• Essential Question
    What important traits must an inventor have?

     

    Fluency

    Accuracy

    Good readers think about whether the words they read make sense.  When a sentence doesn't sound right, they look back to see if they misread and correct their mistakes.
     
     
    Comprehension 

    Target Skill: Main Ideas and Details

    The most important ideas in a text are the main ideas.  Authors use main ideas to organize the information in a text. Authors use details to support the main ideas.  In a biography, the details will add more information about a person's life.
     
     
    Resources 
    Main Idea Game
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
      
    Target Skill: Sequence of Events
     
    A sequence is the order in which events take place.  In a biography, an author will often sequence a person's life from birth to death, telling events that happen to the person as he or she moves from childhood to adulthood.
     
     
    Target Strategy: Summarize
     
    As you read, you should stop occasionally and use the main ideas and details to summarize, or retell, the important events.
     
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    Text Organization
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Target Vocabulary 

    invention  - an original device, system, or process

     

    experiment - a test to find out or prove something

     

    laboratory - a place where scientists work and do experiments

     

    genius - extraordinary intellectual power, especially seen in creative ability

     

    gadget - a small, useful machine or device

     

    electric - powered by electricity, a form of energy caused by the motion of electrons and protons

     

    signal - a sound, motion, or other sign that sends a message

     

    occasional -  happening from time to time

     
     
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