Week | Selection | Description | Link |
All | Preview/Review Packet | The packet is designed to preview content, via texts about Edison and Bell, and review previous skills from prior units. | here |
1 | Cains Arcade | The story, via video, of a child who built an arcade | here |
1 | How to Be an Inventor | Kid President learns about the value of inventions | here |
1 | Opinion Writing | A graphic organizer to help students as they write about an invention. | here |
1 | Alexander Graham Bell: “It Talks” | Find the Fragment | here |
1 | Alexander Graham Bell: “It Talks” | Because But and So Sentence Expansion Activity | here |
1 | Alexander Graham Bell: “It Talks” | Text-Dependent Questions | here |
1 | From Telephone to FaceTime | Because But and So Sentence Expansion Activity | here |
1 | From Telephone to FaceTime | Text-Dependent Questions | here |
1 | Apply VCe Syllable Pattern | “Silent e” by the Bazillions song/video | here |
2 | Thomas Edison: “It Sings” | Because But and So Sentence Expansion Activity | here |
2 | Thomas Edison: “It Sings” Part 2 | Text-Dependent Questions for the Week 2, Extended Read | here |
2 | Conjunctions | Poster to support students with using different types of conjunctions | here |
2 | Coordinating Conjunctions | Schoolhouse Rock, “Conjunction Junction” | here |
2 | Vowel R | Help your students better understand vowel r with this animated video | here |
3 | Inflectional Endings -ed | Cute video that demonstrated how “ed” is a time traveler. | here |
3 | Inflectional Endings | Posters to support students as they work with inflected endings | here |
3 | From Phonograph to Playlist | Because But and So Sentence Expansion Activity | here |
3 | From Phonograph to Playlist | Text-Dependent questions for Part I | here |
3 | From Phonograph to Playlist | Text-Dependent questions for Part II | here |
1 to 3 | All Close Read selections | Appositives | here |
1 to 3 | Thomas A. Edison Read Aloud | Google Slide Deck to support the read-aloud with pictorial representations | here |
1 to 3 | Thomas A. Edison Read Aloud | Listen as Marilyn reads the story, “Thomas A. Edison” and shares the pictorial supports. | here |
1 to 3 | Tucker’s Hill | Google Slide Deck to support the read-aloud with pictorial representations | here |
1 to 3 | Tucker’s Hill | Listen as Marilyn reads the story, “Tucker’s Hill” and shares the pictorial supports. | here |
1 to 3 | Ayoka and Sequoyah | Google Slide Deck to support the read-aloud with pictorial representations | here |
1 to 3 | Ayoka and Sequoyah | Listen as Marilyn reads the story “Ayka and Sequoyah” and shares the pictorial supports | here |
1 to 3 | Johann Finds a Way | Google Slide Deck to support the read-aloud with pictorial representations | here |
1 to 3 | Johann Finds a Way | Listen as Marilyn reads the story, “Johann Finds a Way” and shares the pictorial supports. | here |
1 to 3 | The Wright Brothers | Questions for “The Wright Brothers” printed to Avery 5160 | here |
1 to 3 | Louis Pasteur | Questions for “Louis Pasteur” printed on Avery 5160 | here |
1 to 3 | Telling Time through the Ages | Questions for “Telling Time through the Ages” on Avery 5160 | here |
1 to 3 | Robert Ballard: Deepwater Explorer | Questions for “Robert Ballard: Deepwater Explorer” on Avery 5160 | here |
1 to 3 | The Idea Machine | Questions for “The Idea Machine” on Avery 5160 | here |
1 to 3 | The Chicago World’s Fair | Questions for “The Chicago World’s Fair” on Avery 5160 | here |
1 to 3 | Medical Pioneers | Questions for “Medical Pioneers” on Avery 5160 | here |