Our Inventions

Today we read about some more unusual inventions and created our own dream inventions.  We utilized our creativity and our writing skills to both explain and design our inventions.  Here are some activities you can have your child do at home to practice Steps in a Process:

Steps in a Process Activities

This is a fun site that our class used in class to answer some "I Wonder Why...?" questions:

http://wonderopolis.org

http://www.whoinventedit.net

Schoolhouse Rock invention video:

Schoolhouse Rock Inventions

So You Want to Be an Inventor Jeopardy

Inventor Biographies for Kids:

http://www.biography.com/people/wilbur-wright-20672839#early-life - Wright Brothers

http://mrnussbaum.com/thomas_edison/ - Thomas Edison

http://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-thomas-edison/ - Thomas Edison 

http://www.ducksters.com/biography/entrepreneurs/levi_strauss.php - Levi Strauss

http://www.biography.com/people/alexander-graham-bell-9205497 - Alexander Graham Bell 

Our spelling Unit 17 test is next week.

Spelling Lists 

Spelling City - games