NearPod Link Robots/Inventors

Robots without Humans:  https://share.nearpod.com/vsph/VFNSTdUcNu

African American Inventors:  https://share.nearpod.com/vsph/Aa8mUA5wNu

Today we read a National Geographic Explorer magazine with a story called Robot Revolution.  Here are some more useful robots...

Robots for Kids Videos

Other skills this week included Steps in a Process and comparing and contrasting fiction/nonfiction text.

We will take our 16 Spelling Test Friday.

I will begin AIMS testing for fluency for the Winter Benchmark.  It will take a while to get through the entire class before reports are sent home, but we are in the process of completing this test.  Students orally read two probes to me.  Each story "probe" (selection) is a timed one-minute selection.  The goal is to make good progress in fluency (reading rate).

Near Pod Lesson

Martin Luther King

NearPod Lesson - Online Safety

Following Directions

Here's a link to some activities to practice our skill of Following Directions:

At Home Activities to Try with your Child

Fact/Opinion Quiz

Fact/Opinion Quiz

Spelling City Unit 16

Spelling City Unit 16

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