How do inventors turn ideas into inventions?

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Pearl & Wagner Vocabulary Words  robot  wad  trash  electricity Amazing Words  construct  sidekick  unique  contraption  foolproof  daydream  project  scrap

Pearl & Wagner High Frequency Words  guess  village  pretty  watch  science  won  shoe

Pearl & Wagner Word Wall Words  part  float  found  how  made Spelling Words  read windy  feel sleep  easy teeth  deep team  seat wreath  party season  wheel eagle  leave

Big Question: How do inventors turn ideas into inventions?  Monday Monday  Tuesday Tuesday  Wednesday Wednesday  Thursday Thursday  Friday Friday

Pearl & Wagner Monday Morning Warm-Up Behind every invention is a good idea. Everybody has good ideas. How do inventors turn good ideas into inventions?

Pearl & Wagner Monday Morning Warm-Up Behind every invention is a good idea. Everybody has good ideas. How do inventors turn good ideas into inventions?

Today we will learn about:  new amazing words,  long e: ee, ee, ea, y  author’s purpose  verbs

Pearl & Wagner Amazing Words

construct  con - struct  If you construct something, you build it or put it together.  People native to the Artic regions used to construct shelters from snow and ice.  The Boy Scouts used wood, nails, a saw, and a hammer to construct birdhouses.

sidekick  side - kick  If you have a sidekick, you have a good friend and partner.  Those two kids are always together; they are real sidekicks.  Sue and her sidekick Anne are working on that puzzle.

unique  u – ni – que  Something that is unique is the only one like it.  Tom’s grandmother made him a unique teddy bear when he was a baby.  You can write a unique story.

Long e: e, ee, ea, y  creme Steve  When you see e-consonant-e, the first e, says its name, and the second e is silent. (When 2 vowels go walking, the first does the talking, and the second one stays quiet.)  Today we will study other spellings for long e.

Long e: e, ee, ea, y  easel  The sound you hear at the beginning of easel is long e.  Sometimes ea stands for long e.  peak  be  week  baby

Long e: e, ee, ea, y  relax  cheese  funny  me  beach  she  pony  street  breeze  he  cozy  speech  cream  tease  we  clean

Long e: e, ee, ea, y mend, silly, greet, best, neat, sleep, slept, equal, replay, crease, lady, peck Long eShort e

Long e: e, ee, ea, y mend, silly, greet, best, neat, sleep, slept, equal, replay, crease, lady, peck Long eShort e mend

Long e: e, ee, ea, y mend, silly, greet, best, neat, sleep, slept, equal, replay, crease, lady, peck Long eShort e silly mend

Long e: e, ee, ea, y mend, silly, greet, best, neat, sleep, slept, equal, replay, crease, lady, peck Long eShort e silly greet mend

Long e: e, ee, ea, y mend, silly, greet, best, neat, sleep, slept, equal, replay, crease, lady, peck Long eShort e silly greet mend best

Long e: e, ee, ea, y mend, silly, greet, best, neat, sleep, slept, equal, replay, crease, lady, peck Long eShort e silly greet neat mend best

Long e: e, ee, ea, y mend, silly, greet, best, neat, sleep, slept, equal, replay, crease, lady, peck Long eShort e silly greet neat sleep mend best

Long e: e, ee, ea, y mend, silly, greet, best, neat, sleep, slept, equal, replay, crease, lady, peck Long eShort e silly greet neat sleep mend best slept

Long e: e, ee, ea, y mend, silly, greet, best, neat, sleep, slept, equal, replay, crease, lady, peck Long eShort e silly greet neat sleep equal mend best slept

Long e: e, ee, ea, y mend, silly, greet, best, neat, sleep, slept, equal, replay, crease, lady, peck Long eShort e silly greet neat sleep equal replay mend best slept

Long e: e, ee, ea, y mend, silly, greet, best, neat, sleep, slept, equal, replay, crease, lady, peck Long eShort e silly greet neat sleep equal replay crease mend best slept

Long e: e, ee, ea, y mend, silly, greet, best, neat, sleep, slept, equal, replay, crease, lady, peck Long eShort e silly greet neat sleep equal replay crease lady mend best slept

Long e: e, ee, ea, y mend, silly, greet, best, neat, sleep, slept, equal, replay, crease, lady, peck Long eShort e silly greet neat sleep equal replay crease lady mend best slept peck

Long e: e, ee, ea, y silly, greet, neat, sleep, equal, replay, crease, lady Sort these long e words by spelling pattern. eeeeay

