Story Homework

Our story this week is called So You Want to Be an Inventor: eBook.  Students should reread this story tonight for homework and practice vocabulary words for the story test tomorrow.  Here's an at home Jeopardy game you can play to practice the story's facts:

So You Want to Be an Inventor Jeopardy

Inventor Games

Videos:

Kid President - Inventor

Inventions Made By Kids

Inventions are based upon steps in a process, such as Henry Ford's Assembly Line.  Here are some activities you can have your child do at home to practice Steps in a Process:

Steps in a Process Activities

We are also focusing on Facts and Opinions.

http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/factsopinions/

http://roomrecess.com/pages/FactOpinion.html

https://www.toonuniversity.com/aol/5l_fact.html

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

http://wonderopolis.org

http://www.whoinventedit.net

Schoolhouse Rock invention video:

Schoolhouse Rock Inventions

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 16 test is next Friday.

Spelling Lists 

Spelling City - games - Unit 16