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.

Concepts

airplanes, helicopters, flight, inventions

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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

Common Core

RL.3.1 RL.3.10 RI.3.1 RI.3.10