HIT: ELEM: Books on Fact versus Opinion

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Hi Folks--
Thanks to those of you who responded to my request for books that would h=
elp a=0Athird grade teacher with a lesson on the difference between fact =
and opinion.=0AThere wasn't much out there! (Time to start writing, I gue=
ss... I was stuck in=0Aan airport for 5 hours on Saturday and I made a te=
ntative stab at it.)

Here's what you came up with:

There's an older book and I don't know if it's still in print that I some=
times=0Ause with 3rd graders called "A January Fog will Freeze a Hog" wit=
h all kinds=0Aof weather lore, some fact, some fancy (snow - the old woma=
n in the sky is=0Apicking her geese) and the kids do all right with it.

*********************

I use tall tales to help the students in this area.  One that is good is=
=0Acalled "Swamp Angel" but you could also use Paul Bunyan or John Henry.=
  At=0Aeach point in the story when something totally out of the normal h=
appens, stop=0Aand ask if something like that could really happen.  I alw=
ays use the
phrase, "If it's too wild to be true, it's a TALL TALE."  The kids rememb=
er=0Athat phrase even years later.  Even the ones that don't seem to be p=
aying=0Aattention get the idea pretty quick.

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The Ramona books are great for opinions.  She has so many of them!  Ramon=
a the=0APest and Ramona Quimby Age 8 are two I use.

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I haven't used books to teach this lesson.  I've used articles from Zilli=
ons=0AMagazine.  It works out very easy, since the facts reported in the =
articles=0Aare on size, cost, etc. and the opinions
are "I didn't like it because...." or "This is not a good value because .=
...".=0AThe articles are  relatively short, so the lesson is do-able in o=
ne session,=0Arather than a lot of background reading
from a book.

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I did come up with a few more good ideas: Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss=
 (the=0Aultimate hard-nosed opinion book), and I Am the Dog, I Am the Cat=
 by Donald=0AHall. The teacher loved that one, as there are some facts an=
d opinions side by=0Aside in the book. Kids can list each, plus add facts=
 and opinions they can=0Aoffer about cats & dogs.

The same teacher came to me again today and asked if I had any good books=
 of=0Ainspirational poetry, with poems that would make kids feel motivate=
d, proud,=0Aand inspired. Hmm. I found Louis Untermeyer's anthology The G=
olden Treasury of=0APoetry, which has a section of poems like that, but n=
othing else in my=0Acollection fits her request. Our poetry section is ex=
tensive, but  since we=0Aonly go up to grade 3, it tends to be lighter in=
 tone. Anyone have any=0Asuggestions? (I sense she's looking for a Willia=
m Bennett Book of Virtues type=0Aof thing in poetry format.)
TIA--
Judy Freeman=97Librarian
Van Holten School
Bridgewater, NJ
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when you consider all of the advertisements in other magazines. Sports =
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Debbie Hall, Librarian
Bellaire High School
Bellaire, Texas=20
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