iOpener: Inventing the Telephone

Part of iOpeners

Author Sue Graves
This 254-word book tells all about the history of the telephone from its invention by Alexander Graham Bell to its use today. This title includes an index and discussion questions to aid in reading comprehension.

Grade: 1
Subject: History
Genre: Nonfiction Narrative
Comprehension Skill/Strategy: Identify Main Ideas/Details
Diagnostic Reading Assessment (DRA/EDL): 18
Guided Reading Level: J
Lexile Level: 17

DK's iOpeners equip K-6 students with the skills and strategies they need to access and comprehend nonfiction so that they are not only learning to read but reading to learn. The combination of high-interest content and eye-popping photography of iOpeners brings science and social studies topics to life, raises student achievement in reading, and boosts standardized test scores.
Sue Graves is a children's author with more than 150 books to her name. She is known for her books Bad Luck, Lucy!, Ben and the Big Balloon, Crabby GabbyiOpener: Planes, Trains, and More, Inventing the Telephone, and many more. View titles by Sue Graves

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This 254-word book tells all about the history of the telephone from its invention by Alexander Graham Bell to its use today. This title includes an index and discussion questions to aid in reading comprehension.

Grade: 1
Subject: History
Genre: Nonfiction Narrative
Comprehension Skill/Strategy: Identify Main Ideas/Details
Diagnostic Reading Assessment (DRA/EDL): 18
Guided Reading Level: J
Lexile Level: 17

DK's iOpeners equip K-6 students with the skills and strategies they need to access and comprehend nonfiction so that they are not only learning to read but reading to learn. The combination of high-interest content and eye-popping photography of iOpeners brings science and social studies topics to life, raises student achievement in reading, and boosts standardized test scores.

Author

Sue Graves is a children's author with more than 150 books to her name. She is known for her books Bad Luck, Lucy!, Ben and the Big Balloon, Crabby GabbyiOpener: Planes, Trains, and More, Inventing the Telephone, and many more. View titles by Sue Graves

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