LFO Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 81
• What does he find near him? (new friends)
HOTS: GENERATE POSSIBILITIES
• How does one find ‘new friends’ using a telescope, in your opinion?
EXTRA: The rap is an excellent opportunity to put some emphasis on intonation in reading.
When you read the rap, make sure to stress certain words to help make the rap clearer.
Read the rap a few times, each time stressing a different part and ask the students what the
difference in understanding is.
For example:
The first sentence should be read with the stress on the italicized word:
I have a silver telescope.
But what happens when you change the stress to ‘silver’? The focal point of the sentence is
that the telescope is silver, not what I have.
What happens when you change the stress to ‘I’? The focal point is suddenly that I have
something, not someone else.
FYI: The Telescope – The earliest recorded working telescopes were the refracting
telescopes in the Netherlands in 1608. Galileo heard of these telescopes and promptly built
his own in in June 1609, making it better than the original within a year. Galileo was the first
person to use the telescope to look towards the sky to note celestial objects and patterns.
The later telescopes were much improved using mirrors which corrected the views
considerably. Today, there are a number of different types of telescopes, each of which is
used for different types of views and research.
While Reading
2. Let’s Read!
Ask the students to look at the pictures. Ask them where
they’ve seen these pictures before (in the opening double
spread on pages 44-45).
AI: Students understand
the general meaning,
main ideas and the
sequence of events in a
text, and use this
knowledge as needed.
Have them read the speech bubbles quietly.
Go to www.eadventure.co.il/LFO to play this text.
Ask:
• 1. When does Albert use his telescope? (every day)
• 2. Who does Albert see every day? (the man with the blue hat and his dog).
• What does the man do with his dog every day when Albert sees them? (he walks
with his dog)
• 3. When does Albert see the three men? (On Sunday, Wednesday and Friday
afternoons)
• What are they doing? (cleaning the park)
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