Who invented the light bulb, phonograph, and movie projector? Thomas Edison! Nat Geo’s “Thomas Edison” biography is a great STEM resource for teaching the CCSS for Informational Text 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and Writing Standards 2 and 3! With your copy of this read aloud and our Text-Dependent Questions you can easily model close reading and guide your students to the memorable facts and central ideas of this text.
After your class discussion, enhance your lesson with a close reading worksheet t