Students did a shared reading of an encyclopedia article from our library set of World Book encyclopedias on Thomas Alva Edison, a favorite inventor in American history. Whose favorite? you might ask. History has favored the accomplishments of Edison over those of, say, Nikola Tesla, who also made profound contributions to the advancement of electrical appliances and technologies. We had a nice discussion about why that might be, and a critical analysis of what the World Book had omitted from its biography. No mention is made of his controversial relationship with Tesla, nor of the race of Edison’s direct current against Tesla’s alternating current. Nor is there mention of the elephant Edison electrocuted to demonstrate the superiority of his direct current generator. Tesla won the race, in this case, along with his backer George Westinghouse, and AC is what flows through your walls and gives you the power to read this blog. Nevertheless, Edison won out in the history books.

Homework:

Math: 4th grade multiplication packet OR PEMDAS packet; 5th grade: POW

Type or do cursive practice for 20 minutes. Remember password is our class name minus the creek. Username is your first name.

Read! and do 2 responses in your reader’s notebook.