Westward Expansion: Supplemental Guide 2A | Mr. Fulton’s Journey 47steamboat is a compound word and show how students can
fi gure out its meaning if they know the two words steam and
boat.]- We could see steam coming out of the steamboat’s
smokestack as it was traveling down the river. - With your partner, think of as many examples as you can of
when steam is produced. [Call on several partners to share.
Possible answers include steam from a hot iron, steam from
a tea kettle or other water cooking on the stove, steam from a
locomotive, steam from a vaporizer or humidifi er, when rain at
a cooler temperature falls on a warmer asphalt surface, steam
from a hot bowl of soup, and steam from your breath on a
cold day.]
Invented/Inventor
Show image 2A-3: Fulton and Livingston in Paris/diagram of steamboat
- In today’s read-aloud, you will hear about a person who
invented one of the best steamboats of his time. The
inventor’s name was Fulton. [Point to Fulton showing his work
on the table.] - Say the word invented with me three times.
Say the word inventor with me three times. - Invented means created or made for the very fi rst time.
An inventor is someone who creates or makes something that
has never been created or made before. - Cai Lun was an ancient Chinese inventor that invented a way
to make paper. - [List the following three inventions on the board: silk,
Olympics, labyrinth/maze.] On the board are three inventions
that you have learned about. I will say the name of the
inventor. Your job is to repeat the inventor’s name and tell
what the inventor invented. Use a complete sentence when
you answer: “ invented the .” [inventors: ancient
Greeks, Chinese, Daedalus (from Greek Myths domain)]