Ben Franklin and His First Kite
Day 4
• Today we will read aboutan amazing invention.The inventor uses old
things in different ways.What objects might you
use in a new way?
InventingInventing is thinkingOf something that’s new.Inventing takes hard workAnd energy too.Each brand new contraptionStarts in somebody’s mind,With problems to solve andSolutions to find.Inventors must work hardAnd overcome doubt. But that’s what inventing Is really about.
Read Aloud
Read : “Crows in the City”
You will read another story about using something familiar in a new way.
Listen to find out crows are curious and intelligent.
What does the author think is curious about crows in the city?
Do you think crows are intelligent?
Amazing Words
curiouscurious – if something is curious, it
is strange or unusual.
intelligentintelligent– means bright or
smart.
contraptiondoubt energyglider(un)mannedsoar
PracticeThis word begins with a b and names two boys in
the same family.This word begins with a and tells what you did
when someone asked you a question.This word begins with p and means the opposite of
rich.This word begins with d and tells about things that
are not alike.This word begins with c and tells something you can
do for a baby who cannot walk yet.
brothers
answered
poor
different
carry
Phonics Reviewcrawlhaulbreathapplaudlawnfaultdrawweather
breadthreadheavysweateryawnspreadautofaucet
Word Readingsciencelearngreattouchshowearlyheavyslowlyopenedsaw
awfulshoesbarelywrigglethroughbuiltbecauselittleheadspush
Read the Sentences1. In science class, we learn how great ideas
turn into wonderful things.2. The book will show how early people moved
heavy stones.3. We slowly opened the door and saw that the awful pup had chewed most of our old shoes.4.The dogs can barely wriggle through the dog
door we built because it is so little that their heads touch the top.
Ben Franklin
Spelling Words
unhappy
refill
untie
undo
repay
unkind
undress
retell
reopen
refund
different
carry
Read the Questions What do you call a person who has no money?
__________Two men in the same family are not father and
son. What are they? _______What did you do when someone asked you a
question?_________What should you do when the road is closed?
Take a _____ road.Why didn’t the chicken run across the road?She wanted someone to ______ her.
different
poor
answered
carry
brothers
Daily Fix – It 7. Jan call my project silly
8. I thinke that were unkind.
Jan called my project silly.
I think that was unkind.