1. Morning Warm- Up! Behind every invention is a good idea. Everybody has good ideas. How do inventors turn good ideas into inventions?

2. 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?

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

4. 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?

5. 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?