Do your kids enjoy tinkering and expressing their creativity?
February is a particularly great time to bring inventors into your lessons to inspire your students to explore their own innovative ideas for inventions. It is the birth month of many famous inventors, and famous African-American inventors are also fun to study as part of Black History Month. For example, my first-grade level F reader Garrett Morgan: Inventor, will describe to your students the important inventions this great African-American inventor made, including the traffic signal light. This is one of the books contained in the collection of leveled readers entitled "Famous African-Americans in U.S. History, Leveled Books for Grades 1 – 3."
February 11th is the birthday of birthday of Thomas Edison. My first grade level E reader “Thomas Edison: Inventor” will teach your students interesting facts while they will build their vocabulary and improve their reading comprehension. Benjamin Franklin recently had a birthday, on January 17th. In Benjamin Franklin, my first-grade Level G reader, students will learn about this famous American statesman, writer, printer, scientist, and inventor.
Combining reading and social studies activities, this first-grade Level F reader provides interesting facts about Alexander Graham Bell- Inventor of the Telephone. Your students will build their vocabulary and improve their reading comprehension as they read the story, answer questions, and have fun with the criss cross puzzle. My second grade leveled reader "Robert Fulton - Steamboat Inventor" provides a brief history of Robert Fulton's life and his love for invention. Steamboats, a submarine, and canal systems were some of the projects he worked on during his lifetime. I hope that you enjoy exploring inventions and inspiring creativity in your own classroom.
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