Long e: e, ee, ea, y silly, greet, neat, sleep, equal, replay, crease, lady Sort these long e words by spelling pattern. eeeeay silly

Long e: e, ee, ea, y silly, greet, neat, sleep, equal, replay, crease, lady Sort these long e words by spelling pattern. eeeeay greet silly

Long e: e, ee, ea, y silly, greet, neat, sleep, equal, replay, crease, lady Sort these long e words by spelling pattern. eeeeay greet neat silly

Long e: e, ee, ea, y silly, greet, neat, sleep, equal, replay, crease, lady Sort these long e words by spelling pattern. eeeeay greet sleep neat silly

Long e: e, ee, ea, y silly, greet, neat, sleep, equal, replay, crease, lady Sort these long e words by spelling pattern. eeeeay equal greet sleep neat silly

Long e: e, ee, ea, y silly, greet, neat, sleep, equal, replay, crease, lady Sort these long e words by spelling pattern. eeeeay equal replay greet sleep neat silly

Long e: e, ee, ea, y silly, greet, neat, sleep, equal, replay, crease, lady Sort these long e words by spelling pattern. eeeeay equal replay greet sleep neat crease silly

Long e: e, ee, ea, y silly, greet, neat, sleep, equal, replay, crease, lady Sort these long e words by spelling pattern. eeeeay equal replay greet sleep neat crease silly lady

Word Reading: Long and Short e  below  flex  germ  meat  keep  perky  greet  fetch  term  heap  beach  reverse  lazy  peck  clerk

Pearl & Wagner Word Wall Words  part  float  found  how  made Spelling Words  read windy  feel sleep  easy teeth  deep team  seat wreath  party season  wheel eagle  leave

Let’s Talk About Creative Ideas

How do inventors turn ideas into inventions? Put the steps in order from first to last.  Try it out.  Get the materials.  Make necessary changes.  Make the invention.  Think up an idea. 1. Think up an idea. 2. Get the materials. 3. Make the invention. 4. Try it out. 5. Make necessary changes.

Author’s Purpose  An author has a reason for writing.  An author can write to inform or explain something.  An author can write to entertain.  An author can write to describe something.  An author can write to convince the reader to think or act in a certain way.

Daily Fix-It carl think of a idea? Carl thinks of an idea. then he make a meel Then he makes a meal.

Grammar: Verbs  A verb tells what something or someone does.  A word that shows action is a verb.  Ahmed makes a present for his dad.  The word makes is a verb. It tells what Ahmed did.

Grammar: Verbs  Ahmed finds a small flat piece of wood.  He paints the wood yellow.  He prints “The Best Dad” in black.

A Pearl & Wagner Monday Journal Topic Write about something that makes you unique

Pearl & Wagner Tuesday Morning Warm-Up Today we will read about some farmers. They have a problem with mice in their fields. One farmer has a smart idea for getting rid of the mice. What do you think is a smart idea?

Pearl & Wagner Tuesday Morning Warm-Up Today we will read about some farmers. They have a problem with mice in their fields. One farmer has a smart idea for getting rid of the mice. What do you think is a smart idea?

Today we will learn about:  new amazing words,  long e  author’s purpose  high frequency words  vocabulary  verbs

Pearl & Wagner Amazing Words

contraption  con – trap – tion  A contraption is something that is put together in a very odd way.  The strange machines the farmers made to catch the mice were contraptions.  My dad put two baby buggies together to make a contraption the twins could ride in.  The coach made a contraption to wheel all the balls and other stuff in.

foolproof  fool - proof  Something that is foolproof is so simple and safe that anybody can use it.  A cat is a foolproof mouse catcher.  The most foolproof bike is a tricycle.

daydream  day – dream  When you daydream, you are awake but you are thinking of pleasant things.  On that cold winter day, I daydreamed about going to the beach.  Susan daydreamed about how nice it would be to have her own room.

Long e: e, ee, ea, y  squeeze  before  beam  happy  equal  shaky  freezing  defrost  please  fifteen  bunny  beet  secret  degree  lucky

Long e: e, ee, ea, y Find the long e words in “Inventors Succeed.”  seek  dreamed  before  each  week  squeak  succeed  happy  need

Long e Words dreamed, seek, happy, before, we, week, keep, each, succeed, need, squeak eeeeay

Long e Words dreamed, seek, happy, before, we, week, keep, each, succeed, need, squeak eeeeay dreamed

Long e Words dreamed, seek, happy, before, we, week, keep, each, succeed, need, squeak eeeeay seek dreamed

Long e Words dreamed, seek, happy, before, we, week, keep, each, succeed, need, squeak eeeeay seek dreamed happy

