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Ben Franklin and His First Kite
Big Question: How can you use Big Question: How can you use something familiar in a new something familiar in a new
way?way?
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Stephen KrenskyStephen KrenskyGenre:
BiographyBiography
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BIG QUESTION: HOW CAN YOU USE BIG QUESTION: HOW CAN YOU USE SOMETHING FAMILIAR IN A NEW SOMETHING FAMILIAR IN A NEW
WAY? WAY?
DAY 1DAY 2DAY 3DAY 4DAY 5
Ben Franklin and His First Kite
Day 1
Daily Fix-itDaily Fix-it
1. My invention din’t worked.
2. That made I un-happy.
Unit 5 Ben Franklin - Day 1
Daily Fix-itDaily Fix-it
1. My invention din’t worked.My invention didn’t work.
2. That made I un-happy.That made me unhappy.
Unit 5 Ben Franklin - Day 1
Morning Warm-up
This week we will learn more about science and inventing. Many inventors built something new out of something familiar. How can you use something familiar in a new way?
Unit 5 Ben Franklin - Day 1
Oral Vocabulary
•contraption•doubt•energy
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Amazing Words
• contraption - A contraption is a machine.
Some contraptions are strange.• doubt -
A doubt is a feeling of not believing in yourself or not knowing.
• energy - If something takes energy, it
takes strength.
sailor farmer
unpackThe prefix un- means
“not” or “the opposite of”.
repackThe prefix re- means
“again”.
Unit 5 Ben Franklin- Day 1
• unhappy• retell• unplug• reopen• unload
Word Work
• reuse• recycle• unlucky• remake• undress• replay• unsafe• untrue
un- re-locked readzipped sendmade heateddo drawsure planted
Unit 5 Ben Franklin - Day 1
Word Reading - Prefixes un-, re-
• renew• unchain• sadly• retest• unfold• undress• repaint• uncap
• actor• rethink• unclear• harmful• rewrite• unfair• restart
Unit 5 Ben Franklin - Day 1
1. Reading WB page 1732. Spelling WB page 1173. Journal - Draw a picture of a kite.
Write about what you can do with a kite.
4. Centers
Unit 5 Ben Franklin - Day 1
Daily Journal WritingDaily Journal WritingDay 1Day 1
Draw a picture of a kite. Write about what you can do
with it.
Ben Franklin and His First Kite
Day 2
Daily Fix-itDaily Fix-it
3. She helpt me built it.
4. I will re pay she.
Unit 5 Ben Franklin - Day 2
Daily Fix-it
3. She helpt me built it.She helped me build it.
4. I will re pay she.I will repay her.
Unit 5 Ben Franklin - Day 2
Morning Warm-up
Today we will reread the book about the Wright brothers. They were unafraid to try new things. What new things would you like to try?
Unit 5 Ben Franklin - Day 2
Amazing Words• glider -
A glider is an airplane without an engine that is kept up in the air by the wind.
• unmanned -
If a plane has a pilot, it is manned. If it does not have a pilot, it is unmanned.
Unit 5 Ben Franklin - Day 2
hole fine
h oldm ostm indw ild
Unit 5 Ben Franklin - Day 2
• f ind• p ost• ch ild• g old• bl ind• sc old
Word Work
• cold• host• rind• told • mild
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remind
Word Reading - Long Vowels i, o
• behind• row• unwind• host• poster• fine• most• rope
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• wild• told• hold• high• child• toad• tie
Read the Words “How many brothers did Ben Franklin have?” asked Kenji. “I don’t know, “ answered Carlos, “but I read that his family was poor.” “He liked to carry out many different experiments,” added Kate.
1. Reading WB pages 174, 175, 1762. Spelling WB page 1183. Journal - Write about an invention
you think is very useful. Tell how you think it was invented.
Unit 5 Ben Franklin - Day 2
Daily Journal WritingDaily Journal WritingDay 2Day 2
Write about useful inventions.
Ben Franklin and His First KiteDay 3
Daily Fix-it
5. I tryed to fly mi kite.
6. It has too windie.
Unit 5 Ben Franklin - Day 3
Daily Fix-it
5. I tryed to fly mi kite.I tried to fly my kite.
6. It has too windie.It was too windy.
Unit 5 Ben Franklin - Day 3
Morning Warm-up
Today we will read about Ben Franklin. He did an experiment with a kite. His friends helped him. How do your friends help you with ideas?
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Amazing WordsAmazing Words
• soar -
If something can soar, it can fly high in the air.
Unit 5 Ben Franklin - Day 3
restart blindfold
• scold
• kindest
• unwind
• replayed
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• unclean
• refold
• rewind
• wild
• most
Word Reading
most old gold reuse mind unfold find
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Build Words
base word un- re-
kind
told
wind
made
lucky
Unit 5 Ben Franklin - Day 3
Classification Chart
Animals Objects
Unit 5 Ben Franklin - Day 3
A kite is an object that can fly. What do we know about how a kite flies in the air? We are going to read a story about young Ben Franklin and his first kite.
