Poetry Society
Imaginary Words
Oh, what fun! Young logophiles and neologists create a dictionary-sounding definition for imaginary words and try to fool their classmates.
EngageNY
Summarizing Notes: Planning a Graphic Novelette, Part II: The Invention of Television
Let's work together! Using the collaborative resource, scholars work in triads to begin section two of their storyboards about Philo Farnsworth, the inventor of the television. They then practice using linking words and phrases to...
Curated OER
Using a Dictionary: Root Words
A dictionary is a very helpful tool. Teach your third graders how to locate words, define them, and understand what root words are. They look up 12 words, write their definitions, then determine the root word that helps categorize each...
K12 Reader
A Great Invention
Try out a writing prompt that is great for a warm-up or an in-depth research project! Have kids describe an important invention and trace its development over the years. Use the writing prompt in a language arts class, social studies...
Scholastic
Frindle Lesson Plan
"Who says a pen has to be called a pen? Why not call it a frindle?" Inspired by this quote from the award-winning novel written by Andrew Celements, this lesson allows children to invent their own terms for common classroom objects,...
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Summarizing Notes: Planning a Graphic Novelette, Part III: The Invention of Television
How did the television change people's lives? Learners consider the question as they complete their storyboards about the invention of the TV, adding visual elements along the way. Then, they participate in a peer review to offer and...
Curated OER
Word Meaning from Context
Learners read very brief passages and answer multiple choice and short answer questions about words presented in the context of sentences. Four questions about the words edible, inedible, introvert, and trivial.
Curated OER
Inventions Word Chop Worksheet
In this inventions worksheet, students put together word parts that represent different inventions. Students put together word parts for 9 inventions.
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Using Quotes to Explain: Why Philo Farnsworth Invented Television
Television or radio? Scholars read pages 18-28 of The Boy Who Invented TV: The Story of Philo Farnsworth to discover why Farnsworth thought TV was better than radio. They determine the gist of the section and then look closer at why...
Curated OER
Connecticut Firsts Word Search
In this word search about the state of Connecticut activity, students read terms about things that were invented or used first in Connecticut and find them in the crossword. Students find 10 words.
Middle Tennessee State University
The Invention of the Telephone
All of the people in your class would agree that life would be different without the invention of the telephone! Study Alexander Graham Bell's most famous and influential invention through the primary source document of his sketch of the...
Curated OER
Inventors and Inventions Internet Hunt
For this inventors and inventions Internet hunt worksheet, students answer 15 questions by using the links provided for Internet research. This page includes several links to helpful web resources.
Curated OER
Sounding Out, Alien Word Game
Students invent words using a set of letters. In this Alien word lesson, students determine if the letters made a real word. Students record problem words in an activity log.
Curated OER
Our Picture and Word Book
Create a fun song for your young learners! It should include each of their names and use rhyme to make it memorable. Then show the class a picture dictionary, and have learners make their own class dictionary! If you have time, consider...
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Using Quotes to Explain Relationships: The Invention of the Electric Motor
Read it and read it again. Scholars do multiple reads of the text The Electric Motor. During the first pass, they read to discover the gist of the text. In the second, pupils use quotes from the article to explain the use of the electric...
Curated OER
Vocabulary Formation Worksheet 10
In this vocabulary formation worksheet, 5th graders read eight sentences and fill in the blanks in each sentence with an appropriate form of the base word in bold found at the end of each sentence.
ESL Writing
Paraphrase with Synonyms
What's another word for paraphrasing? Ask your pupils to put their minds to work in order to replace underlined words in a series of sentences with appropriate synonyms.
Curated OER
Our Inventions
Students construct or draw an invention of their own design. In this problem solving instructional activity, students define the word invention, discuss famous inventions, invetors, and how inventions come about. Students work in...
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Ben Franklin's Inventions
Students discover the life of Benjamin Franklin by studying his inventions. In this biography lesson, students identify the inventions of Benjamin Franklin and their impact on society today. Students create a commercial in an attempt...
Curated OER
Invent on the Spot
The best inventions come from a problem that needs to be solved! Given a container with holes in it, learners must solve how to stop liquid from pouring out. They work together to develop an invention to accomplish this task.
Desert Discoveries
Invent - A - Saurus
Fourth graders get to invent their own dinosaur! This is done by using a very clever worksheet embedded in the plan. The worksheet leads them through naming their dinosaur by having explanations of the Latin terminology that is used with...
Curated OER
Chinese Inventions
In this Chinese inventions worksheet, 1st graders read 4 words, look at 4 pictures and draw a line from the invention word to its picture.
Curated OER
A Survey of Thomas Edison's Inventions
Students complete a web survey for Thomas Edison's inventions. For this Thomas Edison lesson, students visit the websites to learn about the inventions of Thomas Edison.
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Inventions Word Search Worksheet
In this inventions worksheet, students study 20 words in a word box that pertain to inventions. Students find the words in a word search.