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Reading Adventure Pack: Flight

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A Reading Adventure pack focuses on the invention of flight. After reading a fiction and nonfiction book, scholars take their newfound knowledge to design a one-passenger flying device, experiment with different types of paper airplanes to discover which aspects fly the best and create a comic imagining of a world without flight.

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CCSS: Adaptable
Instructional Ideas
  • Add the reading pack to a unit on inventors and their inventions
  • Pack bags to have them readily available for families to take home
Classroom Considerations
  • Features the fiction and nonfiction books The Adventures of Sparrowboy by Brian Pinkney and Flying Machine by Andrew Nahum
  • The pack is designed for learners to complete at home with their parents and guardians
Pros
  • Offers several alternative ideas to complete activities
Cons
  • None