The inventors' units for nonfiction Edison and The Boy Who Invented TV will light up your classroom and inspire creative thinking!
The activities for Edison include:
- pre-reading activities,
- vocabulary,
- drawing the inventions,
- comprehension check-up,
- visualizing young Edison's jobs,
- historical newspapers,
- dreaming/doing,
- math teasers,
- multiple choice math, and
- Edison's Six I's, plus
- A Jeopardy-type.
The activities for The Boy Who Invented TV (Philo Farnsworth) by Kathleen Krull include:
- Discussion Cards,
- An Anticipation Guide,
- Vocabulary Puzzle,
- Five in a Row Vocabulary Game,
- Math Study,
- Multiple Choice Comprehension,
- Visualizing the Story,
- Television Research,
- Simple Electricity, and
- Answer Keys