Unit 5 Week 5 Day 3: Alexander Graham Bell
Great Ideas
High Frequency Words: build, early, learn, science, through
Comprehension: Draw Conclusions
Grammar: Using I and Me
Vocabulary : Amazing Words: determined, inventor, technology, stable, stall, biplane, sketch, speech
Selection Words: Boston, Scotland, communicate, telephone, famous, electricity, piano
Reading
Reading Street Book #5
Comprehension: Story: Alexander Graham Bell
Main Idea
We are going to read a story about a man who liked to invent things.
Story
Look at the pictures in the story Alexander Graham Bell.
Vocabulary
What kind of things do you think Alexander Graham Bell invented?
Story Vocabulary
Boston– Boston is a city in Massachusetts.
What is Boston? Boston is a city in Massachusetts.
Scotland – Scotland is a country north of England.
Where is Scotland? Scotland is a country north of England.
communicate – Communicate means to exchange messages, thoughts, or information.
What does communicate mean? Communicate means to exchange message, thought,
or information.
telephone – A telephone is a system that uses electricity to send and receive speech.
What is a telephone? A telephone is a system that uses electricity to send and receive
speech.
famous– Famous means well-known and important.
What is famous? Famous means well-known and important
electricity – Electricity is a kind of energy.
What is electricity? Electricity is a kind of energy.
piano – A piano is an instrument used to make music.
What is a piano? A piano is an instrument used to make music.
Draw Conclusions
Readers always decide things about what they read. For example, they use pictures
and words to decide what the author is trying to say. As I read the story, use the words,
pictures, and what you know about real life to help you figure out what the author is
trying to say.
(Read Alexander Graham Bell aloud while the children follow along.)
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Unit 5 Week 5 Day 3: Alexander Graham Bell
Great Ideas
Story Comprehension
When and where was Alexander Graham Bell born? He was born in 1847 in Scotland.
What did Alexander Bell’s father do? He was a teacher who taught people to speak well.
What was unusual about Alexander’s mother? She could not hear, but she taught him
to play the piano.
What did Alexander teach in Boston? He taught deaf students how to speak.
Why did Alexander stop teaching? He stopped teaching so he could do experiments day
and night.
How are Alexander’s first telephone and today’s telephones alike? How are they
different? They both send voices from one place to another. Alexander’s phonies much
bigger than today’s phones.
What is this story mostly about? It is about how Alexander Graham Bell invented the
first telephone.
Grammar:
Using I and Me
The pronouns “I” and “me” take the place of your name.
Always write “I” with a capital letter.
(Write: I make old things into new things.)
Read this sentence. I make old things into new things.
Which word takes the place of your name? I
“I” is a pronoun that takes the place of your name.
(Write: Josh gave me his old bike.)
Read this sentence. Josh gave me his old bike.
Which word takes the place of your name? me
“Me” is a pronoun that takes the place of your name.
(Write: I had a great idea.)
Read this sentence. I had a great idea.
Which word takes the place of your name? I
“I” is a pronoun that takes the place of your name.
(Write: Watch me run fast.)
Read this sentence. Watch me run fast.
Which word takes the place of your name? me
“Me” is a pronoun that takes the place of your name.
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