Unit 5 Ben Franklin - Day 3
Vocabulary
• hearth• hasty pudding• amazing• invention• harbor
• brothers
• once
• answered
• thought
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• about
• carry
• poor
• colors
• different
High - Frequency Words
Multiple - Meaning Words
I like to watch fireworks.
My father wears a gold watch.
poor head wave rock
Unit 5 Ben Franklin - Day 3
1. Reading WB page 177
2. Spelling WB page 119
3. Journal - Write about a time you experimented with something new.
4. Centers
Unit 5 Ben Franklin - Day 3
Sentences
What makes a great inventor? Ben Franklin worked hard. He always had a plan. Nothing was impossible! Follow Ben’s example if you want to be an inventor.
Ben was also a scientist and a writer.
You can read more about Ben’s life.
Unit 5 Ben Franklin - Day 3
Daily Journal WritingDaily Journal WritingDay 3Day 3
Write about a time you experimented
with something new.
Ben Franklin and His First Kite
Day 4
Daily Fix-itDaily Fix-it
7. Jan call my project silly
8. I thinke that were unkind.
Unit 5 Ben Franklin - Day 4
Daily Fix-itDaily Fix-it
7. Jan call my project sillyJan called my project silly.
8. I thinke that were unkind.I think that was unkind.
Unit 5 Ben Franklin - Day 4
Morning Warm-up
Today we will read about an amazing invention. The inventor uses old things in different ways. What objects might you use in a new way?
Unit 5 Ben Franklin - Day 4
Amazing Words
• curious - If something is
curious, it is strange or unusual.
• intelligent - Intelligent
means “bright or smart.”
Unit 5 Ben Franklin - Day 4
different poor brotherscarry answered
Names two boys in the same family. ________________
Tells what you did when someone asked you a question. ______________
Means the opposite of rich. ________________
Tells about things that are not alike. ________________
Tells something you can do for a baby who cannot walk yet. ________________
Unit 5 Ben Franklin - Day 4
crawl haul breath
saw bread
Unit 5 Ben Franklin - Day 4
• science• learn• great• touch• show• early• heavy• slowly• opened• saw
Unit 5 Ben Franklin - Day 4
• awful• shoes• barely• wriggle• through• built• because• little• heads• wonderful
Word Reading
Read Words in Context
• In science class, we learn how great ideas turn into wonderful things.
• The book will show how early people moved heavy stones.
• We slowly opened the door and saw that the awful pup had chewed most of our old shoes.
• The dogs can barely wriggle through the dog door we built because it is so little that their heads touch the top.
Unit 5 Ben Franklin - Day 4
1. Reading WB pages 178, 1792. Spelling WB page 1203. Journal - Write about a different
way to use an old invention.4. Centers
Daily Journal WritingDaily Journal WritingDay 4Day 4
Write about a different way to use
an old invention.
Ben Franklin and His First LoveDay 5
Daily Fix-it
9. Me kite tail didn’t working well.
10. I had do untye them.
Unit 5 Ben Franklin - Day 5
Daily Fix-it
9. Me kite tail didn’t working well.My kite tail isn’t working well.
10. I had do untye them.
I had to untie them.
Unit 5 Ben Franklin - Day 5
Morning Warm-upThis week we read about gliders that soared, curious contraptions, and intelligent inventors. It takes a lot of energy to make something new. What else does it take to invent something?
Unit 5 Ben Franklin - Day 5
Prefixes un-, re- and Long Vowels i, o
• Mom told me to unpack and refold the shirts.
• Jack wants to replace his old poster.• Most of us were glad to help find
the child quickly.• It is unsafe to leave the door
unlocked.
Unit 5 Ben Franklin - Day 5
answered brothers poorcarry different
What do you call a person who has no money? _______________
Two men in the same family are not father and son. What are they? ________________
What did you do when someone asked you a question? ________________
What should you do when the road is closed? Take a ______________ road.
Why didn’t the chicken run across the road. She wanted someone to _____________ her.
Unit 5 Ben Franklin - Day 5
EncyclopediaAn encyclopedia is a collection of articles about many topics. Topics are arranged in alphabetical order. Like dictionaries, encyclopedias have guide words and entry words. Printed encyclopedias often contain many different books, called volumes.
1. Handwriting sheet2. Reading WB page 1803. Journal - Write something you
learned about why Ben Franklin was a good inventor.
Unit 5 Ben Franklin - Day 5
Daily Journal WritingDaily Journal WritingDay 5Day 5
Write about Ben Franklin.