Creating a Descriptive Booklet with Marvelous Mattie: How Margaret E. Knight Became an Inventor by Emily Arnold McCully

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Theme:

Inventors

Grades:

3 - 5

Subject:

Reading and Language Arts

Duration:

Two class periods

Standards
& Goals:

Virginia State Learning Standards

  • The student will listen, draw conclusions and share responses in subject-related group learning activities. 
  • The student will read fiction and nonfiction with fluency and accuracy. 
  • The student will write for a variety of purposes: to describe, to inform, to entertain and to explain.


Note that standards in this lesson plan are for example only. This lesson can be easily adapted to meet your state's specific standards.
 

Objectives:

Student will:

  • Read or listen to Marvelous Mattie: How Margaret E. Knight Became an Inventor by Emily Arnold McCully.
  • Create a booklet or pamphlet about Margaret E. Knight using adjectives, illustrations and captions about her inventions.

 

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