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Use Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin by Gene Barretta to strengthen your students' comprehension skills, build their vocabulary, and help them understand how words work.

Go beyond Ben's most famous kite and key experiment with this nonfiction text. The colorful illustrations and lively presentation of the many inventions and contributions of Benjamin Franklin will grab your students' attention. Use this text to encourage the development of comprehension strategies like asking questions, determining importance, making connections and predictions, and synthesizing.

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Asking Questions with Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin

When readers are able to ask questions before, during, and after reading, they are thinking about what they need to know to understand the text. With Gene Barretta's Now & Ben and this asking questions mini lesson, students will be able to practice this important skill with a nonfiction text.

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SL.3.2SL.3.3W.3.8L.3.6RI.3.1RI.3.4RI.3.10RF.3.3RF.3.4SL.3.1cSL.3.1d

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3.13C3.7B3.13E3.7C3.13H3.7D3.7E3.1A3.7F3.1C3.7G3.1D3.9D(i)3.1E3.9D(ii)3.6A3.9D(iii)3.6B3.13A3.6I

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Determining Importance with Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin

Now & Ben by Gene Barretta is full of important information about the inventions and contributions of Benjamin Franklin. This focused mini lesson will show students how to sort through the information as they read to find the most important details to remember.

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RF.3.3RF.3.4SL.3.1dSL.3.2SL.3.3W.3.8RI.3.2L.3.6RI.3.5RI.3.6RI.3.7RI.3.10

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3.7F3.6A3.7G3.6B3.9D(i)3.6E3.9D(ii)3.6G3.9D(iii)3.6I3.10A3.7A3.13A3.7B3.13C3.1A3.7C3.13E3.1C3.7D3.13H3.1D3.7E3.1E

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Making Connections with Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin

Making connections is one way for readers to better understand a text. This set of resources will help students make text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections using a nonfiction text.

Common Core State Standards Alignment

W.3.8L.3.6RI.3.1RI.3.4RI.3.7RI.3.10RF.3.3RF.3.4SL.3.1dSL.3.2SL.3.3

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3.7B3.13H3.7C3.7D3.1A3.7E3.1C3.7F3.1D3.7G3.1E3.9E(i)3.6A3.9E(ii)3.6E3.9E(iii)3.6I3.13C3.7A3.13E

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Making Predictions with Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin

Making predictions with Now & Ben by Gene Barretta is an engaging way for readers to understand the text. This focused mini lesson will encourage students to think about how life might be different if Benjamin Franklin's inventions and contributions never happened.

Common Core State Standards Alignment

SL.3.1dSL.3.2SL.3.3W.3.8RI.3.1L.3.6RI.3.2RI.3.3RI.3.5RI.3.10RF.3.3RF.3.4

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3.6B3.9D(ii)3.6C3.9D(iii)3.6I3.13C3.7A3.13E3.7B3.13H3.7C3.1A3.7D3.1C3.7E3.1D3.7F3.1E3.7G3.6A3.9D(i)

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Synthesizing with Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin

Many students already know some facts about the many contributions that Benjamin Franklin made. As they read Gene Barretta's Now & Ben, they will have the opportunity to gain new details that might change their thinking about this famous inventor.

Common Core State Standards Alignment

SL.3.2RI.3.4SL.3.3RI.3.5W.3.8RI.3.6L.3.6RI.3.7RI.3.8RI.3.10RF.3.3RF.3.4RI.3.1SL.3.1cRI.3.2SL.3.1dRI.3.3

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3.6I3.13E3.7B3.13H3.7C3.7D3.1A3.7E3.1C3.7F3.1D3.7G3.1E3.9D(i)3.6A3.9D(ii)3.6G3.9D(iii)3.6H3.13C

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Comprehension Assessment with Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin

Use this Common Core aligned comprehension assessment to evaluate students' comprehension of Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin.

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Running Record with Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin

Use this Running Record to assess oral reading fluency with Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin. Track meaning, structure, and visual accuracy using the first 100 words of the text to determine whether or not this book is a good fit for the readers in your classroom.

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Cause and Effect Matching with Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin

Read Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin then have some fun matching cause and effect sentences from the book. By using these cause and effect cards, students will demonstrate both their comprehension of the text and their understanding of cause and effect relationships in hands-on and interactive way.

This resource includes matching/sorting cards and a sorting mat for four cause and effect sentences in Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin. Each cause card is marked with a square and each effect card is marked with a circle, making it easy to support students who struggle with matching cause and effect relationships.

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Cause and Effect Sentence Stems with Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin

Understanding cause and effect is a key comprehension and language skill. The text structure of Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin includes several examples of cause and effect relationships, making it easy to use as a springboard for modeling or independent practice.

This simple resource includes four sentence stems. Each sentence stem presents an effect. Students will use what they know about the book to fill in the cause of the effect.

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Retelling and Summarizing with Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin

The BookPagez extension activities are a great way to push student engagement beyond the pages of the text. Try using this activity with early finishers, with students who show a deeper connection with the text, or as a center activity.

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Asking Questions with Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin (Spanish)

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Determining Importance with Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin (Spanish)

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Making Connections with Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin (Spanish)

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Making Predictions with Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin (Spanish)

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Synthesizing with Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin (Spanish)

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About the Book

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Title: Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin

Author: Gene Barretta

Genre: Biography, Nonfiction

Themes: History, STEAM / STEM

ISBN: 9781429917315

Publisher's Summary:

The inventions and inspiration of Benjamin Franklin and how they've stood the test of time What would you do if you lived in a community without a library, hospital, post office, or fire department? If you were Benjamin Franklin, you'd set up these organizations yourself. Franklin also designed the lightning rod, suggested the idea of daylight savings time, and invented bifocals-all inspired by his common sense and intelligence. In this informative book, Gene Barretta brings Benjamin Franklin's genius to life, deepening our appreciation for one of the most influential figures in American history.

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Asking Questions with Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin (Spanish)

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Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources for Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin

Explore lesson plans and activities to help you teach with Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin in the drop down below.

Asking Questions with Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin

Asking Questions with Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin

Determining Importance with Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin

Determining Importance with Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin

Making Connections with Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin

Making Connections with Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin

Making Predictions with Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin

Making Predictions with Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin

Synthesizing with Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin

Synthesizing with Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin

Suffixes with Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin

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Vocabulary Connections with Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin

Vocabulary Connections with Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin

Comprehension Assessment with Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin

Comprehension Assessment with Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin

Running Record with Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin

Running Record with Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin

Cause and Effect Matching with Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin

Cause and Effect Matching with Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin

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Cause and Effect Sentence Stems with Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin

Retelling and Summarizing with Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin

Retelling and Summarizing with Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin

Asking Questions with Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin (Spanish)

Determining Importance with Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin (Spanish)

Making Connections with Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin (Spanish)

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