So You Want to Be an Inventor?

Our story this week is called So You Want to Be an Inventor: eBook.  Students should reread this story Tuesday homework and practice vocabulary words for the story test.  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



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 Friday.

Spelling Lists