1. So You Want to be an Inventor?
Lesson 16 Day 1

2. Read Aloud: Listening Comprehension
Today I will read a passage from a nonfiction book about 4 young inventors
Remember that nonfiction text:
tells about real people, events, or situations.
is meant to provide information in an interesting way.
Listen for information as I read “Up in Smoke”
One purpose for listening is to learn what new idea the young inventors came up with.

4. A controversy is an issue that people have conflicting opinions about.

5. Discussion
Give one fact you know about airplanes. Then give an opinion about airplanes.

6. Focus Skill: Fact and Opinion

7. should, must be, best, worst, I think, & I believe
Some words and phrases that signal
an opinion are:
should, must be,
best, worst, I think,
& I believe

8. Fact Opinion Let’s Practice
Turn to page 411 Read the passage in the blue box and decided one fact and one opinion…. Decide what evidence supports these statements.
Fact
Opinion
Evidence

10. READING RATE

12. Let’s see our vocabulary words for the week:

13. tinker
When you tinker with something, you try to fix or adjust it.

14. hoaxer
Someone who tries to trick people is a hoaxer.

15. trampled
If you trampled something, you stepped on it very hard and damaged it.

16. forged
If you forged something together, you did it with great effort and you hope it lasts a long time.

17. perfect
To perfect something is to improve it so that it is the best it can be.

18. quest
A quest is a journey with a specific purpose.

19. barriers
Barriers are objects or people that keep you from moving ahead.

20. Lesson 16 Spelling Words Words Ending with /əl/
tropical
animal
April
arrival
trample
bottle
camel
capital
couple
swivel
festival
gentle
level
national
normal
tremble
puddle
rebel
single
tunnel
Challenge Words:
civil
snorkel
double
dribble
original

21.  Time for Literacy Stations 