Learning Objective(s)
- Students will ask and answer questions about a story.
- Students will design a new invention and describe how the invention works.
Standard(s)
READS - Florida’s K-12 Integrated Library Media Reading Guidelines
- Read 1.3 Use community resources for recreational and informational needs
English Language Arts B.E.S.T. Standards
- ELA.K12.EE.3.1 Make inferences to support comprehension.
- ELA.K12.EE.4.1 Use appropriate collaborative techniques and active listening skills when engaging in discussions in a variety of situations.
Essential Question(s)
- What materials can you use to create a new invention?
Materials
For field trip activity:
- paper
- pencil and/or crayons
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The Most Magnificent Thing by Call Number: E SPIRESISBN: 9781554537044Publication Date: 2013-08-01The girl has a wonderful idea. She is going to make the most MAGNIFICENT thing! She knows just how it will look. She knows just how it will work. All she has to do is make it, and she makes things all the time. But making her magnificent thing is anything but easy, and the girl tries and fails, repeatedly. Eventually, the girl gets really, really mad. She is so mad, in fact, that she quits. But after her dog convinces her to take a walk, she comes back to her project with renewed enthusiasm and manages to get it just right.
How to Catch a Turkey by Call Number: E WALLACEISBN: 9781492664352Publication Date: 2018-09-04A New York TimesBestseller! From the bestselling How to Catch series comes a festive turkey tale! A turkey is running loose in a school right before a Thanksgiving play. Can YOU help catch it? Follow along as students turn their school upside down trying to catch the turkey, ending with a twist that ensures no turkeys are harmed (or eaten!). Thanksgiving time is here again, but there's a turkey on the run! Can you catch this tricky bird before the school play has begun?
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