Kindergarden - The Five Senses

The Five Senses: Supplemental Guide 2A | I Use My Ears to Hear 53

Discussing the Read-Aloud 10 minutes

Comprehension Questions

If students have difficulty responding to questions, reread pertinent lines

of the read-aloud and/or refer to specific images. If students give one-

word answers and/or fail to use read-aloud or domain vocabulary in their

responses, acknowledge correct responses by expanding the students’

responses using richer and more complex language. To the extent that

they are able, ask students to answer in complete sentences, even short

sentences. Model answers using complete sentences for students.

1. Inferential What is the main topic, or idea, of this lesson?
   
   
   • The main topic, or idea, is the sense of hearing.
   
   
   
   


2. Literal Which part of your body do you use to hear?
   
   
   • I use my ears to hear.
   
   
   
   


3. Literal How does sound travel through the air?
   
   
   • Sound travels through the air in sound waves.
   
   
   
   


4. Literal Can you see sound waves?
   
   
   • I cannot see sound waves.
     Why not?
   
   
   • Sound waves are invisible.
   
   
   
   


5. Literal What part of your ear vibrates, or moves back and forth, when
   the sound waves bump into it?
   
   
   • My eardrum vibrates when sound waves bump into it.
   
   
   
   


6. Literal What is volume?
   
   
   • Volume is used to describe how loud or quiet a sound is.
   
   
   
   

 Complete Remainder of the Lesson Later in the Day