Long e Words dreamed, seek, happy, before, we, week, keep, each, succeed, need, squeak eeeeay before seek dreamed happy

Long e Words dreamed, seek, happy, before, we, week, keep, each, succeed, need, squeak eeeeay before we seek dreamed happy

Long e Words dreamed, seek, happy, before, we, week, keep, each, succeed, need, squeak eeeeay before we seek week dreamed happy

Long e Words dreamed, seek, happy, before, we, week, keep, each, succeed, need, squeak eeeeay before we seek week keep dreamed happy

Long e Words dreamed, seek, happy, before, we, week, keep, each, succeed, need, squeak eeeeay before we seek week keep dreamed each happy

Long e Words dreamed, seek, happy, before, we, week, keep, each, succeed, need, squeak eeeeay before we seek week keep succeed dreamed each happy

Long e Words dreamed, seek, happy, before, we, week, keep, each, succeed, need, squeak eeeeay before we seek week keep succeed need dreamed each happy

Long e Words dreamed, seek, happy, before, we, week, keep, each, succeed, need, squeak eeeeay before we seek week keep succeed need dreamed each squeak happy

Long e Words  I fell into a deep sleep after the party.  I got to leave with the team.  The book was easy to read.  My teeth feel cold.

Author’s Purpose  An author has a reason for writing.  An author can write to inform or explain something.  An author can write to entertain.  An author can write to describe something.  An author can write to convince the reader to think or act in a certain way.  As you read, think about what the story is about.  Think about why the author wrote the story.

Story Structure: Setting, Characters, and Plot  When you read a story, think about where a story takes place (setting), who’s in the story (characters), and what happens in the beginning, middle, and end of a story (plot).  Think about what happens first, next, and last in the story. Keeping track of what happens in order helps you understand the story.

Pearl & Wagner High Frequency Words  guess  village  pretty  watch  science  won  shoe

High-Frequency Word Review  science  pulled  shoe  eyes  won  through  guess  remember  village  mouth  pretty  opened  watch

Vocabulary Words  robot – a machine with moving parts that is controlled by a computer  wad – a round lump  trash – something of little use  electricity – energy that makes light, heat, motion, or force

Vocabulary Words: robot, wad, trash, electricity  We have a _____ in our kitchen.  We have a robot in our kitchen.  It is a ____-eating robot.  It is a trash-eating robot.  I put a ____ of paper in it.  I put a wad of paper in it.  The robot used ____ to chew up the paper.  The robot used electricity to chew up the paper.

Daily Fix-It  we will ete soup for lunch.  We will eat soup for lunch.  We lik a lot of chease on it.  We like a lot of cheese on it.

Grammar: Verbs  A verb tells what something or someone does.  A word that shows action is a verb.  The boys catch the ball.  The word catch is a verb. It tells what the boys did.

Pearl & Wagner Tuesday Journal Topic Write an idea for an invention you could use on the playground.

Pearl & Wagner Wednesday Morning Warm-Up Mice eat corn, so farmers build mousetraps. Cats are the best mousetraps though! What else can cats do?

Pearl & Wagner Wednesday Morning Warm-Up Mice eat corn, so farmers build mousetraps. Cats are the best mousetraps though! What else can cats do?

Today we will learn about:  new amazing words,  long e: ee, ee, ea, y  words with long e  high-frequency words  antonyms  verbs

Pearl & Wagner Amazing Words

project  pro - ject  A project is something you plan and then do.  Our class is working on a big project to paint a mural in the hall.  This book report is turning out to be a bigger project than I expected.

scrap  scrap  A scrap is a tiny piece of something. Scraps are often leftover from something.  We gave the dog the scraps from dinner.  My grandmother used scraps of cloth to make a quilt.

Long a: a, ai, ay Building Words a – i d – l – m p – s - y

High-Frequency Words village, watch, shoe, guess, won, science, pretty  This is a subject you study in school.  This is another name for a small town.  This is something you wear to tell time.  This is another word for beautiful.  This is something you wear on your foot.  This is something you do when you don’t know the answer.  This is something that happened when you came in first place.

Pearl & Wagner Word Wall Words  part  float  found  how  made Spelling Words  read windy  feel sleep  easy teeth  deep team  seat wreath  party season  wheel eagle  leave

Spelling read, feel, easy, deep, seat, party, wheel, leave, windy, sleep, teeth, team, wreath, season, eagle  Means the opposite of come  Name a type of bird  Are rhyming pairs  Rhymes with bead  Rhymes with gleam  Rhymes with reason  Rhymes with meat  Mean the same thing as breezy  Means the opposite of hard  Name an event people have fun at

Antonyms  When Pearl pulled the string on the robot’s mouth, the robot’s mouth opened. When she let go of the string,k the robot’s mouth shut.  Opened and shut are opposites or antonyms.  small – big  happy – sad  hard - easy

Daily Fix-It  Science project are not eisy.  Science projects are not easy.  It heps to read about them frist.  It helps to read about them first.

