Ada Twist, Scientist activities and lesson plan ideas

Our Ada Twist, Scientist Activities are now digital for distance learning with editable teaching slides and worksheets based on Andrea Beaty’s book. Read aloud the STEM picture book then use the printables or go paperless with Google or Seesaw to practice standards-based skills. THIS READING UNIT FOCUSES ON USING THE MENTOR TEXT TO TEACH: ◼️ READING STRATEGIES ☐ making predictions ☐ comparing and contrasting ☐ analyzing character ☐ analyzing illustrations ☐ making connections ☐ asking and answering questions ☐ author's purpose   ◼️ SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING TOPICS ☐ patience ☐ perseverance and grit ☐ problem-solving ☐ goal setting ☐ making good choices   ◼️ GRAMMAR & LANGUAGE CONCEPTS ☐ contractions ☐ punctuation ☐ quotation marks ☐ synonyms   SUMMARY OF THE MENTOR TEXT: The book, Ada Twist, Scientist is about a little girl who is very curious. She wonders about the world around her and tries to find answers to her questions, specifically, what the cause of a bad smell might be. A