learn to draw.
2. I hav good idea.
Unit 5 Alexander G Bell - Day 1
Daily Fix-it
1. How can u learn to draw.
How can you learn to draw?
2. I hav good idea.
I have a good idea.
Unit 5 Alexander G Bell - Day 1
Morning Warm-up
Today we use all kinds of machines.
Our lives have changed because of
inventions and machines. How can
a great idea change the way we
live?
Unit 5 A G Bell - Day 1
Oral Vocabulary
• determined
• inventor
• technology
Unit 5 A G Bell - Day 1
Amazing Words
• determined Determined means “having your
mind made up.”
• inventor An inventor is a person who makes
something for the first time.
• technology Technology is the tools we use to
make our lives easier.
Unit 5 A G Bell - Day 1
ball
walk
hawk
h aw k
pause p au se
s au ce
cr aw l
y aw n
l au n ch
p aw
Unit 5 A G Bell - Day 1
Word Work
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th aw
l aw n
c au se
squ aw k
dr aw
h au n t
br aw l
h au l
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law
dawn
-awn
lawn
pawn
drawn
d awn
-aw
raw
jaw
claw
Unit 5 A G Bell - Day 1
Word Reading - Vowels aw, au
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straw
halt
haunt
saucer
auto
tail
pawn
chalk
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jaw
wall
yawn
fault
awful
applaud
Good
Changes
Bad
Change
s
How the Telephone Has Changed the Way We Live
1. Reading WB page 163
2. Spelling WB page 113
3. Journal - Draw a picture of
something that flies. Write about
how it stays in the air.
4. AR test
5. Centers
Unit 5 A G Bell - Day 1
Daily Journal Writing
Day 1
Draw a picture of
something that flies.
Write about how it
stays in the air.
Alexander Graham Bell
Day 2
Daily Fix-it
3. I mad somethig new.
4. Im an inventor?
Unit 5 A G Bell – Day 2
Daily Fix-it
3. I mad somethig new.
I made something new.
4. Im an inventor?
I’m an inventor!
Unit 5 A G Bell – Day 2
Morning Warm-up
Today we will read more about the
Wright brothers and their planes. I
have flown in a plane many times.
Flying does not frighten me. Does
flying frighten you?
Unit 5 A G Bell – Day 2
Amazing Words
• stalled –
Stall means “to
stop suddenly.”
• stable –
When
something is
stable, it is not
likely to fall apart.
Unit 5 A G Bell – Day 2
dream
treat
head
br ea d
h ea l th
h ea t
m ea n t
dr ea m
spr ea d
thr ea t
h ea d
bread
health
heat
meant
dream
spread
threat
Unit 5 A G Bell – Day 2
Word Work
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thr ea d
br ea th
d ea d
st ea l
w ea l th
d ea f
ch ea p
d ea l t
sw ea t
head
Word Reading – short e: ea
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meant
spend
steamy
ahead
wealth
deaf
feather
ledge
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heavy
spread
step
feet
instead
weather
meat
Read the Words
Early in life, a man
named Mr. Bell liked to
learn about science. He
later built a machine that
sent voices through wires.
do you know the name of
the machine?
1. Reading WB page 164, 165, 166
2. Spelling WB page 114
3. Journal – Imagine that you just took
an airplane trip. Write about
whether you liked it.
4. AR test
5. Centers
Unit 5 A G Bell – Day 2
Using I and me
Unit 5 A G Bell – Day 2
Daily Journal Writing
Day 2
Write a postcard to
tell about a trip.
Alexander Graham Bell
Day 3
Daily Fix-it
5. The Toy is one the lawn.
6. It didnt work vary well.
Unit 5 A G Bell - Day 3
Daily Fix-it
5. The Toy is one the lawn.
The toy is on the lawn.
6. It didnt work vary well.
It didn’t work very well.
Unit 5 A G Bell - Day 3
Morning Warm-up
Today we will read about Alexander
Graham Bell. He was a determined
inventor. He invented the telephone.
What does the telephone help us do?
Unit 5 A G Bell - Day 3
Amazing Words
• biplane A biplane is a
plane that has two
sets of wings. One
set is above the other.
Unit 5 A G Bell - Day 3
dawn
 When you come to a
new word, look at all
the letters in the
word and think
about its vowel
sound. You may
have to try more
than one vowel
sound. Say the
sounds to yourself
and then read the
word.
thread
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sprawl
faucet
awning
flaw
August
ready
breath
head
breakfast
Unit 5 A G Bell - Day 3
Word Reading
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awesome
autos
draw
read
raw
ahead
flaw
Unit 5 A G Bell - Day 3
Ways to
Send
Messages
Unit 5 A G Bell - Day 3
One of the best
ways to send
someone a
message is to use
the telephone.
