Description

Need a meaningful Spanish reading activity for one of those in-between days—or something you can stretch across a few days when your schedule gets disrupted? Three People Who Were Young Inventors gives students the chance to learn about three young people who saw real-world problems and decided to do something about them.

Students will read about Ann Makosinski, Dasia Taylor, and Easton LaChappelle and discover how curiosity, creativity, and perseverance helped each of them develop an innovative solution. They’ll learn about a flashlight powered by body heat, color-changing surgical sutures, and affordable 3D-printed robotic prosthetics.

The best part? You can use this packet in two different ways.

Use the Centers option when you need a complete stand-alone lesson between units, before a break, after testing, or anytime you have an extra class period to fill. Students rotate through the three biographies, complete a graphic organizer, and finish by comparing the inventors, the problems that inspired them, and the impact of their work.

Or use the 3-Day Flexible Learning Plans when your normal schedule gets thrown off. These plans work well for planned absences, emergency sub days, shortened schedules, snow/e-learning days, asynchronous or synchronous virtual learning, or students who will be absent for several days.

This resource includes:

• 3 Spanish biographies: Ann Makosinski, Dasia Taylor & Easton LaChappelle
• One-day centers/literature circle option
• 3-day flexible learning plans
• Reading comprehension questions
• Answer keys
• Five Facts activity
• Compare & Contrast activities
• Graphic organizers
• Essential questions
• Options for in-person, sub, asynchronous, synchronous virtual, and absent-student learning

Students get meaningful Spanish input while thinking about bigger questions like: How can a young person change the world? What problems inspire great inventions? and How can a small idea have a big impact?

A great addition to your toolbox for Spanish reading comprehension, STEM connections, biography activities, Spanish centers, sub plans, or those random days when you need something meaningful and ready to go.