Grammar: Verbs  Verbs are doing words that show action.  Choosing strong, interesting verbs helps readers create a mental picture.  Think of verbs that tell about things people do in each of these places.  school  playground  home  store

Pearl & Wagner Wednesday Journal Topic Use antonyms in sentences contrasting Pearl and Wagner.

Pearl & Wagner Thursday Morning Warm-Up Today we will read about robots at home. Each robot is a unique contraption because it does different things to help us around the house. What kind of robot would you want in your house?

Pearl & Wagner Thursday Morning Warm-Up Today we will read about robots at home. Each robot is a unique contraption because it does different things to help us around the house. What kind of robot would you want in your house?

Today we will learn about:  long e: ee, ee, ea, y  words with long e  verbs

Pearl & Wagner Amazing Words  construct  sidekick  unique  contraption  foolproof  daydream  project  scrap

Sentence Reading  She brought the frisky puppies to the beach.  The farmer looked behind the shed door for the skates and poles.  Did she promise Bert that we would get the benches?  We made lunches for everybody.  I begin to have dreams the minute I go to sleep.  The teacher felt sorry that one person did not get to read a verse.

Pearl & Wagner Word Wall Words  part  float  found  how  made Spelling Words  read windy  feel sleep  easy teeth  deep team  seat wreath  party season  wheel eagle  leave

Robots at Home Pages

Daily Fix-It  My teme made an robot?  My team made a robot.  It teeth and eihgt wheels!  It has teeth and eight wheels.

Verbs  Words that show action are called verbs.  I ran to class.  I pet my dog, Carlotta.  I draw pictures of planets.

Pearl & Wagner Thursday Journal Topic Write about a puppy and his sidekick.

Pearl & Wagner Friday Morning Warm-Up This week we read about how to turn ideas into inventions. Pearl and Wagner, the farmers, and Annie all constructed unique contraptions. How did they do it?

Pearl & Wagner Friday Morning Warm-Up This week we read about how to turn ideas into inventions. Pearl and Wagner, the farmers, and Annie all constructed unique contraptions. How did they do it?

Today we will learn about:  long e: ee, ee, ea, y  high-frequency words  author’s purpose  verbs

Long e: e, ee, ea, y  Each pea is a seed from a pod.  We will meet Cindy at home.  Dad said the green jeep was not cheap.  The steep cliff has a sharp peak.

Pearl & Wagner High Frequency Words  guess  village  pretty  watch  science  won  shoe

High-Frequency Words village, watch, shoe, science, pretty, won, guess  That is a ____ picture you made.  We are going to ___ her team play ball.  I looked under my bed for the other ___.  We learned about plants in ____ class.  Our class___ the reading contest.  If you do no know, just make a ____.  They lived in a little ____ over the hill.

Pearl & Wagner Vocabulary Words  robot  wad  trash  electricity Amazing Words  construct  sidekick  unique  contraption  foolproof  daydream  project  scrap

Pearl & Wagner Word Wall Words  part  float  found  how  made Spelling Words  read windy  feel sleep  easy teeth  deep team  seat wreath  party season  wheel eagle  leave

Daily Fix-It Hour project was really gude? Our project was really good.  I fill we shood have won.  I feel we should have won.

Research/Study Skills: Glossary  Glossaries give information about words.  Entry words in a glossary are usually written in dark type.  The entry word may be broken into syllables.  A definition, or what the word means, follows.  Many entries have pictures.

Pearl & Wagner Friday Journal Topic Describe a clubhouse to construct.

Review Games Vocabulary & Amazing Words:  Jigword Jigword Spelling Words:  Quia Games Quia Games  Spelling City Spelling City High Frequency Words:  Hot Potatoes (fill-in-the-blank) Hot Potatoes (fill-in-the-blank)

We are now ready to take our story tests.  Story test  Classroom webpage,  Student page,  Taking Tests  AR  Other Reading Quizzes  Quiz #

Pearl & Wagner Related Links Robots I've Got a Robot Song Picture Sort for long and short sounds of e. ea= long e sound Poem Pack Antonym Matching Verb Quizzes Antonyms, Synonyms, and Homonyms Robots