Unit 5 Week 5

“Great Ideas”

Big Question:

What difference can a great idea make?

Question of the Week:

How can a great idea change the way we live?

Big Book:

“Discover the Life of an Inventor:

Orville and Wilbur Wright”

Amazing Words:

determined, inventor, technology, stable, stalled, biplane, sketch, speech

Phonics:

Vowel Sound in ball: aw, au

Syllable Patterns: Vowel Digraphs and Diphthongs

Song of the Week:

“Everyday Technology”

Story of the Week

“Alexander Graham Bell:

A Great Inventor”

Author: Lynne Blanton

Illustrator: Guy Francis

Genre: Biography

Comprehension Strategy:

Text Structure

Comprehension Skill:

Sequence

Story Words:

dehusker, heard, piano, telephone

HFW:

built, early, learn, science, through

Read Aloud

“Earle Dickinson and His Wonderful Invention”

A story about the invention of adhesive bandages.

Grammar:

Adverbs

Centers