Lesson Objectives

Book Summary

Inventions is an informative book about many different inventions. It explains why people invent, as well as how inventions pave the way for other inventions. Some of the inventions highlighted in the book include the wheel, the engine, the lightbulb, and computers. Photographs, illustrations, and timelines support the text.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Ask and answer questions

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of asking and answering questions to understand text
• Understand and identify cause-and-effect relationships
• Identify suffix -ing
• Recognize and use synonyms

Vocabulary

• Content words: digital, engine, integrated circuits, invention, inventors, micro-processors, patent, process, products, programmed, rocket, software, transistor