Think Like an Engineer

Think Like an Engineer book cover — Before After Reading Activities Teaching Focus Have students locate the ending punctuation for sentences in the book Count how many times a period question mark or exclamation point is used Which one is used the most What is the purpose for each ending punctuation mark Practice reading these sentences with appropriate expression about what this book will be about Before Reading Building Academic Vocabulary and Background Knowledge Before reading a book it is important to set the stage for your child or student by using pre-reading strategies This will help them develop their vocabulary increase their reading comprehension and make connections across the curriculum 1 Read the title and look at the cover Let’s make predictions 2 Take a picture walk by talking about the pictures 3 Have students read the first page of text with you then have 4 Strategy Talk use to assist students while reading 5 Read it again photographs in the book Implant the vocabulary as you take the picture walk Be sure to talk about the text features such as headings the Table of Contents glossary bolded words captions charts diagrams or index Get your mouth ready Look at the picture Think does it make sense Think does it look right Think does it sound right Chunk it by looking for a part you know students read the remaining text Content Area Vocabulary Read the list What do these words mean ancient biomimicry categories chemical dementia inaccessible instincts mechanical obstacles resources After Reading Comprehension and Extension Activity After reading the book work on the following questions with your child or students to check their level of reading comprehension and content mastery 1 What are some of the obstacles that an engineer faces when working on a design Summarize 2 The automatic bread slicer was invented to make slicing bread easier What other things have 3 How has engineering changed your life in the past year Text to self connection 4 Name a problem we have today that you think engineers should work on What are your ideas to been engineered to make life easier in the kitchen Asking Questions solve it Asking Questions Extension Activity Engineers get many of their ideas from nature Read about one of the following animals and their abilities Think of how that animal might inspire an engineer to design something useful gecko spider bat snake shark snail centipede

Think Like an Engineer — page 1 — What Are You Thinking Have you ever taken something apart to see how it works Do you like to figure out better ways to do things Do you like science and math If you answered yes to any of these questions you might think like an engineer 4

Think Like an Engineer — page 2 — Engineers are the reason we have everything from thumbtacks to rocket ships Our society depends on engineers to design everything we need to survive 5

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