1. So You Want to be an Inventor? Lesson 16 Day 4

2. Read Aloud: Listening Comprehension I 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. We listened for information as I read “Up in Smoke” One purpose for our listening was to learn what new idea the young inventors came up with…… What was the idea which the young inventors came up with?

3. Discussion If you don’t understand a step in a set of directions, should you skip it? Explain.

4. Focus Skill: Fact and Opinion

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

6. FactOpinion Evidence ***Can be proven Evidence *** Expresses feeling or belief

7. READING RATE

9. Let’s practice our vocabulary words for the week: (Turn to pg 91 in your Practice Books )

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

17. 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

18. Time for Literacy Stations