Here is a link to the 1940's movie a Young Thomas Edison. It is a classic in black and white and a little different than our story, but a great movie to show Thomas Edison's drive to be an inventor.
A Young Thomas Edison Movie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWnPQAHceu0
Thomas Edison 4 minute biography
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyso7_HetyM
Thomas Edison Webpage
http://www.thomasedison.com/biography.html
Genre: Biography
Target Skill: Main Idea and Details - Practice
https://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/mainidea/
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/mainideap2.cfm
Spelling and Vocabulary
Spelling: Words with au, aw, al, o
Vocabulary Strategies: Categorize and Classify (shades of meaning)
http://www.quia.com/rr/33603.html
SPELLING LIST:
1. talk
2. cross
3. awful
4. law
5. cloth
6. cost
7. crawl
8. chalk
9. also
10. raw
11. salt
12. wall
13. lawn
14. always
15. soft
16. small
17. often
18. strawberry
A Young Thomas Edison Movie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWnPQAHceu0
Thomas Edison 4 minute biography
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyso7_HetyM
Thomas Edison Webpage
http://www.thomasedison.com/biography.html
Genre: Biography
Target Skill: Main Idea and Details - Practice
https://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/mainidea/
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/mainideap2.cfm
Spelling and Vocabulary
Spelling: Words with au, aw, al, o
Vocabulary Strategies: Categorize and Classify (shades of meaning)
http://www.quia.com/rr/33603.html
SPELLING LIST:
1. talk
2. cross
3. awful
4. law
5. cloth
6. cost
7. crawl
8. chalk
9. also
10. raw
11. salt
12. wall
13. lawn
14. always
15. soft
16. small
17. often
18. strawberry