What do we know
about how a
telephone works?
We are going to
read about the
man who invented
the telephone.
Vocabulary
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Boston
Scotland
communicate
telephone
famous
electricity
piano
High - Frequency Words
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built
another
early
could
learn
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across
science
people
through
together
Clipped Words
Long Word
telephone
gymnasium
hamburger
bicycle
photograph
Unit 5 A G Bell - Day 3
Sentence
Clipped Word
1. Reading WB page 167
2. Spelling WB page 115
3. Journal - Write about your favorite
invention.
4. AR test
5. Centers
Unit 5 A G Bell - Day 3
Alexander Graham Bell, his life,
and his work
Alexander did not know about electricity.
A telephone needs electricity to work.
Tom Watson knew about electricity.
 Alexander stopped teaching.
 Tom taught Alexander about electricity.
Unit 5 A G Bell - Day 3
Daily Journal Writing
Day 3
Write about your
favorite invention.
Alexander Graham Bell
Day 4
Daily Fix-it
7. I saw a hawk fli over the lawen.
8. I wanned ta fly.
Unit 5 A G Bell - Day 4
Daily Fix-it
7. I saw a hawk fli over the lawen.
I saw a hawk fly over the lawn.
8. I wanned ta fly.
I wanted to fly.
Unit 5 A G Bell - Day 4
Morning Warm-up
Today we will read about Maude
and what she saw on the Internet.
She visited a web page about
inventions. What invention do you
want to know more about?
Unit 5 A G Bell - Day 4
Amazing Words
• sketch A sketch is a
quick drawing. If
you sketch
something, you
draw it quickly.
• speech A speech is a
talk.
Unit 5 A G Bell - Day 4
science
through
early
built
learn
• Did you ___________ your spelling
words yet?
• Mom and I ___________ a birdhouse.
• We hiked ______________ the park.
• We left ____________ in the morning.
• We studied frogs in _____________
class.
Unit 5 A G Bell - Day 4
boil
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swimmer
The singer ________________ .
The visitor ________________ .
The winner _______________ .
The conductor ___________ .
The collector _____________ .
enjoy
noisy
spoil
voice
cowboy
Unit 5 A G Bell - Day 4
Word Reading
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today
swimmer
downtown
kind
swimsuit
Boyd
eyes
toward
wristwatch
worker
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once
actor
goes
none
sound
boy
loved
noisy
against
heavy
Unit 5 A G Bell - Day 4
Read Words in Context
 Today the swimmer will drive her auto
downtown to get a new kind of
swimsuit.
 Boyd turned his eyes toward his
wristwatch and saw that the worker
was late.
 Once the actor goes on stage, none
of us will make a sound.
 The boy loved seeing the noisy waves
crash against the heavy wall.
Unit 5 A G Bell - Day 4
1. Reading WB pages 168, 169
2. Spelling WB page 116
3. Journal - Write a tip you know for
being polite when talking on the
telephone.
4. AR test
5. Centers
Unit 5 A G Bell - Day 4
Daily Journal Writing
Day 4
Write a tip you know
for being polite
when talking on the
telephone.
Alexander Graham Bell
Day 5
Daily – Fix-it
9. I heard the the phone rind.
10. The call wasnt for i.
Unit 5 A G Bell – Day 5
Daily – Fix-it
9. I heard the the phone rind.
I heard the phone ring.
10. The call wasnt for i.
The call wasn’t for me.
Unit 5 A G Bell – Day 5
Morning Warm-up
This week we read about great
ideas. The phone, underwater
walkie-talkies, and the plane were
all great ideas. How do inventions
change the way we live?
Unit 5 A G Bell – Day 5
Vowels aw, au Short e: ea
 We spread corn on the lawn for
the fawn.
 The hawk flew over my head.
 Joy dipped the bread in the
sauce.
 It’s my fault that the pup’s muddy
paws soiled the sweater.
Unit 5 A G Bell – Day 5
built
science early
learn through
Why do trees drop their leaves in the
___________ fall?
How can a root grow ___________ a
wall?
Which birds __________ those nests in
the tall, green grass?
We ___________ all these things
In our ___________ class.
Unit 5 A G Bell – Day 5
1. Handwriting sheet
2. Reading WB page 170
3. Journal – Write facts about
Alexander Graham Bell.
4. AR test
5. Centers
Unit 5 A G Bell – Day 5
Daily Journal Writing
Day 5
Write facts about
Alexander Graham
Bell.